. . . in timely {?} fashion . . .

. . . hip hip hooray . . .
. . . we got mail today . . .
. . . a letter dated 17 august 2008 . . .
. . . drew told us
he had mailed it
1 september 2008 . . . . . . the salt lake city postmark
is dated 18 november 2008 . . .
. . . we received it on 20 november 2008 . . .
. . . proving, yet again,
that the postal system
north of the border
is clearly superior . . .
{irony from the first paragraph:
"i figure you'll get this sometime
in late september or october."}