I guess this old news, but anyway ...

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1123-05.htm

[...]
> The federal government is to grant approval to BNP Petroleum to sink two
> wells in the Padre Island National Seashore, a barrier island on the
> Gulf of Mexico that features the longest stretch of undeveloped beach in
> the US.
>
> Permission was granted by the National Park Service, [...]

One wonders if a letterbox placed here on an oil rig would be
confiscated :-)

Hope everyone had a boxious weekend. I must say there are some pretty
wicked sig stamps floating around MD ... and looks like we missed P&W
by a day or two ...

Cheers