P and postal delivery

[Iris Sirius]

Thats so weird, because I thought Laura your mail was the first.  Now I see
that there are 15 other ones, leading up to yours.

I really need to like, focus, on what the trending topics. Are. And be not
so insistent on hammering out my own topiks...
On Jan 21, 2013 4:08 PM, "Iris Sirius" <irissiriustce at gmail.com> wrote:

> Im sorry Laura, forgive me bouncing on your brilliant mail, im just
> sitting here at The Bar hammering into my Galaxy.
>
> Your anachronism is intresting.
>
> Unfortunately, we cant discuss it here.
>
> They are everywear.
>
> That last sentence sounded kind of cryptic.  I dont mean it that way.  I
> have my, other, opinions.
>
> Who was Mazda?  Anybody know that o.e?
> On Jan 21, 2013 3:42 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I think COL49 could be adapted into an interesting film, updated for the
>> screen by placing it in the present internet days.  How much more
>> subversive is the idea of  off-the-grid mail being hand-delivered
>> surreptitiously at a time when They, meanwhile, are collecting data with
>> every hit of the "send" button!
>>
>> Here's a question: could we hold an experiment?  Is there some way I
>> could hand-deliver a letter or small parcel (containing a book, say) to
>> someone I knew who could eventually get it (via intermediate friends) to
>> Monte, who could get it (via intermediate friends) to Mark, who could get
>> it to (x other p-listers), eventually ending up in Milwaukee, where it
>> would be delivered to Dave Monroe?  Not sure exactly what the rules would
>> be - maybe cars, trains and buses allowed, but no airplanes, what with
>> their identity-probing security.  It's never made explicit how, exactly the
>> Trystero worked.  If not someone's actual address, what sort of drop-off
>> point could be used?
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Morris **
>> Sent: Jan 20, 2013 11:35 PM
>> To: Don Higgins **
>> Cc: Pynchon List **
>> Subject: Re: P and postal delivery
>>
>> It's interesting that P would have focused so early on what we in the net
>> era now realize is all power.
>>
>> On Saturday, January 19, 2013, Don Higgins wrote:
>>
>>> Article I, section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution grants
>>> Congress merely says Congress has the power "to establish post offices
>>> and post roads." The wiki article says this "has been interpreted as a de
>>> facto Congressional monopoly over the delivery of mail. Accordingly, no
>>> other system for delivering mail – public or private – can be established,
>>> absent Congress's consent." When did that interpretation become current and
>>> who interpreted to mean that? would seem to be relevant questions to Lot 49.
>>>
>> ******
>>
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