Re: More fun than USPS!

I hate to admit it, but your recount nearly had me rolling on the floor. I'm certain that sooner or later, you'll get the "Global Priority Service" I'd paid for.

In all seriousness, I hope all works out for you. In the mean time I'll be monitoring CNN to see if they're clearing any airports after finally locating what they think are WMDs.

Ahhhh yes.....they'll be searching for the suicide polisher!

You'll either get it back or it'll find it's way to the eternal void where six trillion finger-nail sissors have gone. Or....there's a few baggage handlers that may have thought they'd scored big time and are now suffering from acute pulmonary eosinophilia due to excess granular inhalation.

Dan,
Sorry to hear about your trials, but like Peter you had me LOL!
Who knows, it may show up some day assuming no one tries to sniff it, light it, or whatever.
Several decades ago I acquired a spent 80mm Motor Round while serving in Vietnam. It was a dud that a DOD friend had disarmed. We cleaned out all the explosives and anything harmful so it was just metal. Being the dumb 20 year old I was, I figured I'd ship it home and make a lamp out of it.
Boxed it up, filled out the manisfest with exactly what it was, stated on the manifest that it was a Used 80mm Motor that had been completely disarmed and that it was not a "DX Item" (reuseable since it had been fired). Put a letter inside explaining the whole thing along with a standard "War Trophies" form and shipped it off from Ben Hoa to Chicago, Ill. via Army Post.
6+ month later it showed up in a different box with different packing, etc. There were all kinds of notes on my letter & WT form were about 30 different people & departments had checked and guess what? It's not illegal to ship home an 80mm Motor Round that's been fired & disarmmed.
My wife hates the lamp so it's in the attic now. :-( Oh Well! Maybe your Zip Locks will show up in 4 or 5 months too!
Clear Skies, Bill