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In English Common Law there has long been a custom called 'the law of wrack,' by which cargo washed up on shore from a wreck can be kept by the finder. An ancient custom indeed.
Well apparently we have a new FedEx driver in the neighborhood who can't read numbers. Several packages intended for me have ended up next door, and I just found the third or fourth package intended for the neighbor on the other side of us here on my doorstep.
Does the law of wrack apply here? If they leave stuff here is it mine? (I'm really only kidding, but I'm sure it happens). Meanwhile, 2 or 3 packages addressed to us that ended up next door were actually opened (!) by the neighbor before being turned over to us. She claims it's her kid who did it. I say these people understand the law of wrack and if they opened one of my packages and it was any good I'd never see it.
The custom of wrack plays a large role in the plot of the classic Robert Mitchum/Sara Miles film 'Ryan's Daughter,' by the way.
Well apparently we have a new FedEx driver in the neighborhood who can't read numbers. Several packages intended for me have ended up next door, and I just found the third or fourth package intended for the neighbor on the other side of us here on my doorstep.
Does the law of wrack apply here? If they leave stuff here is it mine? (I'm really only kidding, but I'm sure it happens). Meanwhile, 2 or 3 packages addressed to us that ended up next door were actually opened (!) by the neighbor before being turned over to us. She claims it's her kid who did it. I say these people understand the law of wrack and if they opened one of my packages and it was any good I'd never see it.
The custom of wrack plays a large role in the plot of the classic Robert Mitchum/Sara Miles film 'Ryan's Daughter,' by the way.