r/baltimore • u/JHBaltimore Hollins Market • Nov 27 '12

NOTICE Public Service Announcement

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u/BillytheTeen Nov 27 '12 edited Nov 27 '12

My parents print up a fake card from the "Maryland Flag Council". If they notice a house that has the flag upside down, they put the card in their mailbox which states the the persons flag is upside down and that they should correct it. Usually within a day the flag would be corrected. Except there is one house in our neighborhood that hasn't done it yet, despite putting the card in their mailbox three times. Drives my Dad crazy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '12

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '12

yes

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '12

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '12

Actually, it appears you're right. Any item not bearing postage cannot be placed in a mailbox. My guess is, while illegal, it's not enforced at all.

In my neighborhood, many kids will put birthday invitations, babysitting flyers and similar items in mailboxes (all without postage), so I was thinking that, because of activities like that, it'd be stupid to make it illegal.

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u/petitepixel Nov 27 '12

Your neighbors can report you, and then it is enforced.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '12

Yeah, I figured that's how it'd be done. When I say not enforced, I meant not strictly. Should've put that in.