Don’t Forget Poland

A recent e-mail from abroad offered a possible solution to a poser we’ve been chewing on for a few days.

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No, we’re not talking about a friendly Nigerian offering a wheelbarrow-load of cash to help move some money around.

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Our missive appeared to be from Poland, or more specifically Krowica Sama, a quaint village of 738 souls just up the road from the Ukraine border. Of course, everything looks quaint from our cyberspace-aided satellite view of the world.

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Anyway, a nice Pole said he collected gadgets identified with companies and asked if we had any “gimmickries” we might want to send his way.

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Our thoughts immediately turned to AT&T and what to do with a couple of U-verse remote controls and power cords.

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This stuff became surplus equipment when we decided to cut back on our TV viewing network at home.

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AT&T wanted the converter boxes back and even paid for the shipping. However, we were told to keep the remote controls and power cords at no charge.

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Uh, thanks?

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In other words: “You throw it away. We don’t want it.”

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Maybe we should prepare a parcel for Artur Szczybylo.

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We’re trying to reduce our own domestic clutter, but we feel sheepish about adding to the clutter in East Europe.