[Publius6961]

The author needs to check the cost to have UPS/FedX deliver a 1oz letter to an address across the street.

And some readers need to check the actual cost of the UPS delivering the exact same 1 oz letter; or the 8oz bundle of junk mail which goes directly into land fill.

The cost of placing that letter in the mailbox by the sender, is exactly zero.

Let's not get silly.

[bert]

The road is called the Mookie Dugway. It descends doen the side of cedar mesa to the expansive desert floor below. It is a narrow gravel track with vertical sides.

To say it is scary is understatement. There is nothing but a spectacular view at the top and no town for miles and miles. Ditto the bottom, flat desert, the Valley of the Gods.

My sphincter was tight and my wife was gripping the seat with clenched whitened hands. We rounded one of the switchback hairpins and lo and behold...... a big brown UPS van coming up.

We thought we were at the enn of the desolate earth and there was UPS to shatter the vision.

BTW...... go there if you get a chance