THIS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BUT SINCE THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HARASS ADAMITES AND THE BATTLE CONTINUES, IT IS BEING REPEATED, AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. 
 
** TAKEN FROM ST.LOUIS AUG ** 
** SEPTEMBER l989 ISSUE, BY B.W.** 
 
   -> TIMELESS BATTLE <- 
 
If I asked you what battle has been going on for all of time, you would probably answer "the battle of the sexes" or "the battle between good and evil" and you would probably be right. But what is the next longest battle that has been going on??? RIGHT, the battle between the post office and those of us who mail software. Have you ever recieved a disk in the mail which was folded in half or thirds or fourths????
 
I have come across several remedies to this problem. I am also interested in your approach.
 
Some people mail their disks in plain unidentified envelopes, figuring that the post office will not intentionally bind, fold, staple, and muilate them as that does take some effort and without being sure there is a software disk inside, will probably not waste the energy.
 
I personally use this approach sometimes but combine it with the decoy approach, in which you also simultaneously mail an identical package to the same person but mark this one: (1) Fragile; (2) Do Not Bend; (3) Magnetic Media; (4) Do Not Fold; (5) Computer Disk, ect. Of course, then then put all their effort into folding, bending, stapling, mutilating, X-raying, holding underwater, ect. the package marked with the caution warning. While they are doing this the unmarked package will often get through unharmed.
 
Another approach is to hand carry your software to the person you wish to have it. This is time consuming however.
 
Another approach is to label the package explosive, hazardous material, ect. However this approach can lead to your arrest which is at best an inconvenience and at worst puts another layer of mail handler (at the jail) between you and your software correspondant. The mail handler at the jail will also fold, staple, shoot, electricute, ect. your packages just for the sheer joy of it, so I do not suggest the approach.
 
One I like is to pay an autobody shop to cut a slice of the strongest metal they can find on your car, out of your car, then cut it into the shape of a computer disk. Sometimes it is necessary to sandwich several of these together until you get a piece of metal several inches thick. This is then mailed marked fragile, do not bend. You will notice that your mail man will have his hand bandaged or ina sling from his efforts to bend, fold and mutilate this piece of metal.  Also the hole in your auto is really not big enough to cause much of a draft, except in extremely cold climates.
 
There are other approaches such as using 12 boxes, each slightly larger than the other and placing the disk in the smaller box, adding insulation, then putting this in the next larger box, ect. But this takes time and is expensive.  Further is you are not careful, the final package may be over their size limits and they will not mail it. I must warn you there have been one or two reported cases of reciptients dying in the midst of unwrapping their packages.
 
I realize that this issue will cause much controversy in the ADAM and Postal world and am prepared to attempt to handle this problem. I am suggesting you mark your letters with comments, "URGENT, FRAGILE, TIME SENSITIVE, DELIVER PROMPTLY", thereby insuring that most will not reach me.
 
Barry Wilson 
 
ave his hand bandaged or ina sling from his efforts to bend, fold and mutilate this piece of metal.  Also
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