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Junk mail rarely brings you something you want, but for one homeowner it has led to a lawsuit landing on his doormat. Paul O'Brien is being sued by a woman who says she trapped her hand in his letterbox while posting mail. Joy Goodman, a cake decorator in her late 40s, is seeking damages for personal injury and loss of earnings. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago tags homeowner sued junk mail junk mail letterbox paul o'brien joy goodman |
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Dear Bulk Mailer, 13 comments edit related share plime.comPlease find attached to your no-postage-necessary envelope, this brick. I figured with all these great junk mails you send me every month, you'd like something in return! I know it costs twenty cents for every ounce I mail to you, so I hope it doesn't weigh too much more than an ounce. -Resident or Homeowner picked by doggylives 3 months ago |
Starting Feb. 14, Google removed the requirement to enter a mobile phone number capable of receiving SMS messages, or being invited by an existing user. picked by TheBlueFrog 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share internet |
The owner of a hair salon is being sued for religious discrimination for refusing to hire a Muslim woman who wears a headscarf. Sarah Desrosiers, 32, says she turned down Bushra Noah as a junior stylist to maintain the image of her salon, which specialises in "urban, funky" cuts. She told Miss Noah, 19, she needed her staff to display their hairstyles to the public. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 55 comments edit related share religion |
It's just like e-mail, only slower and costlier. Simply print out a template, write with actual ink on it, and send by post! picked by jaxomlotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share doityourself |
Guerrilla Mail provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame. picked by Johnny21J 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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This will convert your email to snail mail, address it and snail mail it to recipient. picked by Ellz 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Grandson sent grandfather mail with no address only writing on envelope 'Washing Machine Man, Ixworth". The Royal Mail actually delivered this letter to the right guy! picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Anne Cohen decided to collect the stack of bumph to show how companies are bombarding homeowners. picked by muppet 6 months ago 5 comments edit related share environment |
Now that a federal grand jury returned a 35-count indictment charging the 27 year old Sacramento man with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, expect an "immediate, perceptible decrease in the amount of junk e-mail winging its way across the Web." picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share internet |
An IT worker, after receiving a letter on January 3 that was sent on December 20 as priority mail, calculated that a snail would have made it even faster to his home than the letter. His boss was unavailable for comment. picked by mitzuzake 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share animals |
Another argument has joined the mix as well: Junk food, like cigarettes, is addictive and should be similarly regulated. Initially, this was just a metaphor. Now it's becoming more than that. Scientists are trying to show that food literally addicts you like drugs. picked by JDRucker 2 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
An Indian inventor has found a novel way of helping the poor - by turning old junk into a reliable piece of machinery that can walk and talk. Feroz Siddiki has spent two years developing the IRobo and hopes it will eventually rival more expensive robots like Asimo made by the Japanese company Honda. VIDEO picked by DrNothing 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share doityourself |
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will prevent delivery of the mail but excessive amounts of dog shizzit will! Mail delivery was suspeneded to 13 housing units in St. Johns, Newfoundland until residents break out the pooper scoopers. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share weird |
Postal workers in a Brazilian border town knew there was something suspicious about the shipments from Argentina and were stunned to find scorpions and poisonous snakes in the express mail. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share animals |
British social workers have decided to allow an 8-year-old boy who weighs almost 200 pounds (91 kilograms) to remain at home with his mother, who has refused to stop feeding him junk food... picked by Ankabout 1 year ago 11 comments edit related share health |
Three mail bombs have exploded within the last three days in the UK, a total of seven bombs over a three week period. The last three targetting, it seems, motor vehicle related companies: Monday - Capita offices, London - dealing with the congestion charges Tuesday - Vantis, Wokingham - provider of digital speed cameras to policeWednesday - DVLA offices, Swansea (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Age... read full post picked by murphyz 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share crime |
An expert panel has said that schools must ban junk foods like sugary drinks, cakes and chips in order to tackle childhood obesity effectively. The Institute of Medicine report was compiled following a request by the Congress. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share food
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"It was a freak thing. It was traumatic," Dougherty told The Derrick in Oil City. "I saw it there on the porch, put the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it jumped on me." picked by Alton 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
Yahoo is set to allow outsiders to create new services using the world's most popular consumer e-mail program, in the broadest move the Web has yet seen to enlist independent programmers to build a company's products for it. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, but probably a piece of space junk, scientists said Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |