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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl

3410 Posts

Wilma
Knob Lick Ky
USA
3410 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  6:16:07 PM  Show Profile
I was looking thru some post today and came upon one for junk mail, I am like everyone else enough is enough, I tried to just put return to sender, but since all these companies sell your name to other companies the junk kept coming, I lost important mail , checks and bills in this when I threw it out , On with a new tactic I found out that the companies have to pay double for the postage paid returns, so I started opening the mail every pst paid envelope I kept I proceeded to fill the envelopes back up with other junk mail, papers and any thing I could find , I even had to tape some of the envelopes to hold them together, then off to the companies they went at their expense , some days I would have 6 or 7 envelopes going out, well it worked we very seldom get any more junk mail there are just some things the devil makes me do

I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine

http://misswilma.blogspot.com/

DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl

1646 Posts

Diane
Victoria BC
Canada
1646 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  6:31:51 PM  Show Profile
Hee hee...I love it Miss Wilma and I have done the same. In one week, I had four offers of a Capital One VISA and assorted mastercard offers. What a waste of trees! So...mastercard got the VISA applications and visa versa. I just cut our name off the letter. I think one envelope even contained an old shopping list and a candy wrapper that was on my desk at the time.

Di
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl

3410 Posts

Wilma
Knob Lick Ky
USA
3410 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  6:33:47 PM  Show Profile
I even put toilet tissue in some of mine , thought they might need it after they opened it

I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine

http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl

509 Posts

Sherry
Eastern Shore Maryland
USA
509 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:04:13 PM  Show Profile  Send chicken necker an AOL message
ROFLOL! That's one of the best ideas!

I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl

1646 Posts

Diane
Victoria BC
Canada
1646 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:22:43 PM  Show Profile
Oh that's just too funny. You win Miss Wilma, I love it.

<Note to self: insert toilet paper next time>
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl

3410 Posts

Wilma
Knob Lick Ky
USA
3410 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:23:02 PM  Show Profile
I am not kidding it does work

I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine

http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl

965 Posts

Rebekka
Moscow ID
USA
965 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:25:10 PM  Show Profile

I have a new project!

www.bebebella.etsy.com

As a woman I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.

Virginia Woolf
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createmyworld
True Blue Farmgirl

295 Posts

Beth
Akron PA
USA
295 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:28:52 PM  Show Profile
I've done this too and it has worked for us, we rarely ever get junk mail anymore... I also used to write in huge sharpie marker on the front "NO MORE JUNK MAIL!!" just so they'd get the hint incase they needed another clue...
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl

3410 Posts

Wilma
Knob Lick Ky
USA
3410 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:30:47 PM  Show Profile
Do you mean something cute you are making or Stuffing envelopes Ha

I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine

http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl

890 Posts

Kate
Delano Minnesota
890 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  9:21:22 PM  Show Profile
Oh Miss Wilma you crack me up. I have done this before as well and never thought to put toilet paper inside. Tee Hee.

Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl

3410 Posts

Wilma
Knob Lick Ky
USA
3410 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  9:27:57 PM  Show Profile
Kate about the blessing is a hoot for this Ha

I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine

http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl

1132 Posts

Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  10:22:45 PM  Show Profile
I use to just shred the junk mail and use the paper as packing stuff for mailing out stuff or to send off to the recycling folks. I think I may just do the return to sender with some of the tips you guys provided. I'm still cracking up over the toilet paper!!

~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl

4033 Posts

Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  11:18:45 PM  Show Profile
Oh Miss Wilma and you gals have made me laugh so darn hard. Yep, can't wait to tell my dh, he will laugh himself silly and then do it. Toilet paper, oh crack up city!!!!!!

listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl

3410 Posts

Wilma
Knob Lick Ky
USA
3410 Posts

Posted - Jan 10 2008 :  06:22:18 AM  Show Profile
Carol there are more ways to skin A cat than one

I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine

http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl

4331 Posts

Janice
Louisville/Irvington Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts

Posted - Jan 10 2008 :  06:53:21 AM  Show Profile  Send Miss Bee Haven a Yahoo! Message
Wow, the things I learn on this forum! If I tell my dh this idea, I better stock up on toilet paper first! ROFLOL

Farmgirl Sister #50

"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner'
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl

1559 Posts

Tammy
Glen Burnie Maryland
USA
1559 Posts

Posted - Jan 10 2008 :  07:44:31 AM  Show Profile  Send Tammy Claxton an AOL message
You all are too much!! So funny Miss Wilma!




What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!

http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl

6066 Posts

Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts

Posted - Jan 10 2008 :  07:56:54 AM  Show Profile
Wow - what a great idea! I am going to do it starting today - never thought of it.

It reminds me of what I used to do when I got solicitor phone calls. I would say,"hold on a minute" and then I would put the phone down and not return for awhile. I wonder how long they waited?

Or sometimes I would keep a coach's whistle near to the phone, and if it was a marketer call, I would blow the whistle!

Farmgirl Sister # 31

Psalm 51: 10-13
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