I'll bet you get some guys arguing here that you should have only 
sent the sound card or maybe not even that via
Free Matter Butch.  Now if you were using a specific hardware 
speech synthesizer like the good old days, then that shouldn't 
have aroused anyone's irritation level here.  But, on second 
thought, well, I'll just drop it.  I must apologize for bringing 
up the whole matter or is it Free Matter issue yesterday when I 
advertised the Old Keyer available.  Meanwhile, it still is! Jim 
WA6EKS
 ----- Original Message -----
From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:55:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Old keyer available

One way to speed things up is to insure the package.  I've done 
that
more than once and I've found package goes very fast.  I shipped 
a
talking computer from Wallace to Vegas during the Christmas rush, 
and it
almost beat me home.  I shipped it Thursday, paid insurance only, 
and it
was at my door Saturday.  If anyone thinks this talking computer
shouldn't have been sent free mater, don't bother complaining to 
the
list.  I'm not going to debate the point.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


\On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Steve
Dresser wrote:

 Correct.  If there's space available, the item will be shipped 
with the
 first class mail.  If not, it will be shipped with fourth class 
mail.  This
 is why you sometimes receive things the next day, and sometimes 
it takes a
 week or two.

 Steve

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Ronald E.  Milliman" <[log in to unmask]
 To: <[log in to unmask]
 Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:50
 Subject: Re: Old keyer available


 It is my understanding that items mailed as "Free Matter for the 
Blind"
 are
 shipped at the convenience of the post office and do not receive 
priority
 shipping.

 Ron M.  (K8HSY

 At 05:42 AM 9/12/2012 -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
 And Ron as I understand (and perhaps incorrectly) such items 
sent via =
 free matter do not get the same priority as other pieces of 
mail.

 On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Ronald E.  Milliman =
 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 A keyer is absolutely not eligible to be mailed as "Free Matter 
for =
 the
 Blind."  It is not made specifically for a blind person and does 
not =
 fit
 within either the letter or spirit of the postal regulations.  =
 Knowingly
 misusing the "Free Matter for the Blind," privilege is both 
unethical =
 and
 illegal.  =20
 =20
 As the President of the South Central Kentucky Council of the 
Blind, I =
 have
 studied the postal regulations quite closely and even conferred 
with =
 the
 postal authorities to be sure I understood the regulations 
before we =
 used
 the "Free Matter for the Blind" stamped on our mailings and 
shipments =
 going
 to our members, mailing materials to doctors' offices, etc.  
Believe =
 it or
 not, the postal inspectors will and do inspect some mailings and 
=
 shipments
 to be sure they are not in violation of the postal regulations.  
No, =
 they
 do not inspect everything that is sent as "Free Matter for the 
Blind," =
 but
 they will check anything that looks even a little suspicious.  
=20
 =20
 To use the "Free Matter for the Blind" mailing privilege, your 
item =
 must be
 specifically for a legally blind person or persons and includes 
=
 Braille and
 large print matter and devices designed for the specific use of 
blind
 people.  A Victor Reader Stream can be sent as "Free Matter for 
the =
 Blind,"
 but an Olympus DS-50, which has speech built into it, cannot be 
sent =
 as
 "Free Matter for the Blind" because the Olympus DS-50 was not 
designed
 specifically for the blind; though, it can certainly be used by 
the =
 blind.
 In like manner, all of the Apple products, e.g.  iPhone Apple 
TV, etc.
 cannot be shipped as "Free Matter for the Blind," even though 
they all =
 have
 Voiceover built into them and can be used by a blind person.  
=20
 =20
 Ron M.
 =20
 =20
 Dr.  Ronald E.  Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky 
University
 =20
 Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
 Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee

 Dr.  Ronald E.  Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky 
University

 Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
 Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee