Do you think the postal system would improve if we all just had "BARCODES" instead of addresses?
537943
No, because the mail man would have to scan the barcodes between every house to be sure he was putting the correct letters in the correct mailbox.\n\nHowever, if they added barcodes to the mail processing system on top of the information currently used, it could definitely help.  Indeed, barcodes are already used by USPS, Fedex, etc to track packages.
551804
Ummmmm, the Post Office gets it there? Most likely, since criminals have voluntarily given up their rights (by violating the rights of others!) those letters will be read by officials before getting to your criminal.
118919
It wud be better if u tried making a new id.
1013618
Add it to your address book.
876926
voting would be much easier if there was better information being passed out in the news. Or if flyers were posted a couple of weeks ahead of time so that people could read and understand all the wordings.
32533
Your nearest post office should be able to help you.
218427
The true answer to this question may make you just as sad as I am.  We are getting more lazy and as a result less intelligent as a country.  Because we can substitute single letters, numbers and symbols as real words, we are starting to take shortcuts.\n\nIt would not surprise me if in 20 years we have completely eliminated certain words because they are too complicated to remember.  This makes me think of the book "1984" and "new-speak."
1001627
No, however, I'd be wary of French postmen trying to charge blind people excess postage charges because they can't see if the correct postage has been applied or not !
585787
Good question!  Not that I know for sure, but I've heard the zip gets it to the right city (or part of the city), and the +4 gets it to the right individual mailman, so maybe it does get there faster.  I think a controlled experiment is in order!
63517
I don't know what state you live in but yes they will if you organize them right. My post office needed them in zip code order, separated and counted. You should call your post office and see what their policy is.
535116
depends on the area and what your post office wants
788184
You used to be able to by simply having a U.S. address, which can be something as simple as a post office box in any town, which costs maybe a hundred bucks a year, give or take depending on the town. One of my customers in Sweden used to do this to make it easier to pay American suppliers for his business. Since 9/11 and all the changes and crackdowns in this country, though, I don't know if it's still that simple. Also, you might have to make one trip to "the states" to fill out the forms in person at both the post office and the bank. I know that he did and I can't think that you could do it otherwise.
355663
No.  Barcodes are black and white.
326863
While I understand your question, most things should be written out on formal addresses, I just wouldn't on that one. It just seems awkward. But it's up to you, it's not wrong to write it out.
119254
Probably not. It depends on the route, and unless they are subbing in for someout out, they cannot have a route that takes them b their own home. Too much potential for abuse.\n\nHowever, since most municiple sorting facilities have the carriers doing some sorting, it is very possible they will sort their own mail at some point.
150049
They have made it a bit easier...\n\nI think this will help..
275240
Totally...It would help us express ourelves more. That would be awesome.