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johnlal (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:38 PM Original message |
Postmaster General wants to stop Tuesday Delivery of Mail |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Should be Saturday |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Actually Saturday is a busy day for mail, while Tuesday is among the slowest days of the week. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. While Tuesday is indeed slow, it is not slow following a Monday Federal holiday and there are a |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Tuesday is slow because almost no mail is picked up on Sunday. |
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johnlal (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Is 6 days really too much to ask? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. But you pay much more for UPS and FedEx to deliver a letter |
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johnlal (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes... but |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. why don't they just get rid of Mondays since so many Mondays are off anyway? nt |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I dont know about other regions, but here in Ca. Tues is local store ad day |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow...I know one angry Republican Mailman over this. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. We never get much on Tuesday - been this way for at least 25 years. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was just talking about this with my Pak-Mail guy. He figured it would be Saturday. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. they just want to privatize. i weep when i see our beautiful post office, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. My local station was built in the Depression. It's a really nice brick federal style building. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. It would have been cool for them to get a two day 'weekend' |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't care about Tuesday, but, please, keep saturday delivery |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bills May Arrive Later |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. And here is the address you can & should send comments to: |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. I like the Tuesday idea, makes sense to me BUT |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. If this passes, then Congress should also pass a bill that requires ... |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Mail is sorted thru machinery. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Making more than a Cabinet official? someone else would take that job for less. nt |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. ha! now every credit card company will change their payment dates to tuesday... |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. The postal service should cut corners or adjust the postage rate |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. If I were a carrier I would hate Tuesdays to be stopped |
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