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there is something fun about receiving parcels in the mail.

not just letters (and most letters, as of late, have been junk) but actual boxes.

big boxes, little boxes, medium, bread, match... whatever.

what I think is one of the neatest innovations of receiving mail is being able to track them.

watching the updates on the web when the package arrives at different points of its destination.

you know, many packages are probably better travelled than many people in the world...

it came as quite a shock to me that not everyone in the world has been to Disney World, seen musicals, stage plays, drive-in movies, flown on a plane, traveled across the country...

then again, it came as quite a shock to learn that people put butter on white rice...

and that was in highschool... (putting butter on rice just never occurred to me!)

in any case, I can watch my shipments from overseas go through their little check points. I can see how much the item weighs. I can see when it is expected to arrive at my abode.

then, when they arrive...

it is as if it is my birthday and I have presents. (even though I've paid for them)

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btw... we have left the shredder near the front door... because it is just easier to shred the junk as you get it, rather than let it pile up and shred it later...

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we, of course, unplug it when children visit...