Wednesday, October 17, 2012

One Way To Look at It

How much money is spent printing catalogues? I once bought an all-in-one veggie cutter, peeler, and strainer and even though this was years ago I keep getting catalogues from odd little places with odder merchandise.

No, I doubt that I can use a hurricane lamp that also doubles as a door stop or a knife that looks like a Samara sword.

When I ordered a health letter I didn't know that every natural health practitioner would buy my address and send me a partial catalogue. Page two tells me how to cure arthritis, but in order to read the entire article I need to buy the book or subscribe to the newsletter. For a mere $12.49 cents a month I am guaranteed of living a longer more satisfying life—free from all the ills that attack mankind.

One doctor who roves all over the world tracking down natural cures offers me a discount on his newsletter—if I sign up for two years. If I sign up for three years I will get sixteen booklets outlining his cures for all the diseases that are so prevalent.

But on the positive side all that mail helps the post office with its financial difficulties.

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