On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:28:12 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Bill C. writes:

The tree is in MA and I think that this is not legal. Any ideas on
how to best proceed to first save the tree and second stop this nut?

MA?

I hate that too. The post office has valid reasons for insisting on
predetermined, all-capital abbreviations, but that's no reason they
should be used elsewhere.

It's Mass., Conn., Penn. or Pa., Cal. etc. just like it always was.