If so, please fill us in.............

-- hakikiki (haja@haja.juhja), October 27, 2001

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I just got the post card today from the PO explaining what to do and what not to do. The worst thing is that I can no longer sniff my mail. That was such a turn-on.

-- (lars@indy.net), October 27, 2001.

what mail?

im afraid to look in my mailbox

-- (whoneeds@bills. anyway), October 27, 2001.

I vacuumed mine today with a HEPA vacuum cleaner. Was gone for a week and had quite a stack. Cleaned each piece individually, outside front door.

-- (is@this.enough?), October 27, 2001.

I put on latex gloves and my gas mask when I open my mail, seems to do the trick. Be sure to carefully dispose of the mail and the gloves when you are finished, and use a fresh pair each time.

-- Sterile Stanley (handle@with.care), October 27, 2001.

Only mail I get are bills. Figure they don't want me dead so it must be OK. (Is "mail" like sheep when it comes to plural? Just looks wierd.)

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), October 27, 2001.

Carlos: Yeah...mail and sheep are similar in that. I agree with you on this one. If the phone company wants to send me something that will kill me, they can [most certainly] expect a longer period for payment. I think what concerns some is the possibility that the sorting device at the PO may have infected the phone bill. The possibility of this happening is close to zero, but some folks enjoy handling their mail wearing rubber gloves and gas masks.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 27, 2001.

I hide in the bushes with a fire hose, and when the mail carrier arrives I give him a good soaking.

-- bogsworth (running@on.8cylinders), October 27, 2001.

I do not use latex gloves or a mask to retrieve the mail. Worry? Me?

Instead, I tell my home health care aide to use them. She appreciates my concern and wears gloves and mask when pulling mail from mailbox. Of course the neighbors think she is wearing them to avoid contact with whatever the hell I have got. Heh. Broken backs are not contagious, but why bother to explain to them ...

I do like the media suggestion of putting your phone number under the return address on your envelope that your are mailing out ... on a case by case basis (to the people you really like) so recipients can call you and ask, "Is it really YOU who sent this to me before I open it?" So cool. Mebbe we'll get more calls that way. So far, anthrax has not been detected thru phone lines.

-- Oxy (Oxsys@aol.com), October 27, 2001.

LOL bogsworth

-- (cin@cin.cin), October 27, 2001.