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MineralMan

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5. I don't have an answer for you on that.

Reply to mike_c (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 04:40 PM

Jul 2013

Since there's no local mail delivery, that puts you in quite a bind. Lots of things require a valid mailing address. For myself, I'd just show them my driver's license and car registration or one of the other documents. But that's me.

I figure the government knows who I am in any case, and through a wide range of ways.

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are new postal regulations tied to government surveillance...? [View all] mike_c Jul 2013 OP

just a guess d_r Jul 2013 #1

this is a TINY rural town.... mike_c Jul 2013 #3

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's a Homeland Security requirement. MineralMan Jul 2013 #6

That rule has been in place for some time. MineralMan Jul 2013 #2

oh I know we'll lose the box-- then what? mike_c Jul 2013 #4

I don't have an answer for you on that. MineralMan Jul 2013 #5

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