HELOISE Reader suggests trading address labels

Dear Heloise: This hint is for people who enjoy writing to friends, family or pen pals. Instead of addressing the letters by hand, use a return-address label of the other person. Contact your family member or friend and ask them to "trade" you a sheet or a certain number of his or her return-address labels.
This would also be a kind gift to someone in a nursing home. Give the person a box of stationery or a writing tablet and include his or her children's and grandchildren's address labels. Sometimes our handwriting is poor, and this would make it easier for the post office to read. Geraldine P. Logan, Bonner Springs, Kan.
We did check with our friends at the U.S. Postal Service, and they said return-address labels used to address envelopes should not have printing that is smaller than a typewriter or computer font size No. 10. Smaller sizes might not read correctly and might slow down the delivery of your mail. So, when ordering labels, opt for some that are a bit larger. Heloise
Dear Heloise: Here is my favorite use for a small, square tissue box for my car:
I had an empty box, and before I tossed it away, I happened to think to fill it with a few of those fast-food napkins that seem to appear and multiply in our cars. Works great, and keeps the car neater to boot! A reader, via e-mail
Dear Heloise: I have set up a small mirror in my walk-in shower, and I step into the shower to use my hair spray. I no longer have hair spray all over my counters, floors and walls. Theresa DiCicco, Fredericksburg, Va.
Dear Heloise: I work in the domestics department of a large retail store. I would like you to remind your readers to take off their watches when shopping for towels (and when folding them at home), as the band usually gets snagged on the nap of the towels and pulls strings, which makes the towels undesirable to the next shopper. Avoiding these snags can also lengthen the life of the towel at home. Thanks -- keep up the good work. Donna, via e-mail
Dear Heloise: Why don't manufacturers put beepers on remote controls like they do on cordless phones? People would be able to find their remote controls much faster. Lucinda Hutcherson, Canyon Lake, Texas
I've wondered about this for years! The old "where's the remote" game is really not a fun one. Heloise
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