.... but, really?

http://addictedtocostco.com/

nancy

On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 7:39:30 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
> ... but, really?
>
> http://addictedtocostco.com/

Is the idea that the icing below the word, "Birthday," looks like a
group of demons?
>
> nancy

--Bryan
"You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
wife's crotch."
--Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015

....as if a six-year-old or his friends would see "6-6-6" in the legs. What a
joke. That poor woman is likely the same one who thought the McDonald's
Minions were saying bad words.

N.

On 7/22/2015 8:44 AM, Nancy2 wrote:

> ...as if a six-year-old or his friends would see "6-6-6" in the legs. What a
> joke. That poor woman is likely the same one who thought the McDonald's
> Minions were saying bad words.

I don't think you can help someone so obsessed like that. I heard
about the minions thing, too, sorry for laughing but come on.

All those years of going to church every Sunday, i never even
heard about the 666 thing. First time was at the supermarket
and I overheard the cashier tell a woman I wouldn't buy that
piece of meat! Woah, what's wrong with it ... got my attention.
It looked okay. Cashier says The price is $6.66!

The customer said, unfazed, well it's going to be $3.33 because
I have a 50% off rain check. Made me laugh except that meant
the cashier had to take the meat back to the butcher to be
re-labeled. That's how long ago that was. That cashier is
still the crazy one everyone avoids, still checking after all
these years.

nancy

On 7/22/2015 6:58 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 7:39:30 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>> ... but, really?
>>
>> http://addictedtocostco.com/
>
> Is the idea that the icing below the word, "Birthday," looks like a
> group of demons?

Now that you mention it, is that fire they're rising up through??
Heh.

nancy

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:22:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 7/22/2015 8:44 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
>> ...as if a six-year-old or his friends would see "6-6-6" in the legs. What a
>> joke. That poor woman is likely the same one who thought the McDonald's
>> Minions were saying bad words.
>
>I don't think you can help someone so obsessed like that. I heard
>about the minions thing, too, sorry for laughing but come on.
>
>All those years of going to church every Sunday, i never even
>heard about the 666 thing. First time was at the supermarket
>and I overheard the cashier tell a woman I wouldn't buy that
>piece of meat! Woah, what's wrong with it ... got my attention.
>It looked okay. Cashier says The price is $6.66!
>
>The customer said, unfazed, well it's going to be $3.33 because
>I have a 50% off rain check. Made me laugh except that meant
>the cashier had to take the meat back to the butcher to be
>re-labeled. That's how long ago that was. That cashier is
>still the crazy one everyone avoids, still checking after all
>these years.
>
>nancy

Is that about the "top chef" in the commercial? I never did read the
article about it. I don't think people like that are confused. They
are just opportunists seeking attention and some sort of money
recompense.
Janet US

On 7/23/2015 2:37 AM, Janet B wrote:
America is a deeply religious country." Yeah. So we get told over and
over. We're a god fearing bunch of folks with an attendant set of values
derived from a so-called xian cultural matrix.

We've prided ourselves on our religiosity ever since the first Puritan
bigot stepped ashore. America even spawned an important worldwide
religion -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mormonism.

Mormonism arose in a time of chiliastic ferment. The end of days,
foretold in Revelation, would at last come to pass. The U.S. has coursed
through one wave of faith finding after another. As it is doing today.

An Age of Anxiety has returned. What could the mindless mantra
'religious country' mean? Depending on who utters it, the phrase can
take on any number of meanings. It's a cliche with cachet. Among many
fill in the blanks: "America is . . .

1. a christian state
2. a christian country
3. a nation which adds christian prejudices to race and ethnic ones as
'means tests'
4. a secular state most of whose citizens are nominally christian
5. a secular state most of whose citizens nominally believe in a supreme
being
6. a nation in which christian precepts are practiced by a great majority

Some of these are clearly false, others true, others neither. Generally,
the word 'religious' covers up the no longer PC precision of
'christian.' But everybody understands the code. (Jews and Muslims need
not apply.)

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 2:58:25 PM UTC-5, Dr. Edward Morbius wrote:

>

> We've prided ourselves on our religiosity ever since the first Puritan
> bigot stepped ashore. America even spawned an important worldwide
> religion -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mormonism.
>
Mormon is misspelled. It has one to many ems.

Of course, the Mormon leaders were anything but morons, as they figured
out a way to get to have lots of quantity and variety in their happy
times. They'd get these naive young women who didn't know what was, and
wasn't *normal*.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnI6A_YUoDc
>
--Bryan
"You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
wife's crotch."
--Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015

On 7/22/2015 12:37 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:22:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> I don't think you can help someone so obsessed like that. I heard
>> about the minions thing, too, sorry for laughing but come on.

> Is that about the "top chef" in the commercial?

I don't know anything about that.

> I never did read the
> article about it. I don't think people like that are confused. They
> are just opportunists seeking attention and some sort of money
> recompense.

Most likely.

nancy

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:32:36 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 2:58:25 PM UTC-5, Dr. Edward Morbius wrote:
>> We've prided ourselves on our religiosity ever since the first Puritan
>> bigot stepped ashore. America even spawned an important worldwide
>> religion -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mormonism.
>>
>Mormon is misspelled. It has one to many ems.
>
>Of course, the Mormon leaders were anything but morons, as they figured
>out a way to get to have lots of quantity and variety in their happy
>times. They'd get these naive young women who didn't know what was, and
>wasn't *normal*.

The other night I watched a show about the Mormon's massive
underground bunker in Utah, built for the express purpose to store
data on every living human being that has ever lived... all on
microfiche apparently. The cost of that must be insane. Then again,
you'd have to be insane to be a Mormon.

>--Bryan
> "You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
> wife's crotch."
> --Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015

LOL, there's something seriously wrong with that woman

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 7:50:30 PM UTC-5, Je�us wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:32:36 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
> > wrote:
>
>
> >--Bryan
> > "You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
> > wife's crotch."
> > --Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015
>
> LOL, there's something seriously wrong with that woman
>
I admit to being a bit oddball in the intensity of my interest in that
one aspect of sexuality, but I've never known *any* woman to discourage
it. This is funny, and that Right-wing kook will call me a racist for
sharing it, but I used to work with a Black guy who said that he only
did it with White women because it was considered a cultural no-no in
the African-American culture, and if he went down on a woman from his
community, "I'd have to marry her." This was in the late 1970s. I
had another much older Black guy on my cleaning crew around the same
time, and it was a running joke. He'd ask me, "Did you eat any today?"
meaning Chitlins (chitterlings), and I'd say, "No," then ask him the
same question, referring to eating pussy, and he'd say, "No." It was
light-hearted joking, with zero racial hostility.

Funk musicians had a lot of fun with that, and the very word, "funk,"
was slang for the fragrance of female genitalia. Artists like George
Clinton and Prince were snickered at, and considered eccentric for
being "pussy eating n's," but one can find a very clear reference to
the taboo in the ~1929 song by Blind Arthur Blake, *Diddy Wah Diddy*."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sB8ycdbJo

Listening to Blind Blake, you can hear the roots of Rock'n Roll, in both
his guitar and the edginess of his lyrics. I'm pretty sure that you know
that already, but most folks don't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Blake

--Bryan
"You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
wife's crotch."
--Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:45:50 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 7:50:30 PM UTC-5, Je�us wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:32:36 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> >--Bryan
>> > "You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
>> > wife's crotch."
>> > --Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015
>>
>> LOL, there's something seriously wrong with that woman
>>
>I admit to being a bit oddball in the intensity of my interest in that
>one aspect of sexuality, but I've never known *any* woman to discourage
>it. This is funny, and that Right-wing kook will call me a racist for
>sharing it, but I used to work with a Black guy who said that he only
>did it with White women because it was considered a cultural no-no in
>the African-American culture, and if he went down on a woman from his
>community, "I'd have to marry her." This was in the late 1970s. I
>had another much older Black guy on my cleaning crew around the same
>time, and it was a running joke. He'd ask me, "Did you eat any today?"
>meaning Chitlins (chitterlings), and I'd say, "No," then ask him the
>same question, referring to eating pussy, and he'd say, "No." It was
>light-hearted joking, with zero racial hostility.
....

I worked with African American Flip, who didn't eat pussy but ate
chitterlings (I told him, introduce me to your girlfriend, he
refused!), I eat pussy but not chitterlings and Rick a hick from
southeast MO (no town, just southeast MO) and he ate pussy AND
chitterlings.

John Kuthe...

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:45:50 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 7:50:30 PM UTC-5, Je�us wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:32:36 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
>> > wrote:
>> >--Bryan
>> > "You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
>> > wife's crotch."
>> > --Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015
>>
>> LOL, there's something seriously wrong with that woman
>>
>I admit to being a bit oddball in the intensity of my interest in that
>one aspect of sexuality, but I've never known *any* woman to discourage
>it.

Nor have I, I've never had a woman object to that, that's for sure...

>This is funny, and that Right-wing kook will call me a racist for
>sharing it, but I used to work with a Black guy who said that he only
>did it with White women because it was considered a cultural no-no in
>the African-American culture, and if he went down on a woman from his
>community, "I'd have to marry her."

I've actually heard that too, tangentially in some music documentary,
from memory. Pretty stupid of them if you ask me.

On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:39:30 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
> ... but, really?
>
> http://addictedtocostco.com/
>
> nancy

She never wouldn't written to ME - I once had a PO Box 666. I didn't ask for that number, so I guess they assigned it to the next non-superstitious person who happened along. Hey - maybe I should've asked for a discount?

On 7/24/2015 11:55 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:39:30 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>> ... but, really?
>>
>> http://addictedtocostco.com/

> She never wouldn't written to ME - I once had a PO Box 666.

That's a riot. Imagine giving her your mailing address,
she'd run away screaming. The devil!

>I didn't ask for that number,

Well, that's good to know.

>so I guess they assigned it to the next non-superstitious
> person who happened along. Hey - maybe I should've asked for a
discount?

I bet some people say No thanks. Surprised they don't skip over
it like the 13th floor in elevators.

That must be a good sized post office.

nancy

On 24/07/2015 1:08 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/24/2015 11:55 AM, Kalmia wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:39:30 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> ... but, really?
>>>
>>> http://addictedtocostco.com/
>
>> She never wouldn't written to ME - I once had a PO Box 666.
>
> That's a riot. Imagine giving her your mailing address,
> she'd run away screaming. The devil!
>
> >I didn't ask for that number,
>
> Well, that's good to know.
>
>> so I guess they assigned it to the next non-superstitious
> > person who happened along. Hey - maybe I should've asked for a
> discount?
>
> I bet some people say No thanks. Surprised they don't skip over
> it like the 13th floor in elevators.
>
I used to live at #13. The previous owner called it #12A {:-)
Graham

On 7/24/2015 4:23 PM, graham wrote:
> On 24/07/2015 1:08 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> I bet some people say No thanks. Surprised they don't skip over
>> it like the 13th floor in elevators.

The way I put it sounds like there's a 13th floor, you
just can't get to it from the elevator.

> I used to live at #13. The previous owner called it #12A {:-)

Ha. Never would have crossed my mind.

nancy

On 7/24/2015 6:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/24/2015 4:23 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 24/07/2015 1:08 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> I bet some people say No thanks. Surprised they don't skip over
>>> it like the 13th floor in elevators.
>
> The way I put it sounds like there's a 13th floor, you
> just can't get to it from the elevator.
>
You probably can if you're in the Twilight Zone.

>> I used to live at #13. The previous owner called it #12A {:-)
>
> Ha. Never would have crossed my mind.
>
> nancy
>
>
That's an interesting way to interpret #13. Superstition for sure.

Jill

On 24/07/2015 4:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/24/2015 6:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 7/24/2015 4:23 PM, graham wrote:
>>> On 24/07/2015 1:08 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>> I bet some people say No thanks. Surprised they don't skip over
>>>> it like the 13th floor in elevators.
>>
>> The way I put it sounds like there's a 13th floor, you
>> just can't get to it from the elevator.
>>
> You probably can if you're in the Twilight Zone.
>
>>> I used to live at #13. The previous owner called it #12A {:-)
>>
>> Ha. Never would have crossed my mind.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
> That's an interesting way to interpret #13. Superstition for sure.
>
That's religion for you!
Graham


--

On 7/24/2015 8:38 PM, graham wrote:
> On 24/07/2015 4:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 7/24/2015 6:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 7/24/2015 4:23 PM, graham wrote:
>>>> On 24/07/2015 1:08 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I bet some people say No thanks. Surprised they don't skip over
>>>>> it like the 13th floor in elevators.
>>>
>>> The way I put it sounds like there's a 13th floor, you
>>> just can't get to it from the elevator.
>>>
>> You probably can if you're in the Twilight Zone.
>>
>>>> I used to live at #13. The previous owner called it #12A {:-)
>>>
>>> Ha. Never would have crossed my mind.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>>>
>> That's an interesting way to interpret #13. Superstition for sure.
>>
> That's religion for you!
> Graham
>
>
Which religion is afraid of the number 13?

Jill

On 7/25/2015 12:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/24/2015 8:38 PM, graham wrote:
The primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were
not Bible-believing Christians; they were deists. Deism was a
philosophical belief that was widely accepted by the colonial
intelligentsia at the time of the American Revolution. Its major tenets
included belief in human reason as a reliable means of solving social
and political problems and belief in a supreme deity who created the
universe to operate solely by natural laws. The supreme God of the
Deists removed himself entirely from the universe after creating it.
They believed that he assumed no control over it, exerted no influence
on natural phenomena, and gave no supernatural revelation to man. A
necessary consequence of these beliefs was a rejection of many doctrines
central to the Christian religion. Deists did not believe in the virgin
birth, divinity, or resurrection of Jesus, the efficacy of prayer, the
miracles of the Bible, or even the divine inspiration of the Bible.

These beliefs were forcefully articulated by Thomas Paine in Age of
Reason, a book that so outraged his contemporaries that he died rejected
and despised by the nation that had once revered him as "the father of
the American Revolution." To this day, many mistakenly consider him an
atheist, even though he was an out spoken defender of the Deistic view
of God. Other important founding fathers who espoused Deism were George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Ethan Allen, James
Madison, and James Monroe.

On 7/25/2015 5:08 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/24/2015 11:55 AM, Kalmia wrote:
You can hear the stories first hand from the victims of the Republican
child sex-torture rings that Bush Sr. attended. You can read the
Washington Times story, continued. De Camp made a low quality video as
well. Republican Craig Spence is at the center of a CIA (Central
Intelligence Agency) blackmail and child prostitution ring. It is an
amazing story of blackmail, child prostitution and murder. Read the
Gunderson Report. (Sites that post the report get death threats.) Read
this report which includes the names of prominent people alleged to have
attended Craig Spence’s child sex parties. After the brothers of two of
the witnesses were suicided 76 witnesses recanted their testimony. The
one witness who refused to recant, Alicia Owen, was placed in solitary
confinement for 27 years.

Watch the Discovery Channel video Conspiracy of Silence about the
scandal that Bush 41 managed to suppress at the time. Conspiracy of
Silence click to watch JohnyGosh.com

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:09:01 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:

>
> That must be a good sized post office.

Well, it did serve a population of about 30,000 residents, but many like their privacy (e.g. snoopy spouses, parents etc ). Also, many houses sported NO mailboxes. These folks would rather deal with a drive to the PO every so often. Generally, I couldn't be bothered, but I did take that box for a short while, 'tween residences.

I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 08:34:08 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:09:01 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >
> > That must be a good sized post office.
>
> Well, it did serve a population of about 30,000 residents, but many like their privacy (e.g. snoopy spouses, parents etc ). Also, many houses sported NO mailboxes. These folks would rather deal with a drive to the PO every so often. Generally, I couldn't be bothered, but I did take that box for a short while, 'tween residences.
>
> I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.

Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.

--

sf

sf wrote:
>
> Kalmia wrote:
> > I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.
>
> Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
> box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.

Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:10:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > Kalmia wrote:
> > > I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.
> >
> > Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
> > box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.
>
> Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
> your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
> thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.

I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.

--

sf

sf wrote:
>
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:10:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> > sf wrote:
> > >
> > > Kalmia wrote:
> > > > I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.
> > >
> > > Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
> > > box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.
> >
> > Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
> > your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
> > thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.
>
> I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
> yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
> mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.

You are wrong-thinking there. Beware.

On 7/25/2015 12:47 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:10:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>> I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.
>>>
>>> Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
>>> box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.
>>
>> Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
>> your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
>> thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.
>
> I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
> yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
> mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.

You might have paid for the mailbox, but the government views
it as their turf. That's why it's illegal to put anything
in there besides mail, like newspapers or flyers.

nancy

On 7/25/2015 11:34 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:09:01 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>
>> That must be a good sized post office.
>
> Well, it did serve a population of about 30,000 residents, but many
> like their privacy (e.g. snoopy spouses, parents etc ). Also, many
> houses sported NO mailboxes. These folks would rather deal with a drive
> to the PO every so often. Generally, I couldn't be bothered, but I did
> take that box for a short while, 'tween residences.

Where do you live, Peyton Place? (laugh)

My brother was a mail carrier for a few years. He told me
that people would waylay him on his rounds and try to bribe him
not to drop off certain mail at their house so their spouse wouldn't
see it. I guess bills that had something on it that they didn't
want exposed for one reason or another.

I never asked him what he did about it.

nancy

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:57:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 7/25/2015 12:47 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:10:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >
> >> sf wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Kalmia wrote:
> >>>> I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.
> >>>
> >>> Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
> >>> box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.
> >>
> >> Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
> >> your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
> >> thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.
> >
> > I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
> > yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
> > mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.
>
> You might have paid for the mailbox, but the government views
> it as their turf. That's why it's illegal to put anything
> in there besides mail, like newspapers or flyers.
>

How do you think the person in question could word a complaint that
didn't begin with admitting they trespassed on my property and how
will they prove it? I won't know what the lunatic is talking about.

--

sf

On 7/25/2015 11:41 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:57:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 7/25/2015 12:47 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:10:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>> I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO about thrice/wk. PITA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
>>>>> box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round file.
>>>>
>>>> Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
>>>> your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
>>>> thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.
>>>
>>> I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
>>> yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
>>> mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.
>>
>> You might have paid for the mailbox, but the government views
>> it as their turf. That's why it's illegal to put anything
>> in there besides mail, like newspapers or flyers.
>>
>
> How do you think the person in question could word a complaint that
> didn't begin with admitting they trespassed on my property and how
> will they prove it? I won't know what the lunatic is talking about.
>

It could depend on where your mailbox is. If it is mounted on your
house, they would have to be on your property. If it is near the road,
it may not be. My mailbox is on a post near the curb, but it is
actually on town property as they own a five or six foot strip on both
sides of the street. The house across the street has their mailbox next
to mine as all mailboxes are on the same side.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/25/2015 11:41 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:57:41 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/25/2015 12:47 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:10:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>> I have a neighbor NOW who has no mailbox, so you see him sneaking
>>>>>>> his outgoing mail into someone else's box. He swings by the PO
>>>>>>> about thrice/wk. PITA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whoa! That take brass balls. If I found some stranger's mail in my
>>>>>> box for pickup without my permission, it would go into the round
>>>>>> file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Messing with US mail is a federal offense...serious too. Throw out
>>>>> your neighbors mail and get caught and your mean ass might just get
>>>>> thrown into a federal prison for a bit. At least a hefty fine.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
>>>> yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
>>>> mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.
>>>
>>> You might have paid for the mailbox, but the government views
>>> it as their turf. That's why it's illegal to put anything
>>> in there besides mail, like newspapers or flyers.
>>>
>>
>> How do you think the person in question could word a complaint that
>> didn't begin with admitting they trespassed on my property and how
>> will they prove it? I won't know what the lunatic is talking about.
>>
>
> It could depend on where your mailbox is. If it is mounted on your house,
> they would have to be on your property. If it is near the road, it may
> not be. My mailbox is on a post near the curb, but it is actually on town
> property as they own a five or six foot strip on both sides of the street.
> The house across the street has their mailbox next to mine as all
> mailboxes are on the same side.

Mine comes through the slot into my home if I choose, but...I didn't care
for it with magazines etc., so I put a mailbox right by my front door. The
mailman was thrilled and I like it a lot better too, never had anyone
putting mail in it, but I do have some neighbors that put trash in my trash
barrel since I usually have very little trash in it.

Cheri

On 7/26/2015 1:35 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>
> Mine comes through the slot into my home if I choose, but...I didn't
> care for it with magazines etc., so I put a mailbox right by my front
> door. The mailman was thrilled and I like it a lot better too, never had
> anyone putting mail in it, but I do have some neighbors that put trash
> in my trash barrel since I usually have very little trash in it.
>
> Cheri

I can't figure out why anyone could care if someone put *outgoing mail*
in their mailbox. It's got a stamp on it, right? The person with the
mailbox doesn't have to pay the postage so what's the big deal?

Trash collection is different. You and I *pay* for that service. The
folks who live across the street from me are seasonal residents. When I
first moved here I had a lot of boxes that needed to be disposed of.
One morning one of the trash collectors told me they really weren't
supposed to pick up that many boxes but since I had just moved here it
was okay.

Back to the neighbors - last year they had a dehumidifier or something
installed. The next morning I found the boxes for it set out to be
collected with my trash. Then they started putting their bags of trash
in my bin because, like you, I don't generate a lot of trash. The bin
is usually only half full.

At some point the guy wised up. They were using a service I pay for; he
gave me $50 and said, "Hope you don't mind if we put our trash out with
yours". Nope, that's fine. Beats the hell out of them sneaking trash
into my bin after I set it out for pickup.

Jill

On 7/25/2015 11:41 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:57:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 7/25/2015 12:47 PM, sf wrote:

>>> I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
>>> yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
>>> mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.
>>
>> You might have paid for the mailbox, but the government views
>> it as their turf. That's why it's illegal to put anything
>> in there besides mail, like newspapers or flyers.
>>
>
> How do you think the person in question could word a complaint that
> didn't begin with admitting they trespassed on my property and how
> will they prove it? I won't know what the lunatic is talking about.

You said that the mail isn't in the system but the post
office disagrees, that's what I was saying. It's in a mailbox.
They consider that federal property.

nancy

On 7/26/2015 9:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> I can't figure out why anyone could care if someone put *outgoing mail*
> in their mailbox. It's got a stamp on it, right? The person with the
> mailbox doesn't have to pay the postage so what's the big deal?

But, but, but.....you touched my stuff.
>

On 7/26/2015 10:45 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/26/2015 9:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I can't figure out why anyone could care if someone put *outgoing mail*
>> in their mailbox. It's got a stamp on it, right? The person with the
>> mailbox doesn't have to pay the postage so what's the big deal?
>
> But, but, but.....you touched my stuff.

I agree that it would be super weird for some stranger to come
up to my door and put their mail in the box. I can see in a
rural area where there are no mailboxes for miles and post
offices are not convenient, either, just put it in the box at
the end of the driveway and put the flag up.

But I don't know what's up with the original scenario, lots
of people don't have mailboxes but just PO boxes.

nancy

On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:11:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> But I don't know what's up with the original scenario, lots
> of people don't have mailboxes but just PO boxes.

There's a huge difference between "sneaking" mail into someone else's
mailbox without permission by someone too cheap to put up their own
and doing it with the expressed permission of the owner. I suppose
the people who don't find it objectionable don't mind strangers
entering their homes and helping themselves to the contents either.

--

sf

On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:37:39 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 7/25/2015 11:41 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:57:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/25/2015 12:47 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >>> I'm not messing with any US mail because it hasn't been in the system
> >>> yet. He would be trespassing on my land and putting garbage in MY
> >>> mailbox, so I can treat it like the garbage it is.
> >>
> >> You might have paid for the mailbox, but the government views
> >> it as their turf. That's why it's illegal to put anything
> >> in there besides mail, like newspapers or flyers.
> >>
> >
> > How do you think the person in question could word a complaint that
> > didn't begin with admitting they trespassed on my property and how
> > will they prove it? I won't know what the lunatic is talking about.
>
> You said that the mail isn't in the system but the post
> office disagrees, that's what I was saying. It's in a mailbox.
> They consider that federal property.
>

If you dare complain, it's your word against mine and I know nothing
about your claims.

--

sf

On 7/26/2015 11:17 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:11:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> But I don't know what's up with the original scenario, lots
>> of people don't have mailboxes but just PO boxes.
>
> There's a huge difference between "sneaking" mail into someone else's
> mailbox without permission by someone too cheap to put up their own
> and doing it with the expressed permission of the owner. I suppose
> the people who don't find it objectionable don't mind strangers
> entering their homes and helping themselves to the contents either.
>

+1!

On 7/26/2015 1:17 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:11:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> But I don't know what's up with the original scenario, lots
>> of people don't have mailboxes but just PO boxes.
>
> There's a huge difference between "sneaking" mail into someone else's
> mailbox without permission by someone too cheap to put up their own
> and doing it with the expressed permission of the owner. I suppose
> the people who don't find it objectionable don't mind strangers
> entering their homes and helping themselves to the contents either.

Putting a letter in my mailbox is nothing like stealing my stuff.

I'm pretty sure you're never going to run into anyone putting
mail into your box, so no worries anyone's going to get one over
on you like that. Doesn't change the fact that tossing out mail
you find in there that isn't addressed to you is against the law.

nancy