Free Postage n:n:ucucpp-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+by the Jolly Roger The increasing cost of postage to mail letters and packages is bringing down our standard of living.-+To remedy this deplorable situation, some counter control measures can+be applied. For example, if the stamps on a letter are coated with Elmer's Glue+by the sender, the cancellation mark will not destroy the stamp: the Elmer/s drives to form an almost invisible coating that protects the stamps from the cancellation ink.-Later, the receiver of the letter can+remove the cancellation mark with water and reuse the stamps.-Furthermore, ecological saving will also result from recycling the stamps.-+Help save a tree. The glue+is most efficently applied with a brush with stiff, short bristles.-+Just dip the brush directly into the glue+and spread it on evenly, covering the+entire surface of the stamp.-+It will dry in about 15 minutes. For mailing packages, just follow the same procedure as outlined above; however, the package should+be weighed and checked to make sure that it has the correct amount of postage on it before it is taken to the Post Office. Removing the+cancellation and the glue+from the stamps can+be easily accomplished by soaking the+stamps in warm water until they float+free+from the paper.-+The stamps can+then+be put onto a paper towel to dry.-+Processing stamps in large batches saves time too. Also, it may+be helpful to write the word 'Elmer' at+the top of the letter (not on the+envelope) to cue the receiving party in that the stamps have been+protected with the glue. We all know that mailing packages can+be expensive.-+And we also know that the handicapped are sometimes discriminated against in jobs. The Government,+being the+generous people they are, have given the blind+free+postal service. Simply address you+envelope as usual, and make one modification. In the corner where the+stamp would+go, write in (or+stamp) the words 'FREE MATTER-FOR-THE BLIND".-+Then drop you+package or+letter in one of the blue+fedral mailboxes.-+DO NOT+TAKE-THE LETTER-TO-THE POST OFFICE, OR-LEAVE IT+IN YOUR MAILBOX. Sounds very nice of the government to do this, right?-+Well, they aren't that nice.-+The parcel is sent library rate, that is below third class.-+It may+take four to five days to send a letter to just the next town. This too is quite simple, but less effective.-+Put the address that you+are sending the+letter to as the return address.-+If you+were sending a $20 donation to the pirate's Chest,+you+would+put our address (po box 644, lincoln ma.-01773) as the return address. Then+you+would+have to be+carless and forget to put the stamp on the envelope.-+A nice touch is to put a bullshit address in the center of the envelope. Again,+you+MUST drop the+letter in a-FEDRAL mailbox.-+If the post office doesn't send the+letter to the return address for+having no stamp, they will send it back for+the reason of "No such address". Example-- Pirates Chest-+Dept.-40DD P.O.-Box 644865 Lincol, Ma.-41773 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Tom Bullshit +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+20 Fake Road +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+What Ever, XX+-+-+99851 One last thing you+might try doing is soaking a+cancelled stamp off of an+envelope, and gluing it onto one you+are sending.-+Then burn the stamp, leaveing a+little bit to show that there was one there. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-ononctct..heh-----ecec t t Jolly Roger