Category Archives: Mailbox Contents

Contents of the postal mailbox on a specific day.

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 04.08.2006?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

* May 2006 issue of [Better Homes and Gardens](http://www.bhg.com) (Plant once for all-summer color)
* April 14, 2006 issue of [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com) (100 Questions! – The Ultimate Trivia Test)
* May 2006 issue of [Discover](http://www.discover.com) (The Man Who Finds Planets)
* May 2006 issue of [Automobile](http://www.automobilemag.com) (The Best Roadster)
* April 25, 2006 issue of [PC Magazine](http://www.pcmag.com) (The Best High Tech Cars)
* An advertisement from [Verizon Wireless](http://www.verizonwireless.com)
* An advertisement from [Dell](http://www.dell.com)
* A plea from the [Student Conservation Association](http://www.thesca.org)
* A plea from the [Adventure Cycling Association](http://www.adventurecycling.org)
* A plea from [Public Citizen](http://www.citizen.org)
* A DVD from the [William Shatner DVD Club](http://www.shatnerdvdclub.com) – [King of the Ants](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328031/)


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What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 04.05.2006?

Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

* April 10, 2006 issue of [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com) (The Lesson of Tal Afar – The Pentagon ignores its own success story.)
* April 2006 issue of [Poetry](http://www.poetrymagazine.org) (The Translation Issue)
* Brochures from [Sun Realty](http://www.sunrealtync.com)
* A postcard from the [Salem Baptist Church](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=103+North+Broad+St,+24153&ll=37.294506,-80.059175&spn=0.01468,0.043259) announcing their Easter Week Services
* A plea from the American Center for Law & Justice


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What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 04.04.2006?

Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

* April/May 2006 issue of [American Heritage](http://www.americanheritage.com) (American Pie – How Pizza Conquered The Nation – And Where To Find the Very Best)
* April 2006 issue of [Southern Living](http://www.southernliving.com) (Joys of Spring)
* Spring 2006 issue of [Real Simple Family](http://www.realsimple.com) (Get it all done with time to spare: smart solutions for busy parents)
* April/May 2006 issue of [Birds & Blooms](http://www.birdsandblooms.com) (Ready for a Walk?)
* May 2006 issue of [Outside](http://www.outsideonline.com) (For the First Time, the Hero of the Grisliest Survival Epic in History, Alive, Reveals the True
Untold Story Behind the Andean Plane Crash and Its Terrible Aftermath)
* Spring/Summer 2006 issue of [Outside Traveler](http://www.outsideonline.com) (Summer’s Best Trips)
* May 2006 issue of [Highlights](http://www.highlights.com) (One Cool Picnic, Nunavut Style)
* A DVD from Netflix – [Crash](http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70023961)
* A brochure announcing Salem, VA’s [Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day and Swap](http://www.ci.salem.va.us/news/releases/haz_waste_collection06.pdf) on Saturday, April 8, 2006
* An advertisement from [Duncan Ford, Mazda, Lincoln, Mercury](http://www.duncan.usawholesalers.net) in Blacksburg, VA
* An advertisement from [Adelphia](http://www.adelphia.com)
* An offer from the [Disney Movie Club](http://www.disneymovieclub.com)


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What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 04.03.2006?

Monday, the mailbox contained:

* May 2006 issue of [Road & Track](http://www.roadandtrack.com) (Kick It Up! – Tuner Cars On the Wild Side)
* May 2006 issue of [Motor Trend](http://www.motortrend.com) (PonyCar War!)
* May 2006 issue of [Car And Driver](http://www.caranddriver.com) (Is Small Big Again?)
* April 10, 2006 issue of [Newsweek](http://newsweek.msnbc.com) (Illegals Under Fire)
* April 2006 issue of [The Sun](http://www.thesunmagazine.org) (We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs)
* Spring 2006 issue of [The Kenyon Review](http://www.kenyonreview.org) (Daniel Stern, Tom Sleigh, Susan Wood, and more)
* A copy of [The Great Indoors](http://www.longliveyourdog.com) (House Proud)
* A plea from the [Wilderness Society](http://www.wilderness.org)
* A plea from [Team In Training](http://www.teamintraining.org/vam)


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What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 04.01.06?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

* Spring 2006 issue of [National Parks](http://www.npca.org) (Wildlife Corridors – Connecting the Parks)
* May 2006 issue of [PC World](http://www.pcworld.com) (Best Free Stuff – Coll New Downloads, Sites & Services)
* April 2006 issue of [Nursing 2006](http://www.nursing2006.com) (Shades of Sedation – Caring for patients under moderate sedation and analgesia)
* April 2006 issue of [American Journal of Nursing](http://www.nursingcenter.com) (The Bathing of Older Adults with Dementia)
* April-May 2006 issue of the Roanoke Group’s [Sierra Club News](http://virginia.sierraclub.org/roanoke/) (Mysteries of Mountain Lake)
* A pay stub


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What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 03.31.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

* April 10, 2006 issue of [ESPN](http://www.espn.com/magazine) (Baseball Preview – The Hot Pick)
* April 7, 2006 issue of [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com) (Howard Stern Bites Back!)
* March 10, 2006 issue of [Oncology Times](http://www.oncology-times.com) (Improving End-of-Life Care)
* Spring 2006 issue of [Nursing in Virginia](http://www.extras.timesdispatch.com/nursinginva/) (trying your patience – The stress of patient harassment)
* A [Harbor Freight Tools](http://www.harborfreightusa.com) Sale Flyer
* An advertisement from [Geico](http://www.geico.com)
* A plea from [Amnesty International](http://www.amnestyusa.org)
* A plea from the [Special Olympics](http://www.specialolympics.org)


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What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 03.30.2006?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* April 2006 issue of [SERVO](http://www.servomagazine.com) (Meet eMo)
* April 2006 issue of [Nuts And Volts](http://www.nutsvolts.com) (The Propeller – Putting a New Spin on Embedded Control)
* Summer Preview 2006 [Lands’ End Kids](http://www.landsend.com/kids) Catalog
* A brochure for the Power of JAVA [JavaOne Conference](http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf)
* A subscription offer for Food & Wine Magazine
* An advertisement from [Parkway Wesleyan Church](http://www.pwcroanoke.org)
* An offer from [Glade Springs Village](http://www.gladespringsvillage.com)
* A plea from [Reading is Fundamental](http://www.rif.org)
* A CD – Back to Bedlam


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What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 03.29.2006?

Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

* Spring 2006 issue of [The Virginia Quarterly Review](http://www.vqronline.org) (Why Darwin Is Still Right)
* April 3, 2006 issue of [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com) (Citizen Penn – Sean Penn’s Sense of Mission)
* Summer 2006 [L.L.Bean](http://www.llbean.com) Catalog
* Volume 11, Number 2 of [House To House Heart to Heart](http://www.westsidecofc-salem.com)
* An advertisement from [Nationwide](http://www.nationwide.com) Insurance


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What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 03.27.2006?

Monday, the mailbox contained:

* April 3, 2006 issue of [Newsweek](http://newsweek.msnbc.com) (Putting The ‘We’ in WEB)
* April 2006 issue of [Circuit Cellar](http://www.circuitcellar.com) (Wireless Communications)
* April 2006 issue of [Virginia Wildlife](http://www.dgif.virginia.gov) (The Circle Remains Unbroken)
* April/May 2006 issue of [National Wildlife](http://www.nwf.org) (Prowlers Along the U.S.-Mexico Border)
* March 2006 issue of [Save the Bay](http://www.cbf.org) (Why Blackwater Matters)
* An [MCM](http://www.mcminone.com) Catalog
* An advertisement from [Colonial Williamsburg](http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com)
* An advertisement from Prentice Hall Health
* An advertisement from [Allstate](http://www.allstate.com)
* An advertiesment from the New York Review of Books
* A plea from the [North Carolina Zoological Society](http://www.nczoo.com)
* A plea from [Doctors Without Borders](http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
* A plea from the Virginia State Police Association
* A prayer by letter chain letter
* 32 AA batteries from [batteries.com](http://www.batteries.com)


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What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 03.25.2006?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

* April/May 2006 issue of [Mother Earth News](http://www.motherearthnews.com) (Giant Issue)
* March 31, 2006 issue of [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com) (TV is King!)
* A subscription offer for [Southern Accents](http://www.southernaccents.com)
* Four books:
* Shooter : The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper
* Carrots Love Tomatoes : Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
* How to Grow World Record Tomatoes: A Guinness Champion Reveals His All-Organic Secrets
* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services 2005


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What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 03.24.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

* February/March 2006 issue of [American Heritage](http://www.americanheritage.com) (You’ll Never Believe Who They’re Screaming For…)
* Spring 2006 [Real Goods](http://www.realgoods.com) Resource Guide
* An [ebay](http://www.ebay.com/catalog) Catalog
* An advertisement from [Merchant’s Tire](http://www.merchantstire.com)
* An advertisement from Berglund Auto
* An advertisement from [Dell](http://www.dell.com)
* An offer from the [WeightWatchers](http://www.weightwatchers.com)
* A channel guide from [DirecTV](http://www.directv.com)
* Coupons from [Valpak](http://www.valpak.com)
* An offer for a WeightWatchers Cookbook
* A book – Benjamin Franklin: Silence Dogood, Busy-Body : Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body, and Early Writings (Library of America)


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What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Friday, 03.24.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the [Sheetz @ 1435 Apperson Dr][SheetzApp] in Salem, VA were:

|Grade|Price|
|—–|—–|
|Regular|$2.299|
|Mid|$2.399|
|Premium|$2.499|

Gas prices were unchanged today.

[ExxonEMain]: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=internal&addtohistory=&latitude=jz7dkAcrm9Q%3d&longitude=4kfjP%2fmpwS4%3d&name=P%20%26%20M%20Market&country=US&address=1622%20E%20Main%20St&city=Salem&state=VA&zipcode=24153&phone=540%2d986%2d0021&spurl=0&searchtype=search&cat=Convenience%20Stores
[SheetzApp]: http://www.google.com/maps?li=lm&hl=en&q=sheetz+loc:+Salem,+VA&num=10&cid=37286667,-80055833,7206545345893491642&radius=0.000000&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
[SheetzMain]: http://www.google.com/maps?li=lm&hl=en&q=sheetz+loc:+Salem,+VA&num=30&cid=37286667,-80055833,6055186495788312797&radius=0.000000&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
[AmocoMain]: http://www.google.com/maps?li=lm&hl=en&q=amoco+loc:+Salem,+VA&num=30&cid=37286667,-80055833,1364145494564258260&radius=0.000000&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

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