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Link to article http://nypost.com/2014/11/29/unused-fitness-stamps-lie-waiting-in-postal-service-warehouse/
Mike in NC / meostamps
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02:53:44pm
That's got to be one of the ugliest stamps I have ever seen! 
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Quite agree, they are not pretty but are we mollycoddling the children too much. Most of us survived without riding helmets for bikes, knee pads and all the other gear that now seems compulsory, whatever the sport or pastime. I guess those that didn't survive might disagree.
Going now to put on my safety glasses and Nitrile gloves to soak some stamps, better put my hard hat on in case I trip on the carpet.
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"Three of 15 stamps raised red flags: a kid doing a headstand, another taking a cannonball dive into a pool and a skateboarder without knee pads."
If those things raise red flags, I don't know what will not raise red flags
What safety equipment would be required to play tag?
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07:25:57am
I think we have to find a medium between "caution" and "over protection" for our children. Kids will be kids, and we cannot put them in plastic bubbles until they are adults, but at the same time, it is our duty to learn from our mistakes (as youths, if we can remember that far back) and make every effort to insure their safety. The biggest risk takers among our youth are young males between the ages of 18 and 25 (ask a professional insurance risk analyst) and, if you have ever tried to reason with a young man in that age group, you'll know that you are not going to force the issue by posing proper pictures on stamps!
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"we cannot put them in plastic bubbles until they are adults"
Bobby,
Why would you wait until they adults to put them in plastic bubbles? Isn't that like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped? You folks down east do things a lot different than the rest of the country!
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I agree an ugly stamp. And I also agree that they shouldn't of been printed before everything was in check.
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The Post Office could always sell them to the approval companies as CTO'S
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10:37:49am
As for printing a review prior to issuance, friends, that is the New York Post, which had become something of a rag even before Murdoch bought in. I suppose other newspapers write reviews based on some re-issue news letter from the USPS and we should be glad that they managed to slip any philatelic note in betwixt the usual murder, rape, blood and gore with which they usually fill their pages.
As for the stamp, perhaps we should start an "Ugly Beauty" contest to counter the ever popular "Favorite Stamp" themed threads. Every entry should at least turn the viewer back to this one and make him, or her, think, well it really isn't so bad after all.
As to the continual attempts to protect our children and each other from every imaginable possibility of harm or hurt feelings, you can put the blame on our overly litigious society where people engage lawyers to sue, especially those with perceived deep pockets for every bump and bruise, even when the actual cause is ignorance squared.
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Seen this news link about a printed but not disturbed for sale recent US set of stamps. Is it only me but would think that all reviews would have been done and signed off on BEFORE printing was actually done.
Link to article http://nypost.com/2014/11/29/unused-fitness-stamps-lie-waiting-in-postal-service-warehouse/
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29 Nov 2014
02:53:44pm
re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
That's got to be one of the ugliest stamps I have ever seen!
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re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
Quite agree, they are not pretty but are we mollycoddling the children too much. Most of us survived without riding helmets for bikes, knee pads and all the other gear that now seems compulsory, whatever the sport or pastime. I guess those that didn't survive might disagree.
Going now to put on my safety glasses and Nitrile gloves to soak some stamps, better put my hard hat on in case I trip on the carpet.
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re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
"Three of 15 stamps raised red flags: a kid doing a headstand, another taking a cannonball dive into a pool and a skateboarder without knee pads."
If those things raise red flags, I don't know what will not raise red flags
What safety equipment would be required to play tag?
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They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
30 Nov 2014
07:25:57am
re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
I think we have to find a medium between "caution" and "over protection" for our children. Kids will be kids, and we cannot put them in plastic bubbles until they are adults, but at the same time, it is our duty to learn from our mistakes (as youths, if we can remember that far back) and make every effort to insure their safety. The biggest risk takers among our youth are young males between the ages of 18 and 25 (ask a professional insurance risk analyst) and, if you have ever tried to reason with a young man in that age group, you'll know that you are not going to force the issue by posing proper pictures on stamps!
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re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
"we cannot put them in plastic bubbles until they are adults"
Bobby,
Why would you wait until they adults to put them in plastic bubbles? Isn't that like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped? You folks down east do things a lot different than the rest of the country!
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02:10:12am
re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
I agree an ugly stamp. And I also agree that they shouldn't of been printed before everything was in check.
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12:26:06pm
re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
The Post Office could always sell them to the approval companies as CTO'S
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12 Dec 2014
10:37:49am
re: You would think that all reviews would be done BEFORE printing
As for printing a review prior to issuance, friends, that is the New York Post, which had become something of a rag even before Murdoch bought in. I suppose other newspapers write reviews based on some re-issue news letter from the USPS and we should be glad that they managed to slip any philatelic note in betwixt the usual murder, rape, blood and gore with which they usually fill their pages.
As for the stamp, perhaps we should start an "Ugly Beauty" contest to counter the ever popular "Favorite Stamp" themed threads. Every entry should at least turn the viewer back to this one and make him, or her, think, well it really isn't so bad after all.
As to the continual attempts to protect our children and each other from every imaginable possibility of harm or hurt feelings, you can put the blame on our overly litigious society where people engage lawyers to sue, especially those with perceived deep pockets for every bump and bruise, even when the actual cause is ignorance squared.
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