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第三篇WhoCameFirst,theChickenortheEgg?Ijustmailedthechickenandtheegg,eachinitsownseparatepackaging,andkeptcarefultrackofwheneachshipmentwassentfromapostofficeinCambridge,
Massachusetts,andwhenitlaterarrivedatitsintendeddestinationinNewYorkCity. Inmailingthechicken,IwascarefultoadheretotherestrictionsdescribedintheAmericanPostalService'sDomesticMailManual57,asupdatedonApril3,2003.This,themostrecent,versionoftheManualstatesthat:"AdultchickensmustbesentbyExpressMail.ThecontainersusedmustpassthestandardsinInternationalSafeTransitAssociationTestProcedureIA;bestrongenoughtoendurenormalhandling;andensureenoughairforthechickensintransit.Thenumberofbirdsmustnotbemorethanthecontainer'slimit."
Imailedthechickeninawoodenboxgotfromacolleaguewhodoesresearchwithbirds.
Then,Imailedtheegginstandardpackagingobtainedthroughanindustrialsupplier.It'squitesimple. Ipostedboththechickenandtheeggat9:40am,onaMondaymorning,fromtheHarvardSquarepostoffice,inCambridge,Massachusetts.Thestafftheretoldmethatthiswasthefirstchickenanyonehadmailedfromthereinrecentmemory,andperhapsever.Theyhandledboththechickenandtheeggskillfullyandpolitely. TheintendeddestinationforbothpackageswastheJamesA.FarleyGeneralPostOffice,whichislocatedinManhattanrightnexttothePennStationtrainterminal. ItookthesubwayfromtheHarvardSquaretotheBostontrainstation,andfromthereboardeda&n
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