Saving trillions - well maybe, Billions

Here are a couple of ideas: Back in the late 30's and early 40's a first class stamp cost 3 cents. Most everything else at that time was about 20 times cheaper than today. Check it out. I mentioned this once while I was standing in line at the post office. I made the point that first class postage should now be about 60 cents. None of the people in line nor the postal clerks behind the counter could disagree. They all thought a raise to that level was probably a good idea. The other idea has been broached many times. We don't need pennies - or nickels for that matter. Our current dollar bill is worth what a nickel would buy in 1940. I know, I was there. New coinage: nickels, quarters and dollars (a concession to those who hate to see everything change) and paper notes - fives, twenty fives, and hundreds - six different denominations in metal and paper. The bills would be of varying sizes according to denomination and likewise the coins as a nod to the blind or otherwise handicapped. Here's one I actually tried with the chairman of the postal committee in the House. He was from Nebraska. He never answered my letter. Stamps come off the roll of a hundred upside down. I demonstrated this to a postal clerk. They were surprised and agreed that it was wrong. I simply suggested the stamp making people roll up the stamps the other way for the simple convenience of the public. Try it yourself some time.

My books now available

I am pleased to announce that my seventh novel, Dead in the Water, is now live, the fourth in the detective series starring JC and Susan Shelby. It is available as an ebook, from the publisher, or directly from me. I can send hardcover of some and softcover copies of all my books directly to you for $10 plus mailing ($3 in the US). If you wish to use PayPal let me know and I can bill you through them, given your email. It is easy to do and all it takes is a credit card or a PayPal account. The list - latest to earliest - follows:

Dead in the Water – A Russian cruise ship on a Circle of Fire tour of the Pacific is the scene of a mysterious death. The Shelbys are recruited to go aboard in Hawaii and encounter a tangled love affair, another death, and near disaster off the coast of New Zealand.

Murder Hawaiian Style – JC is mustered back into the Navy to solve the murder of a gardener at the residence of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral. The Japanese mafia, the yakuza, plays a role.

The Body at the B&B – The Shelbys honeymoon in London and get involved in international intrigue with MI6, Ukraine, the Russians, and Pakistan.

The Body in the Stacks – A body of a young student is discovered in the library stacks at a small college in Iowa. JC and Susan have their first adventure in solving the crime.

Adam’s Isle – A futuristic coming of age tale of a ten year old in Point Loma whose adventures take him from his life on what has become an isolated part of San Diego caused by rising sea levels to his years of maturing among the Indians of the Acoma tribe in New Mexico. A great gift for a young person.

Dark Matter – A psychotic serial murderer from Southern California kills the President of the US and many many others, escaping undetected, by apparently being very hard to describe or even remember

The Throttlebottom Chronicles and Other Curious Tales – An eclectic collection of short stories.

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Thanks, John M. Hood (Johnny Mack Hood)
jhoodjr1@cox.net