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Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail
« on: January 28, 2009, 01:31:39 PM »

At first glance and without thinking about it too deeply, I'm not sure why this hasn't already happened.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28897426/

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WASHINGTON - Massive deficits could force the post office to cut out one day of mail delivery per week, the postmaster general told Congress on Wednesday.

Postmaster General John E. Potter asked lawmakers to lift the requirement that the agency deliver mail six days a week.

Faced with dwindling mail volume and rising costs, the post office was $2.8 billion in the red last year and, “if current trends continue, we could experience a net loss of $6 billion or more this fiscal year,” Potter said in testimony for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.

Total mail volume was 202 billion items last year, more than 9 billion less than the year before, the largest single volume drop in history.........

.........If the change is made, that doesn’t necessarily mean an end to Saturday mail delivery. Previous studies have looked at the possibility of skipping some other day, such as Tuesday.
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Re: Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2009, 01:42:34 PM »

Why does the Postmaster General hate Tuesday?
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Re: Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2009, 01:55:06 PM »

Why does the Postmaster General hate Tuesday?

Tuesday blows.

Wednesday is hot!

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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 02:03:03 PM »

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Total mail volume was 202 billion items last year, more than 9 billion less than the year before, the largest single volume drop in history.........

Pfft. The pre-approved, credit market downturn alone could have easily accounted for that drop. If the USPS needs more work, why don't they come back and pick up all the *goshdarn* junk mail that they delivered and start shredding?
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2009, 02:06:26 PM »

Why does the Postmaster General hate Tuesday?

Tuesday blows.

Wednesday is hot!


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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2009, 02:06:59 PM »

Plus I have not been guaranteed to be a top 10 finalist for any grand prizes in a long time.
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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2009, 02:45:25 PM »

Tuesday had a good run.

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