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Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
I disagree about this being a code for news delivery also. I worked in news circulation for a major US paper and I have never heard of such a thing.
Q. Why are there small circles (reflective dots) on certain mailboxes in the Hazel Green area? We have noticed them in several neighborhoods and they are mostly gold, some are red and others are blue/green. Not every mailbox has one, but they have just appeared and we have no clue as to why.
A. Those reflective stickers are used by The Huntsville Times carriers to identify the type of newspaper delivery the household receives. In most cases, yellow is every day, green is weekend and red is Sunday only.
"These reflectors help our contractors deliver the newspaper properly," said Circulation Director Frank Maier. "After a few weeks carriers become more familiar with these different types, but at night mailboxes can look the same. When the carrier's car headlights hit the reflector the carrier can easily remember a subscriber's delivery type."
If a carrier has an emergency or takes a few days off, the reflectors help the substitute deliver the route before the delivery deadline, Maier said.
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THE EXAMINER'S PUBLISHER IS ON RECORD STATING THAT CARRIERS ARE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP OLD PAPERSLYING AROUND. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S WORKING. RED DOTS ON MAILBOXES MEAN NO PAPER BUT WHEN THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO WORK EITHER.
Website promotes red dots to stop junk mail
Little-known Canada Post policy has existed for more than 10 years
Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2008 | 11:26 AM ET
CBC News
A Vancouver businesswoman is launching a new campaign to help people who want to cut down on junk mail.
The Red Dot Campaign aims to draw attention to a little-known Canada Post policy that allows people to stop unaddressed junk mail arriving in their mailbox or dropping through their mail slot.
Originally posted by mrwupy
Color coding has been around for ages so I suppose this could be a newspaper tactic.
I just didn't think newspapers were allowed to be placed in mailboxes since they are federal property.
I also spent several years in the newspaper business as a younger man and never heard of this, but I have never delivered a paper so that doesn't mean it's not true.
Originally posted by Oreyeon
Yeah, it may be Newspaper dots, but what a great cover too, right? People think that there is no issue, when really, there is an issue at hand, but because of the way they think and perceive it, it is hidden, perfectly in the open, until time to be made known.
The best place to hide something is right in front of someone, after blinding their mind.
Originally posted by jfj123
Here's a hint. If you're that worried. REMOVE THE DOT !!!
Originally posted by NuclearPaul
Originally posted by jfj123
Here's a hint. If you're that worried. REMOVE THE DOT !!!
That would stuff the troops up, wouldn't it? See them out at your letterbox scratching their heads.
I like this guy though, at least he has the balls to admit 9/11 was an inside job publicly like that.
The troops will have another means of knowing who is who. And it will be something tamper proof.