On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:51 +0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:11:12 -0600, Jules wrote:

I need one of those pneumatic message-tube systems so I can suck mail
back from the box to the house :-)

Lamson tubes, still available to buy if you want many supermarkets
have them to connect the tills to a secure cash room.

Yes - and we have the strange concept of drive-in banks this side of the
Pond, which have those systems to transfer stuff between the vehicle and
the bank itself. (That whole idea still seems incredibly goofy somehow,
and I still prefer going inside and talking to a human being face-to-face :-)

Wonder of you could rig something up with downspout piping and a wet 'n
dry vacuum cleaner?

Maybe :-) The challenge might be making it bidirectional (because you
can use your US mailbox as a postbox, and send outgoing mail as well as
receiving it).

cheers

Jules