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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I havent seen it in years because of forever stamps and digital postage, but people used to actually do this to make up for a few cents postage for a heavy letter, et c. My mom is notoriously cheap though, so maybe it is just us.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When I was a kid and would send very stuffed letters, we just left a dollar paper clipped to it, they would leave the change the next day for heavier stuff.

When I was even younger I used to leave flowers in the mailbox for the mail person, and they got me a little flower statue for xmas and left it in the mailbox for me. That’s a memory I haven’t thought of in a long time so that was pleasant :)

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could have sworn this was a thing.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember it as a kid, but they don't allow it anymore. It fucks with high-speed sorters

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

That makes sense.