Dub
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Post by Dub on Nov 21, 2022 13:48:12 GMT -5
We’ve all become accustomed to seeing USPS junk mail show up looking very much like it was addressed by hand. The fonts either mimic longhand or look as though they were hastily printed by hand with a felt-tip pen. We see this so often we’re very comfortable dropping them directly into the paper shredder unopened. Looking today at my USPS Informed Delivery email, I see we’re to receive a piece of mail addressed as follows.  The interesting thing, to me at least, is that the font used to mimic hand printing doesn’t always use the same version of the characters. I don’t recall seeing that before. |
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Post by t-bob on Nov 21, 2022 14:09:48 GMT -5
You'll see a lot of junk right now because the holidays...... too many data, mis-reading
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Post by Cornflake on Nov 21, 2022 15:35:31 GMT -5
Maybe I'll order a tee shirt that says Junk Male.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Nov 21, 2022 15:37:13 GMT -5
If I had a fireplace or wood burning stove I could heat my house for the winter with the catalogs and Medicare brochures I get in October and November.
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Post by jdd2 on Nov 21, 2022 17:10:11 GMT -5
... The fonts either mimic longhand or look as though they were hastily printed by hand ... |
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Post by millring on Nov 21, 2022 21:09:44 GMT -5
not to mention the "stamps" for standard mail. Some are pretty convincing. You have to look closely to see the "presorted standard" to know that it's not first class mail.
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Post by millring on Nov 21, 2022 21:12:52 GMT -5
I had also noticed that different versions of the same character and kinda wondered how one would program that.
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Post by Village Idiot on Nov 21, 2022 22:32:17 GMT -5
Hey Mark, did Joy get those mayocoba beans I mailed her? I hate to put anyone's name on a letter or package anymore as many prefer anonymity, so I addressed it Valued Walgreens Customer. Please let me know if she got it. I can always send more if she didn't.
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Dub
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Post by Dub on Nov 21, 2022 22:58:11 GMT -5
Hey Mark, did Joy get those mayocoba beans I mailed her? I hate to put anyone's name on a letter or package anymore as many prefer anonymity, so I addressed it Valued Walgreens Customer. Please let me know if she got it. I can always send more if she didn't. No, they didn’t arrive. I’m guessing our lousy USPS carrier ripped them off since there was no tracking number. Please send more. |
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Post by drlj on Nov 22, 2022 8:42:21 GMT -5
If we didn’t get mail, we wouldn’t have much to recycle.
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Post by kbcolorado on Nov 23, 2022 7:57:23 GMT -5
Early in his campaign, a certain presidential candidate's mailings included postage paid return envelopes for donations. It was a rather handy solution to my junk mail problem.
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Dub
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Post by Dub on Nov 23, 2022 12:16:19 GMT -5
Early in his campaign, a certain presidential candidate's mailings included postage paid return envelopes for donations. It was a rather handy solution to my junk mail problem. In his book titled Steal This Book, Abbie Hoffman recommended pasting those PP envelopes to bricks and dropping them in a mail box. |
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