what electronic stuff is there in UK postboxes?

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what electronic stuff is there in UK postboxes? banana 11-01-2005
Posted by Hognoxious on November 1, 2005, 6:45 pm
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>> Our local one has its own midget MI5 agaent inside, who takes X-ray
>> photocopies of each letter as it drops through the slot.
>
> Does he masturbate though, in the post box?

Of course, how do think he reseals any envelopes that he opens?




Posted by Archie on November 1, 2005, 10:20 pm
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>Our local one has its own midget MI5 agaent inside, who takes X-ray
>photocopies of each letter as it drops through the slot.

All foreign language letters are sent to GCHQ for translation prior to
sending on. I got this from a man in the pub last night.


Posted by hummingbird on November 1, 2005, 11:10 am
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:14:56 GMT, "Diversity Isn't A Codeword"
mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...

>> I'd be grateful for info as to what electronic gadgetry is installed in
>> UK postboxes.
>>
>> How are visits by Royal Mail workers to empty the boxes logged
>> electronically?
>>
>> Presumably the vans are all satellite-tracked. But what gizmo do the
>> workers use to 'shake hands' with the gadgetry in the box?
>>
>> And what about 'business postboxes' - the ones for franked mail only?
>> Just try using your car radio near one. You probably won't be able to,
>> because of the electromagnetic interference.
>
>they use special X rays to scan every piece of mail and record every letter
>everybody sends, it's all done by secret MI5 operatives, just ask Mike
>Corley.

That could mean the Royal Mail is in cahoots with MI5 *and*
the BBC because they spy on him through his TV set.

Is this a devious plot by organs of the state I ask myself?

--
"Turkey should join the EU 'because it is a European country'"
....Jack Straw 2nd October 2005 in Luxembourg.
BBC: "only 22% of citizens across Europe want Turkey to join the EU"


Posted by on November 1, 2005, 4:31 am
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hummingbird wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:14:56 GMT, "Diversity Isn't A Codeword"
> mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...
>
> >they use special X rays to scan every piece of mail and record every letter
> >everybody sends, it's all done by secret MI5 operatives, just ask Mike
> >Corley.
>
> That could mean the Royal Mail is in cahoots with MI5 *and*
> the BBC because they spy on him through his TV set.

Even worse - they're in cahoots with Cahoots to track his online
banking!



Posted by hummingbird on November 1, 2005, 1:08 pm
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On 1 Nov 2005 04:31:15 -0800, joseph.hutcheon@virgin.net
mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...

>hummingbird wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:14:56 GMT, "Diversity Isn't A Codeword"
>> mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...
>>
>> >they use special X rays to scan every piece of mail and record every letter
>> >everybody sends, it's all done by secret MI5 operatives, just ask Mike
>> >Corley.
>>
>> That could mean the Royal Mail is in cahoots with MI5 *and*
>> the BBC because they spy on him through his TV set.
>
>Even worse - they're in cahoots with Cahoots to track his online
>banking!

Anybody sane would keep his stash in a secret hideout.
I can't say about Mike Corley ;-)

--
"Turkey should join the EU 'because it is a European country'"
....Jack Straw 2nd October 2005 in Luxembourg.
BBC: "only 22% of citizens across Europe want Turkey to join the EU"


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