Date:    Tue, 9 Jun 1998 16:25:21 +1000
<br>From:    Ross Chambers <maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
<br>Subject: Going postal in Oz
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<br>"Going postal" heard in Australia, on Australian Broadcasting
<br>Corporation Radio National "AM" June 6, 1998--in connection with one Mr
<br>Siefer (?) of the US Library of Congress, appealing against his
<br>dismissal after being assessed as being likely to "go postal"
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<br>I'm pleased to say that a detailed explanation of this expression by the
<br>writer of the news story was deemed necessary, the phenomenon--in
<br>Australia Post, or elsewhere in Oz, being unknown. (so far!)
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<br>The excellent ADS search (thanks) found many posts on the expression, I
<br>could only scan a few, but note some from January 1996.
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<br>Kind regards - Ross
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<br>Ross Chambers           Sydney       Australia
<br>maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ozemail.com.au
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<br>"L'Australia non e solo agli antipodi, e lontana da tutto,
<br>  talora anche da sa stessa."
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<br>(Australia is not only  at the Antipodes, she is away from everything,
<br>sometimes even from herself)
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<br>Umberto Eco
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