Owls

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Owls
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3142] Re: Owls
Date: 7/1/00 12:54 pm  (ET)

> I have always wondered why they would use phones! Owls take a while
to reach their destination after all, and you can't send any other owls
until your owl returns and has had some time to rest.

WouldN'T use phones? I see fanfic has invented lots of spells for
real-time vocal conversation, but I suspect that really the wizards are
technologically behind us.

Hogwart's has an owlery with many owls, presumably so does the Ministry
of Magic, presumably so do rich families like the Malfoys and any big
businesses that might exist in the wizard world. Hogmeade has a post
office with a rack of different owls, each labelled with the weight
it can carry what distance, and its price schedule. Perhaps there are
other wizard post offices, in London near Diagon Alley and in other
areas with dense concentrations of wizards. People who thus have access
to many owls can send many messages simultaneously.

But teleporting the mail must be possible because Hagrid teleported the
admissions letterS to Harry.