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2007-03-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Bobby 2007-03-16 06:12|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The ghost of Alan Funt is smiling.

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-16 08:37|| 2007-03-16 08:37|| Front Page Top

#2 So we have this big ass useless promotion and then the rates go up. Does anybody really give a rat's ass what the design on the stamp is that gets your letter to Grandma? I don't think we need to employ some artsy-fartsy light in the sneakers granola type to draw some corn or butterflys or commemorate yet another dead politician on the envelope we send our tribute to Exxon in. just give me a phuqueing stamp already. USPS is America's answer to Airbus.

/thank you, you may now resume your normal Rantburg reading.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-03-16 14:37|| 2007-03-16 14:37|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL USN! I gotta feeling you use the USP? I like to think of them as living breathing blasts from the past and an increase of 10 cents a stamp is nothing if it will keep them in business and me entertained. Matter of fact, get it over with and make it increase it by 25 cents.

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-16 19:33|| 2007-03-16 19:33|| Front Page Top

#4 And yet, in my limited experience the US Postal Service gives more service for less cost than anywhere else I've been. And they smile and say, "Have a nice day!"

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-16 21:22|| 2007-03-16 21:22|| Front Page Top

#5 My girlfriend is a US Postal Carrier, and at age 48, they still deliver :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-16 22:49|| 2007-03-16 22:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Ship: To answer your question; yes I still use the USPS and I agree with TW's comment about service for value, but it just really, really, really, chaps my arse when they continue to roll out new stamp designs for what practical purpose? The old design is still functional, and I hardly think that going from a flower to a commerorative (sic) series of steam locomotives, or Vermont covered bridges, or some other trivial thing is really going to cause a shift in people's mailing habits. If you are already using Fedex or UPS I really do not think the pretty pastel colors on the design d'jour is gonna lure you in. So except for those how collect such things, leave the damn things alone. And let the collectors pay a premium for new designs. Sorry for the extended ramble, I have J. Beam doing my proofreading right now.

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-03-16 23:15|| 2007-03-16 23:15|| Front Page Top

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