The pieces of mail that was . . .

Is your editor on vacation?

"I want to emphasize that all mail is important to the postal service and we protect the sanctity of all mail, at all times, and we take this situation very seriously, regardless of the items that are involved,"

You better. Regardless of who sent it, they paid money to do it.

"With the economy the way it is, some people need those coupons, you know, there's great deals in them, they help out a lot," said customer Michelle Chenault.

FFS.

FTFA: The pieces of mail that was thrown away were advertisements and no personal information was compromised.

Damn. Can he start working my route?

What would I do without the mail? Actually, life would go on pretty much the same. Some trees might be saved.

Ed Finnerty: FTFA: The pieces of mail that was thrown away were advertisements and no personal information was compromised.

Damn. Can he start working my route?

I thought the exact same thing.

I was even tempted to offer money on a monthly basis to my mailman to throw away my spam for me. Unfortunately, that would break several federal and state laws.

Satanic_Hamster: Ed Finnerty: FTFA: The pieces of mail that was thrown away were advertisements and no personal information was compromised.

Damn. Can he start working my route?

Yeah, how about a god damn Hero tab, subby?

So much this.

Three Crooked Squirrels: The pieces of mail that was . . .

Is your editor on vacation?

Came to say THIS. Fark the mail, who killed the English language in journalism?

It's bad enough they no longer report the news, they should at least save English for posterity. WTF else do these guys get a degree in?

FTA: "The pieces of mail that was thrown away"

skiinstructor: actually all that junkmail fuels the woodstove just fine...

Not the glossy stuff, or the advertisements with too much ink. Too much ash and soot.

Three Crooked Squirrels: Is your editor on vacation?

You really should give them a break, they are from KY, you know.

skiinstructor: actually all that junkmail fuels the woodstove just fine...

Just what I came here to say..stretches out the kindlin' stock quite nicely.

If he kept it to those mass-mail coupon magazine pieces of crap, I'd want to give that guy a medal. I hate having to throw that crap away myself...satellite TV pamphlets, 4-color coupon glossies for products I'll never order at stores I never shop at, chiropractic ads...he's a good man.

I've never tried it myself, but there is a form you can request from the USPS to block your receiving any advertising you deem to be "sexually explicit" from any particular advertiser. Thing is, you get to decide what's "sexually explicit", and they can't really argue. Doesn't matter if it's an automotive parts catalog, or anything. It might get you put on some kind of weird list, though.

Info here. (new window, PDF warning)

kimwim: When we get junk mail addressed to our neighbors we use it to warm the house.

I accidentally got my neighbor's gay junk mail.

That was fascinating thing to find out about my neighbor. I put in the mail slot to make sure gets it.

/ I never would've guessed.
// I didn't even know there was gay junk mail before then.

CrispFlows: kimwim: When we get junk mail addressed to our neighbors we use it to warm the house.

I accidentally got my neighbor's gay junk mail.

That was fascinating thing to find out about my neighbor. I put in the mail slot to make sure he gets it.

/ I never would've guessed.
// I didn't even know there was gay junk mail before then.

FTFM