Tried emailing direct but bounced so apologize to the list for the OT content :)
You don't happen to have the url do you? Think it would make an amusing read. -Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Major Variola (ret) [mailto:mv@;cdc.gov] > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 18:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sending bricks through the mail > > > At 09:37 PM 11/2/02 -0800, Tim May wrote: > >When I was at Intel we sent our designs for microprocessors > to European > > >branches and/or partners. One set of designs sent to MATRA/Harris, a > >partner in the 80C86, was stolen in transit. (The box of > tapes arrived > >in Paris, but the tapes had been replaced by the suitable weight of > >bricks.) > > There exists a website by someone who enjoyed sending unusual things > through the US mail. He once sent a brick, with proper postage, > no envelope. > > The brick *eventually* arrived at its destination, sort of, > but had been > broken > by the DEA according to the PO's paperwork.