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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

560.0. "Letters to Israel, anyone?" by CADSYS::REISS (Fern Alyza Reiss) Wed Oct 05 1988 15:10

    
    I'm going on vacation to Israel.  If anyone has letters they'd like
    to send over, I'd be happy to take them.  (That's *letters*, not
    *packages*, please--I'm already schlepping an answering machine,
    a case of toiletries, a desk organizer, and boxes of diaper rash
    relief--no more spare suitcase space!)  Send 'em over by interoffice
    mail; I'll be here until October 12.  I'm at HL02-2/G13.  --Fern
    
    P.S.--For anyone who's never tried Israeli mail and
    is wondering about the reason for this offer: The Israeli postal
    system has a habit of collecting letters, sorting them in
    reverse-chronological order, and then mailing out every third.
    (It's not quite that bad, but close; ironically, the symbol for
    both the mail and the (equally slow) telephone system is the (speedy)
    ibex.  Wishful thinking...

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
560.1	be careful!	VAXWRK::ZAITCHIK	Existence is NOT a predicate	`Fri Oct 07 1988 11:43`	12
	< Note 560.0 by CADSYS::REISS "Fern Alyza Reiss" > -< Letters to Israel, anyone? >- > I'm going on vacation to Israel. If anyone has letters they'd like > to send over, I'd be happy to take them. (That's letters, not > packages, please... Maybe you are going to think I am paranoid but since this is a very open notesfile I think you should not make this kind of offer. You can never tell what you will get in the mail. It could be dangerous or illegal. -Alan Z.
560.2		CADSYS::REISS	Fern Alyza Reiss	`Fri Oct 07 1988 16:16`	4
	Thanks, Alan. I did specify letters, not packages, but perhaps I should restrict it to unsealed letters. Also, I'm leaving October 26.
560.3	an opinion	TAZRAT::CHERSON	entergrate my interprise	`Tue Oct 11 1988 09:53`	7
	re: .1 I'd just like to say that I think this was a bit of overreaction here. If you bring a package into the country it will be opened and inspected in any event. David
560.4	bdiyuk!	VAXWRK::ZAITCHIK	Existence is NOT a predicate	`Tue Oct 11 1988 13:20`	16
	> re: .1 > I'd just like to say that I think this was a bit of overreaction > here. If you bring a package into the country it will be opened > and inspected in any event. Yeah, and wouldn't you be surprised if the package turned out to be full of something illegal. Imagine explaining that to the mishmar hagvul! Or what's worse, trying to explain to mechess (customs) that your box full of radar detectors or stereo headphones or ??? was just "for someone who works at DEC who has a relative in Israel". (Not to mention explosive materials of various sorts.) Anyway, as .2 clarified, the intention was for OPEN ENVELOPES, so let's let this drop.
560.5	This Really Happened....	TAVENG::CHAIM	The Bagel Nosher	`Thu Oct 13 1988 05:13`	15
	Just to strengthen what Zaitch said, I know personally of a case where someone traveling to Israel was asked by a "very good friend" to bring a mixer for his son. The "very good friend" even gave the guy money to pay the duty. When the guy brought the mixer to the "very good friend"'s son, the son proceeded to disassemble the mixer in front of this guy, and lo and behold inside was a bag of diamonds. Try explaining that to "Meches".... Cb.
560.6	...	TAZRAT::CHERSON	entergrate my interprise	`Thu Oct 13 1988 09:53`	6
	re: previous two I guess my level of paranoia isn't the same as some others. So much for trusting other people in this conference. David