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Hong Kong Cavalier

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8. I'd wager most don't know why the Post Office is having to do this.
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 02:56 PM
Feb 2013

Other than: "TEH GUVERNMENT WASTE!!1!1!!!" or some other Fox News-inspired bullshit.

get rid of door delivery KatyMan Feb 2013 #1
reduced days and service should mean a lower fee/stamp cost...right? or how dems just fix the msongs Feb 2013 #4
Very hard on the handicapped, however. dgibby Feb 2013 #5
I don't know where you live, but if you live in a house Light House Feb 2013 #6
Thanks! dgibby Feb 2013 #9
You're right, no piece of mail is worth a broken hip. Light House Feb 2013 #10
I'm a Senior and I put a mail box slot goclark Feb 2013 #37
The mail slot in the door is a helluva good idea. Light House Feb 2013 #38
America Home Of Stupid Asses TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #2
Canada eliminated Saturday mail delivery in 1969. So is Canada home of the even more stupid asses? Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #22
People may understand, but it is so unnecessary. earthside Feb 2013 #3
I could support that move, but only if the post offices were kept open on Saturday bluestateguy Feb 2013 #7
Last I heard, they were going to keep the POs open on Saturday Maeve Feb 2013 #40
I'd wager most don't know why the Post Office is having to do this. Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2013 #8
+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #25
Were they even able to communicate with those who will be most hurt by this? sketchy Feb 2013 #11
One more way in which we fall behind the rest of the western world mainer Feb 2013 #12
When I spent a year in France in 1999, they delivered twice a day aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #13
It use to be that way here many years ago. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #30
France is smaller and more densely populated than the US Thor_MN Feb 2013 #39
But the cost of transportation is much higher aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #41
The size is also much smaller. Thor_MN Feb 2013 #45
The size is not that small aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #46
And US first class postage is good for Guam... France is still smaller and almost twice the price. Thor_MN Feb 2013 #55
The problem is the service is not able to adapt to the changing economy davidn3600 Feb 2013 #47
OMFG - POOR PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INTERNET bread_and_roses Feb 2013 #52
I am continually amazed at the stupidity of USAmericans. Proletariatprincess Feb 2013 #14
Who are these "most?" All the young with smartphones sprouting from their ears? question everything Feb 2013 #15
I really want to learn more about Pew's methodology sketchy Feb 2013 #19
"For many, this is a major daily contact with the outside world" snooper2 Feb 2013 #27
Yet it was okay to pick up the mail on Sunday many years ago. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #31
Why do you need to mock many with whose lifestyle question everything Feb 2013 #48
my sister is a mail carrier and this is going to be devastating to rural workers backtoblue Feb 2013 #16
She is an RCA, a Rural Letter Associate. She will have a better chance at a fulltime job mikekohr Feb 2013 #50
The next step sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #17
I'd tacitly support it (knowing the reasons), but I know a few Saturday delivery contractors.. Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #18
Austerity for the Post Office. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #20
It was coming to an end eventually customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #28
Most are ok with the the increasingly rapid slide of civilization into the abyss deutsey Feb 2013 #21
So who watches the tube anymore? n/t Psephos Feb 2013 #23
If a TV is on and no one is there to watch it deutsey Feb 2013 #24
:) good question...I think the answer is no Psephos Feb 2013 #34
You're right deutsey Feb 2013 #42
Sort of like a computer, huh? nt Llewlladdwr Feb 2013 #67
Exactly deutsey Feb 2013 #68
And I bet some think Politicalboi Feb 2013 #26
I'm sure the ones that support eliminating Saturday mail think they won't. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #33
What about my Netflix!! Trascoli Feb 2013 #29
End Saturday mail deliveries and who'll deliver the mail? Nobody will! rachel1 Feb 2013 #32
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This message was self-deleted by its author alp227 Feb 2013 #36
I want mail delivered on a Sunday too Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #43
Hate Radio & cable "news" could get "most Americans" to approve Doctor_J Feb 2013 #44
I do too, so what?... OneMoreDemocrat Feb 2013 #49
Bingo. nt mikekohr Feb 2013 #51
A different perspective TM99 Feb 2013 #53
Perspective is not reality mikekohr Feb 2013 #54
Wrong perspective, different reality TM99 Feb 2013 #57
Let me repeat this, we lost +200,000 employees from approx 1996 to 2006 mikekohr Feb 2013 #62
I think we are just going to have to agree TM99 Feb 2013 #63
One reason other countries Post Offices Are Not in the news mikekohr Feb 2013 #64
I suspect we are just going to go around in circles from here. TM99 Feb 2013 #65
K nt mikekohr Feb 2013 #66
My sentiments exactly. Hugin Feb 2013 #59
Agreed TM99 Feb 2013 #60
I'm one that approves - lynne Feb 2013 #56
All mail should arrive between Monday and Wednesday. truthisfreedom Feb 2013 #58
All I know is I want to keep the Post Office open madokie Feb 2013 #61
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