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11-21-2006, 09:37 AM | #1 | |
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November 21, 2006: Boy sent as postage
xoB finds this pic, and highlights a section of text, from the Smithsonian Photography Initiative. It highlights a different time in history, when we didn't know it might be inappropriate to mail certain items. Quote:
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11-21-2006, 09:44 AM | #2 | |
Breaking
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Straight faces
I hear the photographer:
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11-21-2006, 10:01 AM | #3 |
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From the USPS website:
Hazard Classes For purposes of transportation and shipping, federal regulations assign each hazardous material to one of the following nine hazard classes. The following list provides examples of items that are subject to mailing restrictions or prohibitions. • Class 1: Explosives Fireworks, ammunition, fuses, model rocket engines • Class 2: Gases Aerosols, air bag inflators, scuba tanks • Class 3: Flammable Liquids Gasoline, some paints or inks, varnishes, alcoholic beverages • Class 4: Flammable Solids Some cosmetics, matches, signal flares • Class 5: Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides Oxidizing liquids, nitrates, swimming pool chemicals, peroxides • Class 6: Poisonous Materials and Infectious Substances Arsenic, potassium cyanide, parathion, pesticides, tear gas, irritating materials, items containing etiologic agents, used sharps, used medical equipment • Class 7: Radioactive Materials Products with a radioactive warning label • Class 8: Corrosives Chlorine bleach, ammonia, batteries, drain cleaners, acids, mercury • Class 9: Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials Magnetized materials, dry ice, self-inflating life saving devices Doesn't mention children anywhere! |
11-21-2006, 10:06 AM | #4 |
go ahead, abbrev. it
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so, how are mail-ordered brides delivered?
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11-21-2006, 10:19 AM | #5 | |
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11-21-2006, 11:07 AM | #6 | |
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• Class 1: Explosives • Class 2: Gases • Class 3: Flammable Liquids • Class 4: Flammable Solids • Class 6: Poisonous Materials and Infectious Substances • Class 9: Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials If you cant find ways to fit anklebiters into each of these categories, you haven't spent enough time around children.
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11-21-2006, 11:35 AM | #7 |
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This is what happens when a marginally literate frontiersperson writes out a prayer and asks for a "mail child".
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11-21-2006, 03:48 PM | #8 | |
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11-21-2006, 03:50 PM | #9 | |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Welcome Nil!
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11-21-2006, 07:34 PM | #11 |
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Oh come on 10 posts and no body has said ANY thing about deepfrieng this kid !!!
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11-21-2006, 08:21 PM | #12 |
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11-21-2006, 08:30 PM | #13 |
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Nah, too much fat, not enough good meat. The carrier's the way to go. A little stringy maybe, but plenty of lean muscle.
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11-21-2006, 08:34 PM | #14 | |
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11-22-2006, 01:25 AM | #15 |
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It's nice to be welcomed. Thanks folks. I'll see what I can do to modify that sentiment.
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