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Envelopes and Humidity
January 23, 2024
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   The humidity around here keeps activating the flap adhesive on
paper mailing envelopes.  In order to mail a simple letter, one needs
to sort through the box to find an envelope that will be less damaged
in peeling open.  After that annoying - and wasteful - search, the
flap needs to be glued back down.  The latter point is not a big deal
for someone who regularly seales the flap with an added sticker but
is still an issue for most.

   Luckily, a simple solution has been discovered: store new
envelopes in an ammo can with decent gasket and toss in a couple
dessicant packs.  Fresh, usable envelopes every time they are needed
in addition to crush protection.  As a bonus, the storage can is a
centralized place to store the fool things so no one walks off with
the box and leaves it lying around somewhere to be forgotten.

   The most important aspect of the ammo can is the fact that one
feels like an officer preparing an urgent dispatch to hand to some
runner who may never make it back alive.  I should find a field phone
to set on the shelf next to the envelope can and run a wire to an
outbuilding with a matching phone just because.

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kimek
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