Junk mail.

[ian field]

It was recently announced on the news that Royal Mail are going to abolish
the limit they imposed on un-addressed junk mail they delivered to each
household.

So as well as the greedy b*stards at RM ripping people off with outragous
charges for collecting revenues on overseas mail, they're now going to cash
in to the max on unsolicited un-addressed junk mail.

The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the junk mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest red pillar
box.

[ian field]

Post by ian field
It was recently announced on the news that Royal Mail are going to
abolish
the limit they imposed on un-addressed junk mail they delivered to each
household.
So as well as the greedy b*stards at RM ripping people off with
outragous
charges for collecting revenues on overseas mail, they're now going to
cash
in to the max on unsolicited un-addressed junk mail.
The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the junk
mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest red
pillar
box.

How does unaddressed mail get delivered?

By the Royal Mail.
That's the problem.

In the UK you can also register with the Mailing Preference Service, but
that has no effect on the un-addressed junk mail.

Apparently you can put a sign on the letterbox politely declining junk mail,
but for the time being I'm just as happy to punish RM.

Recently I ordered an electronic project kit from a company in Aus'. RM
ripped me off an £8 handling charge for collecting £3 VAT for the revenue.

I'm open to suggestions of any way I can damage RM's profits without fear of
legal consequences.

[Doc Savage]

Post by ian field

Post by ian field
It was recently announced on the news that Royal Mail are going to
abolish
the limit they imposed on un-addressed junk mail they delivered to
each household.
So as well as the greedy b*stards at RM ripping people off with
outragous
charges for collecting revenues on overseas mail, they're now going
to cash
in to the max on unsolicited un-addressed junk mail.
The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the
junk mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest
red pillar
box.

How does unaddressed mail get delivered?

By the Royal Mail.
That's the problem.

In the UK you can also register with the Mailing Preference Service,
but that has no effect on the un-addressed junk mail.
Apparently you can put a sign on the letterbox politely declining junk
mail, but for the time being I'm just as happy to punish RM.
Recently I ordered an electronic project kit from a company in Aus'.
RM ripped me off an £8 handling charge for collecting £3 VAT for the
revenue.
I'm open to suggestions of any way I can damage RM's profits without
fear of legal consequences.

I ask the seller to mark it "Amateur Radio warranty spares". There's no
import duty on amateur radio parts, only on full kit. I've gotten away
with having a £300 transciever marked "Warranty Replacement" and didn't
pay import duty or VAT on it, ditto with a quad core processor.

For it to work properly, they should also include an invoice saying the
same thing, just in case Customs and Revenue open the package.

To mess with RM. Take a stick of white chalk and file it until there's
nothing left to hold on to. Put the powdered chalk into a jiffy bag, but
stick down the flap in such a way that the chalk powder can seep out as
it's handled. Address it to the sorting office manager, and write
"Anthrax Sample" in red crayon on the front, then stand back.

To make sure there are no repercussions, write the name and return
address of somebody else on the back flap. HRH Prince Phillip @
Buckingham Palace is a good one. That'll throw the Anti Terrorist Squad
off the scent.

[Frederick Williams]

Post by ian field
Apparently you can put a sign on the letterbox politely declining junk mail,
but for the time being I'm just as happy to punish RM.

Indeed you can but people will ignore it.

I lock my gate after the postman has passed and I get free "news"papers
and other stuff flung in the direction of the front door where it lies
in the wet getting rained on, or else it's left on the gatepost so that
the slightest breeze blows it, sheet by sheet, along the pavement.

[Brian Gaff]

Announcing the new Royal Mail power booster. Yes for just 3000 pounds this
handy gadget attaches to your letter box and as junk mail comes in, it
incinerates it and generates electricity.

grin.

Brian
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Post by ian field
It was recently announced on the news that Royal Mail are going to abolish
the limit they imposed on un-addressed junk mail they delivered to each
household.
So as well as the greedy b*stards at RM ripping people off with outragous
charges for collecting revenues on overseas mail, they're now going to
cash in to the max on unsolicited un-addressed junk mail.
The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the junk mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest red
pillar box.

[Frederick Williams]

Post by Brian Gaff
graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them

I hope you'll excuse a personal question: but how do you read stuff,
voice synthesis?

[Brian Gaff]

Yes.
Brian
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Post by Frederick Williams

Post by Brian Gaff
graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them

I hope you'll excuse a personal question: but how do you read stuff,
voice synthesis?
--
I can't go on, I'll go on.

[Frederick Williams]

Yes.
Brian

There was a thing on the news today about a blind soldier reading with
his tongue. I briefly had a mental image of you licking your computer
screen. Just briefly.

[ian field]

Post by Frederick Williams

Yes.
Brian

There was a thing on the news today about a blind soldier reading with
his tongue. I briefly had a mental image of you licking your computer
screen. Just briefly.

Theoretically a braille flat screen shouldn't be completely impossible.

Something like an "inside out" TFT structure connecting a (relatively) high
voltage backplane to individual surface pixels.

I believe that certain (ultrasonic range) frequencies at around 50V would
give the perception of raised bumps (like braille) to the sense of touch. It
could even allow unsighted people to feel images.

[Frederick Williams]

Post by ian field
The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the junk mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest red pillar
box.

The trouble is how do you distinguish between postman-delivered junk
mail and all the other stuff: free "news"papers, pizza adverts, pseudo
charities asking for clothes, taxi firm business cards, etc? Though the
postman-delivered junk mail pisses me off I don't want to punish Royal
Mail for what isn't their responsibility (well, not much anyway).

[ian field]

Post by Frederick Williams

Post by ian field
The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the junk mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest red pillar
box.

The trouble is how do you distinguish between postman-delivered junk
mail and all the other stuff: free "news"papers, pizza adverts, pseudo
charities asking for clothes, taxi firm business cards, etc? Though the
postman-delivered junk mail pisses me off I don't want to punish Royal
Mail for what isn't their responsibility (well, not much anyway).

The paper boy is too lazy to deliver the free newspapers, so they get left
in a pile in the communal entrance to the flats, no-one ever bothers with
them so sometimes if I could be bothered I shift the whole pile directly to
the paper recycling container.

As for all the rest of the junk mail, dumping what isn't theirs on them
might give RM some idea what its like for their victims.

.........and with any luck, jam their sorting machine.

[Brian Gaff]

Actually, the real problem is that it seems junk mail is cheap enough for
people to indiscriminately send tree loads of paper to every house.

Now I'm not one to suggest that the post office stop what, if the truth is
known, the only reason they are not broke, but in much the sam way as spam
is only sent as the costs are minimal then junk mail should cost more to
send. and then perhaps, only the things that might be useful would arrive.
I am fed up with car insurance letters which as might be supposed are not
only unreadable by me, ar totally stupid as I do not own a car.

Brian
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Post by ian field

Post by Frederick Williams

Post by ian field
The obvious and only solution to this problem is to save up the junk mail
untill you have a carrier bag full, then cram it into the nearest red pillar
box.

The trouble is how do you distinguish between postman-delivered junk
mail and all the other stuff: free "news"papers, pizza adverts, pseudo
charities asking for clothes, taxi firm business cards, etc? Though the
postman-delivered junk mail pisses me off I don't want to punish Royal
Mail for what isn't their responsibility (well, not much anyway).

The paper boy is too lazy to deliver the free newspapers, so they get left
in a pile in the communal entrance to the flats, no-one ever bothers with
them so sometimes if I could be bothered I shift the whole pile directly
to the paper recycling container.
As for all the rest of the junk mail, dumping what isn't theirs on them
might give RM some idea what its like for their victims.
.........and with any luck, jam their sorting machine.