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Hello and welcome to Card Talk on National Public Radio with us. Click and

click the tap at brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the soon to be profitable,

profitable hate mail division here at Card Talk class. Soon to be profitable. Right.

Now the increase in the cost of first class post is a big boom to our return post is recycling

campaign. And if you are, if you're one of those that's sitting in a self-addressed stamped envelope,

don't put the stamp on the envelope. No, it isn't necessary. It's just tuck it in there.

Let it float around inside. No, because it's very time consuming to steam those babies.

No, if we're going to use your stamp, I mean, this is brilliant. Who would have thought that you

could turn hate mail into a profit center? Oh, I'm telling you, we could make millions like this.

Anyway, speaking of recycled, you have any mail to get out of the way before we take a call,

because I know you're always. I have a real quick piece of mail here.

Evidently, one of us, I don't know who it could have been, said something nasty about

racing one day. Couldn't have been me because I recognize the importance of racing in all other

sports. You do. In our society. Yes, I do. You obviously don't. I don't. No, I do, but I don't

agree with how it's done. This letter is dated November, so it must have been some number of months

ago. 91. No, no, this year. No, last year, 94. November of 94. That's not bad. This is from Steve

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