By Hildegaard Verploegen
Saturday, August 31, 1996
Editor's Note: This was Hildegaard Verploegen's last Kokua Line column. Hilde retired today after 28 years at the Star-Bulletin.
Editor's Note: This was Hildegaard Verploegen's last Kokua Line column. Hilde retired today after 28 years at the Star-Bulletin.
The 100 stamps now come on a strip of paper and you have to dig under one with a fingernail to get it off the paper. That's tough for guys with short nails. Then you have to find a scissor to cut off the tab of paper sticking out of the stamp holder.
The old way was easier. Good heavens, the glue didn't taste that bad.
Besides, you could moisten the stamps with things other than your tongue. Is there any chance the post office will go back to the old way of stamps with glue on the back?
You still can buy rolls of 100 stamps with glue on them, but you do need to say you want that kind.
If the post office where you buy your stamps doesn't have the glue kind available, ask to have them stocked for you the next time you go in, suggests Felice Broglio, Honolulu spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service.
You also can order glue-type and other stamps by telephoning 1-800-STAMP24, which is 1-800-782-6724. The stamps will be mailed to the address you specify. There is a small fee.
- Politicians at the conventions talked a lot about all the jobs one or the other parties made possible. That's good. Now, how can I find out about federal government jobs available in Hawaii? Can I do it by phone or do I have to go around to a bunch of different offices?
"To the candidate in District 29 who has supporters picking up trash in the community. On many Saturday mornings I have seen a group of people in campaign shirts picking up trash and cleaning along the highways of the district."What a cleaner place Hawaii would be if more political candidates did this as part of their campaign." - M.T.L.
- State ID card change of address
- Traffic alert
- More Mahalo
- Auwe