{"id":43198,"date":"2020-03-24T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=43198"},"modified":"2020-03-24T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T22:00:11","slug":"im-mailing-a-letter-checked-usps-for-rates-this-is-what-i-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=43198","title":{"rendered":"I’m mailing a letter. Checked USPS for rates. This is what I found"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a plain old letter in a plain old #10 envelope. But what I’m mailing is heavy paper so maybe it’s heavier than one first class stamp will pay for.<\/p>\n

I have a mail scale. I put the letter on the mail scale. It read 28.1. I know that doesn’t mean 28 ounces. I suspect it means 2.81 ounces. But I’ve forgotten whether a regular John Lennon USA Forever stamp (.55 cents?)<\/a> covers 2.81 ounces.<\/p>\n

So I went into my bookmarked USPS link. I pressed a couple of things sending me to weights and things. And this is the first thing I saw:<\/p>\n

What are you Mailing?<\/em><\/h5>\n
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Learn about mailing Cremated Remains<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
Learn about mailing Live Animals<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
Learn about mailing Day Old Poultry<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
Learn about mailing Hazardous Materials<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n

Read rules about mailing lithium batteries<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hadn’t expected that — especially not cremated remains and day-old poultry. I’m trying not to imagine why anyone would be sending one-day-old poultry and whether that fowl is live or not.<\/p>\n

Threw me off so much I had to copy it, leave the USPS site and come here to inform you. Now that you’re informed, I’m going back to USPS, where I will try to remember what I was searching for in the first place.<\/p>\n

Bye now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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