Imagine that your mail comes delivered by a mule, or maybe by a missile! These are just a couple of methods the US Postal Service has used, tested, or considered in it's 234-year history. http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/reader_rides/4316104.html -via Digg
(image credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum)
When I asked him where the package was, since I was standing right here, he replied "Usually your gate is closed, so I left it at Post Office", to which I replied: "usually I don't receive packages, and leaving my equipment lot gate open on an island known as 'The island of thieves' didn't seem like a very wise choice."
Yes, they actually pried the nails out of Magellan's ship when he was anchored here: How things never change....