The Universe throws clutter at me

[cjsmith]

"My job is to throw it back," says the quote. I'm trying this one on for size: "My job is to block that process."

Step one: junk mail. I don't have to recycle great big bags of it if it never gets sent.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

We only get one or two of those a week, so by far my biggest problem is stopping the catalogs right now. As for stopping those heaps, TECHNICALLY there's a way but it doesn't work well in practice. You can block the guys who send the separate little ad card. We did that. The letter carrier is supposed to give a heap only to people who receive the ad card -- that's a legal requirement. In practice our carrier just gives one to everybody. We went through a few rounds with the post office and gave up. In the winter the heaps make nice tinder for the fireplace. :-)

[oddhack.livejournal.com]

I commend to your attention USPS Form 1500 (http://www.usps.com/forms/allforms.htm), Application for Listing and/or Prohibitory Order. This works relatively well with repeat spammers. Note that whether or not a piece of mail is considered obscene for purposes of this form is in the sole determination of the recipient.

The ad card, yes, annoying. It took me several years of runarounds with the local post office (this included some real gems, like an employee at the branch telling me, with a straight face, that she did not report to anyone and did not have a superior) to get them to mostly stop putting the weekly mailers in my box. Still happens once in a while but then it's usually with the address card for (my apt. #+1) included so an understandable error.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Note that whether or not a piece of mail is considered obscene for purposes of this form is in the sole determination of the recipient.

I am laughing. That is GREAT!

she did not report to anyone and did not have a superior

Some people have a lotta nerve.