From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   The General (later Universal) Postal Union was founded on 9 October 1874   
   in Bern. In 1948 it became an agency of the United Nations. At its 1969   
   congress in Tokyo, World Post Day was inaugurated.   
      
   I am fond of the world postal system; I hope I don't live to see it   
   collapse. I guess I should celebrate by sending a postcard.   
      
   But the language relevance? Crystal talks about a UPU-sponsored   
   letter-writing competition. He talks about changing epistolary conventions.   
   (yawn)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)