> I sat down at my desk and went through the day's mail. I threw some
> bills into the bin, and then remembered that I'd moved the bin into the
> kitchen - so I got annoyed, stuffed the rest of the post into a drawer,
> and gave up on the idea that doing chores would help me to get things
> straight in my mind.
> ----- The end of the citation -----


> Did he mean  that he threw his mail on the floor?

That is how I read it... he threw some mail into the "trashbin" before
realizing the trashbin was not where it normally would be.  So, my guess is
the same as yours, that he dropped it on the floor by mistake.

Mike


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