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Tsiyu

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10. I live in a rural area as well

Reply to Owlet (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 09:46 AM

Dec 2011

and I am happy to have the USPS as my mail delivery.

I get mail from Atlanta to my place often in one day. My mom sent a card on the 23rd of December and I had it on the 24th, even though my teeny post office is well off the beaten path down the mountain.

And if you need to get baby chicks mailed, who else will care for them cheerfully until you pick them up?

Who else will send my letter for less than $.50?

They aren't perfect, but if we lose the USPS, poor and working class people will suffer.

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Post office arsons - is there a pattern developing? [View all] csziggy Dec 2011 OP

The term "going postal" has a rich history Gman Dec 2011 #1

Anti-Government nuts... ellisonz Dec 2011 #2

Why burn them now when they'll be closed in a few years? Owlet Dec 2011 #3

Hmmm. As a former USPSer, not sure I agree with you here. Ship of Fools Dec 2011 #4

You may not do much mailing and shipping. TygrBright Dec 2011 #5

The entirety of that post is untrue. Occulus Dec 2011 #6

I'm evaluating a service as a user Owlet Dec 2011 #8

I live in a rural area as well Tsiyu Dec 2011 #10

If the USPS is so unnecessary, why are BOTH FedEX and UPS using them csziggy Dec 2011 #7

I vote by mail lunatica Dec 2011 #9