[ARC5] [armyradios] Waaay OT: Coconut from the Mariannas in WW II

[Bruce Long]

off topic
A number of years ago the State of Alaska asked for bids to build a school in a remote Alaska village.  On company responded with a bid much lower than the others.  Of courser with no roads to most Alaska villages the cost driver in construction is flying in the materials.'

Turned out the low bidder took every brick, every cinder block, wrapped it in brown paper, took it to the local post office and mailed it to the building site.

By law the pos toffice could not refuse to accept the parcels and was required to deliver them to the remote village for the same price of any other parcel post package.

The law was changed sometime afterwards.

I wonder if the construction company employees qualified for workman comp having been obviously disabled on the job with severe cases of dry, sticky tongue?




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I've heard it told that you can mail a loaf of bread if it has the right postage amount...
Jay



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Subject: [armyradios] Waaay OT: Coconut from the Mariannas in WW II




I was just lent a coconut that is sort of 'trench art' from WWII or
shortly thereafter. I know little to nothing about it, but thought to ask
here.

The coconut is missing all its hair and has a nutlike shell. It's actually
pretty big, like a US football about 10" in the long axis and 8" max OD.
The cross section is roughly triangular.

On one surface is painted:

From:
A.P. Houlihan Pfr (?)
49 USNCB Co. A-2
c/o Fleet PO
San Francisco
Calif.

To:
Arthur P. Houlihan
10 Kendal Ave
Framingham
Mass
USA

There are also four stamps pasted to the shell

Green Purple Purple Ivory
1 Cent 25 Cent 25 Cent ?????

------------------

The second side is blank.

------------------

The third side has

"Greetings from the Marianas" painted in an arc over a scene of an island
with several palm trees.

Unfortunately, some parts of the surface layer and paint are missing. I
thought about trying to get a photo or two, but it is very low contrast.

Can anyone provide further info on this curiosity?

Best,

-John

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