Beware the fury of a patient man*
John Dryden -*Brainy Quote. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_dryden_101689.
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(d)Whoever, with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, knowingly so deposits or causes to be delivered, as aforesaid, any communication, with or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person and containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another, or the reputation of a deceased person, or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. If such a communication is addressed to a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official who is covered by section 1114, the individual shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(7), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330016(1)(G), (H), (K), 330021(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2150; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11008(d), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1818.)*
*“18 U.S. Code § 876 – Mailing Threatening Communications.” LII / Legal Information Institute, http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/876#:~:text=Whoever%2C%20with%20intent%20to%20extort. Accessed 30 Aug. 2023.
HUMOR ME FOLKS.
Got this in the mail with a postal date of 24 August 2023 PM 2 L notation on the front of the puppy dog postcard stating…Thinking of you. This appeared with five (5) other anonymous letters in my mail.
To Ms. Anonymous Sender, please read the above very carefully. Oh by the way I would strongly recommend your cohorts read it very carefully, also.
So folks take a look at the message on the puppy dog postcard. Take note of the left side of the postcard and the font of the message. This indicates the writer is moderately versed in calligraphy. Note the style of the letters ‘w’ with the right elevated upstroke, now note the style of the letters ‘g’ and the ‘y’ with their sweeping descender (that is the final downstroke of the “g” and “y”) and finally note the agitation showing in the dotting of the letter “i” from the ‘i’ in ‘praying’ to the ‘i’ in ‘will’ to the first and second ‘i’ in writing and lastly the ‘i’ in things. Note the first two ‘i’ have no ‘tittle’ (the dot over the i), now look at the first “i” in writing which has a small, tentative “tittle” compare that small “tittle” to the large emphasized “tittle” the second “i” in writing and finally to the small offset “tittle” over the “i” in things. Remarking on the two “P”, first look at the beginning capital “P” with just a small hint of a desender curving up, now look at the second “P” with its loop at the top of the descender. Finally I would point to the “t” in stop, writing and things, note the crossing of the “t” starts just above the “x” height of the vertical stem of the “t” traveling at an upward angle to the right.
Now on to the address portion of the anonymous postcard to the right of the postcard’s vertical midline. Here the writer makes a concerted effort to disguise their handwriting. But again I will draw your attention to the V in Vickie resembles a check mark, and the L in Larsen leans back. This is a point where the unconscious takes control and reverts to the normal day-to-day style of printing by Ms. Anonymous. I draw your attention to the letter “n” in the address components, see where the ‘shoulder’ of the “n” has a downward slope as opposed to the “n” on the calligraphic side “n”? Unfortunately for Ms. Anonymous, her normal handwriting style keeps interfering with her attempt at anonymity. Again compare the letter “s” on the calligraphic message side with the address side. One final note on the lettering aspect of this abortive attempt at anonymity, check out the K another ‘tell’.
Finally folks look closely again to the right side of the postcard. Take note of the smearing to the lower right side of the card and a dark grey smearing under the stamp placement. Was there perhaps another stamp there at one point? Lastly, the stamp. The stamp appears to have come from a small book of stamps rather than a coil of stamps, this is purely my presumption. In my experience coil stamps have two perforated sides rather than four. How this is important is the application of the stamp onto the document to be mailed.
If the stamp is self-adhesive, it does not have to be licked. No DNA. With that pointed out, think about how a self-adhesive stamp is removed from its backing. I remove a self-adhesive stamp by peeling back with the index finger and with thumb pressure upon placement on the envelope. I would imagine that I am not the only person who applies stamps in this manner. However any lack of DNA is made up for with the possibility of a thumb print or an index finger print.
Should you be fortunate to have a licked stamp, a good forensic scientist should be able to extract DNA with saline solution swabs and with the help of Ancestry your face will appear like portrait magic in a tray of photographic developing solutions.
I have not yet opened the other predictable, malicious missives (I want to preserve any evidence) pending my choices of reactive response beyond this blog.
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