Ewww.

Back to the mail question--Art, the page for calculating postage has links to explanations about the size of the package in question to give you the right rate.

If you use the Click 'N Ship option then you can weigh your package at home, print the address label with the postage at home, affix it to your package, and schedule a pickup if your regular carrier doesn't come to your door. I ship stuff that way all of the time. The ONLY DRAWBACK is that you can't ship parcel post through click 'n ship. Only the higher priced options. When you look at the postage price calculator, if it doesn't give you the option to print postage under the online price, then you have to go the the post office to mail it. There are places you can join that will let you mail the lower rate, like http://www.endicia.com/. I see they have a free 30 day trial.

I suppose if you want to weigh the difficulty of getting to the post office, the gas money, time, etc. against mailing priority and having it picked up, it might be worth it to pay more to do it all at home.

Good luck. I have something I'm dropping in the mail to you soon.

SRS