[OT] Chuck - Duckburg's Postal/ZIP Code

[Fluks, H.W.]

[I'm going to break the rule once again that mails on DCML should be about
Disney comics...]

Chuck:

> Chuck Munson
> Fairfax VA 22030 USA (The US Postal Service also
> requests that we use no punctuation in our addresses-
> no periods, commas, etc.-because it will help them
> supposedly move the mail faster - RIGHT!)

I can't speak for the USA mail service, but I am currently working on a
computer program for the Dutch mail service. It automatically interprets
hand-written addresses on envelopes. In our program, periods and commas are
no problem; they are small enough to eliminate. But slashes (/),
underlining, and all other kinds of extra stuff *can* be a problem in
automatic recognition. And if the computer program cannot recognise the
address, it has to be done by hand. This may indeed slow down delivery.
RIGHT!

--Harry.