Another bad apple at the USPS . . .

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Or the personal interest of the scan-operator

Steve

 

I see now on the mail boxes near where I live, new notices advising people not to put mail in the boxes in the afternoons/evenings/nights due to theft from the boxes. Thieves apparently insert something long with a glue or something at the end and fish out mail from the mail boxes. So better to put mail in boxes in the morning when streets are busier and when mail pick up is expected.

(sigh)

 

Yes, on Express Mail but I think it's only a Hundred unless you pay for more.

 

AU is the symbol for Gold so these would be gold coins, not the retail value.

 

Every parcel is scanned by the Postal Service. Not for x-ray but to get the addresses on film. This process can be quite useful to locate a missing package but a Postmaster must know who to talk to at the District level where the film is stored.

 

Those are the denominations. Having a "Homer Simpson" moment, eh?
I do also now and then.
Doh!

 

Shipped a watch once that was stolen in transit (not an expensive one; under $500 in value). 100% certain it never got beyond the main sorting facility in Raleigh. Fortunately insured, but it's still a really crappy feeling when things happen that make us lose faith in our institutions.

 

100 for express 50 for priority. Anything more you have to pay extra

 

I knew what you meant I just didn't want to muddy the waters for those that didn't.

 

Registered mail only for that type of transaction.

 

USPS customs in NY. Never to be seen or scanned again.

 

It's all digital; no film. Stored on multiple servers in different locations.
Cal

 

Automated sniffers are very real. I hired a cargo carrier to deliver a load of construction materials to a site on a nuclear facility. Immediately the security force converged and took control of the cargo truck at the entry. Come to find out prior to my shipment, he delivered a load of fertilizer. And apparently fertilizer is a component favored by bomb makers. And the facility sniffers nailed it. Made for one exciting day to be certain.

 

ANFO - ammonium nitrate and fuel oil is the explosive. Fertilizer is the ammonium nitrate part.

 

ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) is one of the most common industrial explosives. It's pearls of AN drenched in diesel fuel. AN is a common fertilizer, but fertilizer-grade AN requires additional purification to be suitable for explosive use. If you should accidentally spill diesel fuel on fertilizer, it's extremely unlikely to be explosive. Even properly prepared ANFO requires detonating caps.

In addition to industrial use, ANFO has been used in terrorist bombs, one of the most infamous being the Oklahoma City bombing.

Cal

 

Are ya'll aware that our gov has software programs that sift through EVERY word and phrase written on the internet and even in personal emails, for the very words used in the posts above?
The automated systems find the words, alert humans, who look at the source(s) and *hopefully* make the right decision about who or what is a threat and who or what is not.

The automated program used to be called "Carnivore". They update it so often that I have no idea what it's called nowadays, but you can bet it works really, really well.