<story><title>How Much Will the Post Office Put Up With?</title><url>http://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>inaka</author><text>Moving to Argentina has given me a newfound respect for the USPS - their reliability, sense of duty, and their humanity. In many ways they are a representative slice of America - flawed but generally reliable, hard working, and flexible.&lt;p&gt;Losing things in the mail, spending hours waiting in line to pick up a package, christmas presents delayed for three months for no apparent reason, all of these experiences down here make me miss those guys.</text></comment>
<story><title>How Much Will the Post Office Put Up With?</title><url>http://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mshafrir</author><text>&quot;Helium balloon. The balloon was attached to a weight. The address was written on the balloon with magic marker; no postage was affixed. Our operative argued strongly that he should be charged a negative postage and refunded the postal fees, because the transport airplane would actually be lighter as a result of our postal item. This line of reasoning merely received a laugh from the clerk. The balloon was refused; reasons given: transportation of helium, not wrapped.&quot;</text></comment>