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AN ACTUAL USE FOR JUNK MAIL!??

Check it out:

http://www.littlebudha.com/junk-mail-heater-diy/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term={thumbnail}&utm_content={title}&utm_campaign=Junk-mail-heater-diy_DESKTOP_TABLET

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+8 Views: 1938 Answers: 7 Posted: 10 years ago

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ROMOS

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Seems to be time consuming for little return, I think I'll let my local council recycle it as usual, anyway, I don't have anywhere to burn it any more.

10 years ago. Rating: 11
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mycatsmom

We haven't been allowed to burn garbage or leaves for many decades.

commented 10 years ago

bustieone

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If it is not colored newsprint, it goes into wood stove, otherwise into recycle. So with everyone tossing it, can it be worth the money spent?

10 years ago. Rating: 10
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Ducky

I've been told that there is about a 2% return on flyers (aka junk mail) and that that's a pretty good return for their cost. I guess that means it will never end. :)

commented 10 years ago

jhharlan

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Again, no fire place let alone a bar-b-q pit and know no one who does. And can you believe it? My apartment complex doesn't recycle ANYTHING!

10 years ago. Rating: 9
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daren1

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A great idea if you have a fireplace as for me i'll just continue to put them in the paper recycle bin..

10 years ago. Rating: 9
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Ducky

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If I could, I would throw my junk mail straight into the fire. However, my "fire" is a phony! :)

10 years ago. Rating: 8
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Bob/PKB

I have a "phony" somewhere, too, and it's pretty annoying that I stored it last summer and can't find it....where does a thing like that hide??

commented 10 years ago

Ducky

Is it a miniature? lol

commented 10 years ago

Bob/PKB

Nope! Just a cute little fireplace that is an electric heater in disguise. :D

commented 10 years ago

Ducky

Mine is the same...almost identical to this pic that I posted.

commented 10 years ago

bulletman

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I don't know why all of you do put 'NO JUNK MAIL' on your letter box like i have, this solved the junk mail problem. :)

10 years ago. Rating: 7
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Bob/PKB

I'll try it, bulletman, but doubt the USPS will cooperate

commented 10 years ago

bulletman

G'day MsBob, by your comment does the U.S. Postal Service deliver brochures, flyers, pamphlets alias junk mail?

commented 10 years ago

Bob/PKB

Oh yes. Advertisements, solicitations, flyers, newspaper bits. Some of them have "bulk rate" postage, so it has to be delivered, AND you can't ask to have it "returned to sender". Kinda stuck.

commented 10 years ago

Ducky

Same in Canada, Bob.You can put all the signs you want on your mailbox....too bad....you get the flyers anyway. The post office gets paid to deliver them, so deliver them they must!

commented 10 years ago

Bob/PKB

Sad, and a waste of resources, and a drain on refuse sites

commented 10 years ago

Ducky

I would think that flyers in our mail boxes would soon begin to fade away.

commented 10 years ago

bulletman

MsBob & Ducky, flyers etc. are usually dropped in letterboxes by individulists paid to do so, but only those without a 'No Junk Mail' label, obviously those that are stamped or franked are delivered by the postie in Australia which i think is the most practical way of delivering, i put the sign up whist i was away on vacation and did not receive any junk mail at all, my mail was held at the post office.

commented 10 years ago

Bob/PKB

We would post a "No Soliciting" sign to try and avoid "dropped off" advertisements, not that it would have any effect... :0

commented 10 years ago

mycatsmom