Mighty fine shindig.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Oct 17, 2006 4:35:02 pm PDT #4096 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So, um, what do you do if you think someone is stealing your mail?

I have come home for the past 2 days to find my mailbox open and no mail inside. The post office was holding my mail while I was in Italy and they were supposed to deliver it yesterday, but I've still received nothing.

Erk?


AirstreamNA - Oct 17, 2006 4:37:26 pm PDT #4097 of 10001
When you're racing - it's life. Anything that comes before or after is just waiting.

Tell the post office. The USPS has their own law enforcement and messing with someone's mail is considered a federal offense.


Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 4:38:33 pm PDT #4098 of 10001
brillig

Call the post office immediately. You can call the 1-800 number to get the notification in. Then call the local post office as soon as it opens in hte morning.


Jesse - Oct 17, 2006 4:38:36 pm PDT #4099 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Could the lock be broken? Maybe they won't leave mail in a box that doesn't close? Anyway, yeah, call the post office.


Sparky1 - Oct 17, 2006 4:41:50 pm PDT #4100 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

You can file a report online, Consuela. [link]


Consuela - Oct 17, 2006 5:02:25 pm PDT #4101 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, y'all rock!

It's just a regular old mailbox on my porch, with no lock or anything. So anyone could take the mail out, which makes me nervous.


sarameg - Oct 17, 2006 5:07:49 pm PDT #4102 of 10001

Get online (heh) if possible and check your accounts, credit and bank. If the USPS isn't still holding your mail, I'd do a credit check. My friendly neighborhood postwoman Angie railed at me to put my name on my box (communal mail area, but locked boxes) and went on and on about identity theft, so she made me paranoid about that. Usually neighbors pick up my mail in my absence, but temp USPSers have an annoying habit of leaving mail in an unsecured bin. Angie kinda hates them. She's big on Rules.


bon bon - Oct 17, 2006 5:41:00 pm PDT #4103 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Now, every time I have brunch, I'm going to be scouring the room, looking for male platonic friends there together with no girls.

Heh. This does not work for me.

Dear Aaron Sorkin: Stop being so Aaron Sorkin-y. Seriously.

Play "spot the Aaron Sorkin avatars!"


Jessica - Oct 17, 2006 5:47:37 pm PDT #4104 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Dear Aaron Sorkin: Stop being so Aaron Sorkin-y. Seriously.

Well you know, not that he would, but if anyone could write a show about the UN and make it insightful, tense, and surprisingly funny...

Not that he would, mind you. But he could. Just so's we're all clear on that.


billytea - Oct 17, 2006 5:54:28 pm PDT #4105 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

There's a story about Bindi Irwin getting her own wildlife show, and my first thought was, "In twenty years it's going to be 'Dr. Bindi Irwin, famed conservationist and daughter of the legendary Steve Irwin.'" Dad would be proud.

That's been in the works for a little while. In fact, IIRC, Steve died while filming a segment for her show.

Here the talk is about whether there's too much pressure being put on her to live up to her dad's example.