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Subject: mail at home

jeweldragon opened this issue on Oct 17, 2001 ยท 9 posts


jeweldragon posted Wed, 17 October 2001 at 1:05 AM

has anyone heard if there are anymore diseases being sent in the mail? im expecting an important item and now im afraid to open it, it is coming from the irs


Varian posted Wed, 17 October 2001 at 11:20 AM

The time to be extra cautious is if you receive an unexpected envelope, probably hand-written, and you're not familiar with the sender. If you're expecting a package/envelope and it arrives, with the proper return address, postmark, etc. then you're doing good. :)


CharlieBrown posted Wed, 17 October 2001 at 6:50 PM

I'd be afraid to open ANYTHING from the IRS, virus or no... ;-) But, as one local Senator pointed out, the odds of being EXPOSED to the Anthrax virus allegedly circulating the mails now are about the same as those of being the sole winner of a major Lottery jackpot... And only about 1 in 5 people who are exposed actually catch it.


jeweldragon posted Wed, 17 October 2001 at 8:40 PM

thank you,guys it calms me more now:)


Mitsukai posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 11:38 PM

Look at it this way, as someone put it to me: the most likely chance you have of being exposed to anthrax is if you turn on the radio and tune in to your local heavy metal station, where the band of the same name is played.


TiffT785 posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 11:48 PM

I heard that if you iron your mail, the heat and moisture kills the anthrax. Hope this helps :)


KateTheShrew posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 1:08 AM

But what heat setting do I use? Cotton or Linen? g


Mitsukai posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 1:11 AM

Personally, I suggest drycleaning. Saves the hassle. ^_^


jeweldragon posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 1:28 AM

ha ha!!:)