DD's dilemma + owl post

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 126476


> 
> theotokos:
> > If DD or others were able to magically *know* where someone was, 
> > why did DD need help from the portraits to find Arthur Weasley in 
> > the MOM?
> 
> SSSusan:
> Exactly!  I don't think they DO know.  I think the *owls* know 
> (somehow!), and as long as a letter is in an owl's possession, the 
> ink on the envelope will re-write itself to be accurate upon 
> delivery.

Finwitch:

I think they're using Self Correcting Ink to write the addresses... 
and Aberforth may have used Auto Answer Quill at Hogwarts... (and the 
other things banned from OWL-examinations...)

It's interesting that there ARE several ways to magically aid 
answering questions, but you're not allowed to use them in exams.

Anyway, it seems to me that some, if not most - Owls take letters to 
the place where the person SLEEPS - (Owl waiting on Harry's BED at 
Hogwarts in GoF) or EATS (Owls arriving during the breakfast). Maybe 
it's just staying in the same place for longer than a minute...

Finwitch