Gone with the Wind. Really.

Netflix sent us the 2-disk DVD version of Gone With the Wind this week.

But when I opened our post office box this afternoon, I found only 1½ envelopes. The one with a disk in it contained, of course, Disk 2 – the second half of the movie. The other was about 70% of the address side. Missing was Disk 1, which contains the first half of the movie.

I showed it to the deputy postmistress and she observed that they’ve seen several such mutilations lately. The problem, she speculated, is probably dirty or maladjusted sorting equipment at the Jonesboro Post Office through which all of our mail comes.

So the first half of Gone with the Wind is just that – gone with the wind. How appropriate.