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Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :

When you order from amazon, do the books come with the regular mail, i.e., with the mailman, or do they come some other time, in a drop off delivery?

*is praying for it to be the later*

Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :

Generally I think it's UPS. The brown truck people, whoever they are. And they just leave it, even if you're at home. It's annoying.

Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :

Unless you request otherwise, Amazon ships books via UPS Ground.

Posted by Dasa (Member # 8968) on :

It is generally UPS. However, if you have bought stuff for more than $25 *and* asked for it to be shipped free, they generally ship via USPS, which would be your regular mailman. This has been my experience of late.

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

The stuff I've had shipped free was also sent via UPS Ground.

Some of it also depends on who you bought it from. If it's Amazon, it's almost always UPS, if it is another seller that uses Amazon as a proxy, then it can be anyone.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

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Amazon?

Amazon

Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :

My stuff from Amazon always comes US Mail unless I pay for 2-day shipping. This has been true for several years and two cities that I've lived in.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:

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Amazon?
Amazon

That's no Amazon. She's got two bosoms. [Razz]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

So?

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Everyone knows the story of how the Amazons cut off their right breasts so they wouldn't interfere with the use of the bow. Trouble is, the story is a crock--an old crock, but a crock nonetheless. This element of the Amazon myth was invented in the 5th century B.C. The poor Amazons had to start mutilating themselves because some big boob thoughtlessly dabbled in the dark art of etymology without the proper equipment. Hellanicus of Lesbos imagined the name was derived from the Greek prefix a- ("without") and mazos, a variant of mastos ("breast"). He was surely wrong, but his folk etymology is still firmly embedded in the collective consciousness after more than two dozen centuries. There was no hint before his time, either in writing or art, that the Amazons had anything other than usual complement of breasts, so we can safely assume that the one-breasted image we have of them flowed from the (false) etymology and not vice versa.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

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Hellanicus of Lesbos imagined the name was derived from the Greek prefix a- ("without") and mazos.

It was Chametz? [Confused]