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   Jenna Rose said, 6 months ago

   That might help a little. LOL
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   Judson Fredrickson said, 6 months ago

   Given that the Pony Express was faster than the current mail service, this seems quite appropos for the present day.
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   CHAZ.SHIELDS said, 6 months ago

   @Judson Fredrickson

   And the Pony Express was private. The freighting firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell created the Pony Express and ran it for 19 months. Hmmm, private freight company, delivering 1st class mail, could be a good idea once again.
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   comicstome said, 6 months ago

   The U S Mail has lasted a little longer than 19 months
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   battle of plattsburgh said, 6 months ago

   I got the yoke.
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   Poollady said, 6 months ago

   How much does it cost to clean up after the oxen?
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   Perkycat said, 6 months ago

   I mailed a letter that after a week still hasn’t arrived at it’s destination – now I know why.
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   angelfiredragon said, 6 months ago

   I’d rather have them keep saturday mail and cut two days in the week, say tuesdays and thursdays. Then move to 4 tens…employees keep their hours but less delivery costs.

   I say this cause I’m usually the one getting stuck waiting for something to come over a weekend and it delays things an extra day or two right now, but with no weekend delivery it would delay things an extra day or so. Don’t ask me how or why something that is suppose to come friday can’t be delivered saturday, but has to wait till monday. I’ve never understood it myself.
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   Davepostmp said, 6 months ago

   @Judson Fredrickson

   Cheap shot. Not true, of course.
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    Davepostmp said, 6 months ago

    @CHAZ.SHIELDS

    At UPS rates? $3.00 a letter..
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 6 months ago

    @Davepostmp

    A mite defensive, are we? Of course the Pony Express was a combination of riders and telegraph, what we might call multi-modal today, and took ten days to get something from coast to coast. I’m sure the USPS could do it quicker now, but with usual standard delivery, I don’t think so dam much quicker.

    And the Express was superceded by telegraph, not the USPS.
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    peachyanddanny said, 6 months ago

    The only fiscal problem at USPS is the requirement imposed by GOPers in Congress to fund postal workers’ pensions fully through 2040, the sole intention of which was to trash USPS. GOPers want everybody to be forced to pay FedEx $14 to pay the electric bill.
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    mrcomicsfan said, 6 months ago

    Are these really old strips? There’s a 14 trillion debt now
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    John Pike said, 6 months ago

    @mrcomicsfan

    The postal service recently posted an $8.5 billion loss.
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    fishbulb239 said, 6 months ago

    @peachyanddanny

    Yup. Were it not for Congress’s absurd demand re: the funding of pensions, the Postal Service would actually be in the black. Personally, I’ve found their service to be a bargain (at present prices, I can send something from my front porch to my parent’s front yard (2,204 driving miles) in 2 to 3 days’ time for a mere 45 cents), and after using UPS to send a document and having it cost more than twice what it would have by USPS, I’m going to be pretty reluctant to use somebody other than the Postal Service again.
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