[South Florida DX Association] Envelopes- DXers beware

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You might want to change your QSL card envelopes-
Norm
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Subject: Fw: Never Lick Another enevelope 
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>               What you don't know, won't hurt you! 
>               But this one it sure is worth knowing... 
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>               I used to work for an envelope company. Our plant 
>               supervisor used to work in the Chicago plant and told us 
>               not to lick the envelopes because they would often find 
>               dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel (after 
>               thousands of envelopes had been glued and shipped). 
>               EEWW! 
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>               I work in a factory and we have 2 employees who used to 
>               work in an envelope factory. They told me that when the 
>               machine jams up, they use whatever water is handy to 
>               thin out the glue. This includes water that they just 
>               mopped the floor with. Since then, I've avoided licking 
>              envelopes... Jane W 
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>               1.) If you lick your envelopes... You won't anymore!!! A 
>               woman was working in a post office in California. One 
>               day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead 
>               of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue 
>               on the envelope. A week later, she noticed an abnormal 
>               swelling of her tongue. 
>               She went to the doctor, but they found nothing wrong. 
>               Her tongue was not sore or anything. A couple of days 
>               later, her tongue started to swell more, and it began to 
>               get so sore, that she could not eat. 
>               She went back to the hospital, and demanded something be 
>               done. The doctor took an x-ray of her tongue and noticed 
>               a lump. He prepared her for minor surgery. When the 
>               doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled 
>               out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the 
>               envelope. The egg was able to hatch inside of her 
>               tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and moist... 
>               This is a true story reported on CNN. 
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>               2.) Andy Hume wrote: "Hey, I used to work in an envelope 
>               factory. You wouldn't believe the things that float 
>               around in those gum applicator trays. I haven't licked 
>               an envelope for years!" 
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>               3.) To All: I used to work for a print shop (32 years 
>               ago) and we were told NEVER to lick the envelopes. I 
>               never understood why until I had to go into storage and 
>               pull out 2500 envelops that were already printed for a 
>               customer who was doing a mailing and saw several squads 
>               of roaches roaming around inside a couple of boxes with 
>               eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the envelopes. I 
>              think print shops have a harder time controlling roaches 
>               than a  restaurant. I always buy the self-sealing type. Or if 
>               need be, I use a glue stick to seal one that has the 
>               type of glue that needs to be wet to stick. 
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>               PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like TO YOUR FRIENDS. After 
>               reading this you will never lick another envelope or 
>               stamp ever again. 
>               Have a nice day, &  keep your tongues where they belong!