On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, John A. Lind wrote:
> >How do you hide the UPS trucks that keep showing up? <g>
> >Gregg
>
> Ahhh, Grasshopper, you have much to learn <g>. UPS has a marvelous web
> site that can accurately tell you *when* something will arrive in advance
> of shipping. It can also tell you status en route, so you can move to plan
> "B" if (rather rare) something goes awry on the planned arrival date.
> Arrange for shipping so that arrival will occur when the other half will
> not be there, or when you will arrive home first to intercept its arrival.
> Discrete disposal of the box and packing materials is another art form in
> itself. Drivers have normal routes for business pickup and dropoff. Home
> deliveries are made along them almost always at the same time of day.
John, that was positively elegant ! I'm impressed.
*= Doris Fang =*
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