[ExI] grand unified theory?

[MB]

>> Conspiracy
>> theory, anyone!?!
>
> Less conspiracy than the cherry on top of her experiences in Italy in general.
>

Of course. I was being facetious. But given the experiences related so far (not the
least the loss of the most precious mailed brown envelope) it almost reads like
something's out to get her.  In a novel or tv-drama we'd meet the bad guy soon! ;)))
 And we'd get to pick him all to little pieces painfully for his evil deeds.  And
find the missing items.

I'm glad the luggage finally reappeared and tremendously sorry about the notebook,
that's terrible. The lesson I see is that it pays to have backup, even of our
hardcopy backups.

We're spoiled here in the US with our postal system, even with all its faults. I
hardly ever have a package broken in to, deliberately or otherwise. By far most of
my mail arrives in a relatively timely fashion, with very few losses.

Regards,
MB