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    Rewind to Sender

    USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail

    What Does @ Really Mean?

    Mail Hoarding Is Real, and I Just Experienced It

    Stand Aside Dying Babies, Sega Mega Drive Makes a Comeback

    TouchType Allows for Landscape Writing in iPhone Mail

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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/19/09

    In reply to Rewind to Sender
    Boy, is that guy gonna be pissed when people start putting an old VHS tape of "You've Got Mail" in there, laughing at how clever they are, and that poor guy ends up having like twenty copies of You've Got Mail. #vcrmailslot
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/19/09

    In reply to Rewind to Sender
    I cant say about other places, but where I live, the letter carrier will not deliver to anything but a postal service approved box that is good repair (though you can mod AROUND it, the actual box as to be approved) and you dont want those guys going postal on you.... #vcrmailslot
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/19/09

    In reply to Rewind to Sender

    Almost as good as the Tardis front door. #vcrmailslot
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Rewind to Sender
    Wow, is that a real TeleFunken VHS player? Damn, I miss those. #vcrmailslot
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    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: I prefer Blaupunkt #vcrmailslot
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    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: Yes, great German stuff! #vcrmailslot
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    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: Was thinkin' the exact same thing. #vcrmailslot
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    10/19/09

    @LaVacheQuiRit: Every unit came with a David Hasselhoff video already inside! #vcrmailslot
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    Image of dahveed dahveed
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    Uh, its unfortunate. I still use snail mail for my bills (coming and going) but I absolutely HATE to go to the post office. Always a line and it seems to take forever. USPS is cheaper to send a package, but I almost always go to the UPS store because its closer and quicker.

    I agree with the profit in healthcare not being a good thing, but the way the govt runs the post office, IRS, immigration, and the TSA, it doesn't bode well for Federally run health care - ALWAYS a line, endless forms, never a straight answer, and takes months to get things sorted out.
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    07/26/09

    @dahveed: "ALWAYS a line, endless forms, never a straight answer, and takes months to get things sorted out."

    Do you know anyone who has had to file a major medical insurance claim? It's more or less the same, unless you have a really good plan.
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    Image of fanboy.took.my.star fanboy.took.my.star
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    well yeah...it happens...

    its kind of like how post and courier services replaced carrier pigeons...
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    Image of cmaceachen cmaceachen
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    I really hate when people point at the USPS as some example of bad government handling. As a semi-independent government agency, they are not supposed to make a profit. They are supposed to be profit neutral. Naturally this is a hard line to walk and some years they profit, others they require minimal tax revenue. In fact, they were mostly slightly profitable until the 70s. They've posted small losses most years since then, 2004 and 2005 being quite profitable years. The huge increases in fuel costs since 2005 have played a large role in their present predicament. Combined with dwindling use, the USPS may need some extra cash. And so what? It is one of the very few governmental agencies that is required to fund itself. The vast majority of USPS operations are funded by the USPS. It's still an extremely reliable and fast service. Many countries have spent a good deal of time examining the USPS as a model for their own postal services simply because it is one of the most efficient parcel services in the world.

    And, to those who point at the USPS as an example of why government run health insurance is a bad idea- this is exactly what we want in health insurance! No profit! The private insurance agencies make a killing by betting that you will use less than you pay in and by denying you coverage as much as they can. I don't want my health to be used as a way for CEOs and upper management to make Billions! A profit-neutral agency will minimize costs. Oh, no, a government bureaucrat deciding if something is covered? Fine by me!! A government bureaucrat doesn't have an incentive not to cover me because his bonus doesn't depend on how many people he denied coverage to. Seriously. Cut off those blood-sucking insurance agencies.
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    bosskev promoted this comment cmaceachen was starred cmaceachen was unstarred
    Image of vgrfx vgrfx
    07/25/09

    @cmaceachen: I just wanna say I couldn't say what you said any better non-profit health insurance right on and the USPS is great.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    I don't think I could go with just Netflix online, since I rip the DVD's before I send them back. A-wakka-wakka.

    Anyway, boohoo for them. If they can't adapt, The Lord thy God Darwin will make short work of them, and the packages will keep moving, one way or another.
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    Image of What The Geek What The Geek
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    I send and receive a good number of packages in my day to day life, and almost none of them go through the usps. I've had way too much mail that was lost, misdelivered, damaged, or open when it got here to trust them with anything imjportant. UPS and Fedex always manage to get my stuff from point A to point B w/o a whole lot of hassle. They're not perfect, but waaaaayyyyy better than USPS.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    Didn't you hear? Congress is going to pass a bill that will let the USPS charge a fee for every email that we send.

    It's completely true.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    What? Losing more than half of our post boxes? Shutting down Saturday delivery? This is an outrage! The U.S. Postal Service is the backbone of America! I'm emailing my congressperson.
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    07/25/09

    @bosskev: I see what you did there
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    07/25/09

    @switchblade saints: he uses "congressperson." so very PC.
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    07/25/09

    @Nick: DeusExMach needs a star: Bosskev PC? HA!
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/25/09

    @switchblade saints: You're right, switchblade, Nick clearly has me confused with some other person.
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    07/25/09

    @bosskev: yeah, glad I was able to clear that up quickly.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/25/09

    @bosskev: sooo, you're a Mac then?
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    07/25/09

    @Nick: DeusExMach needs a star: +1 and another for truth!
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    This is bad news for the Philatelic Society.
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    just wait until I figure out how to email this fruit basket. You will lose completely Muahaha
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    Image of sharkync sharkync
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    Is there ANYthing the government touches that doesn't turn to crap - other than to continually improve their ability to kill people?
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    07/25/09

    @sharkync: that statement is so stupid that we felt compelled to respond.

    Without government funding (Al Gore notwithstanding) the Internet would never have happened.

    We need government for the BIG infrastructure projects. Even our little whiny cat-minds can understand this.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/25/09

    @sharkync: this is exactly what republicans believe. government should stay out of business.
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    Image of space_monkey space_monkey
    07/25/09

    @Nick: DeusExMach needs a star: and as you know, business with little government oversight do not end up imploding
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    07/25/09

    @space101monkey: Yeah the FAA is doing great the past 10 years, especially with keeping up with technology and equipping their control towers with the latest and greatest tools *cough*
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    Image of ShibaniHalongelic ShibaniHalongelic
    07/25/09

    In reply to USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail
    I for one am glad. I can't tell you how annoying I find it to throw out and shred all that unwanted snail-spam every day! I get -maybe- one piece of real mail a month, yet my mailbox is always overflowing with 'dear neighbor' and 'important open immediatly' crap!..this is why I miss my watter bill from time to time, as it's mixed up w/all this trash (and no online option is provided)... here's an idea, charge me for an anti-junkmail service ... maybe that will make up some of that lost revinue ? A kinda USPO protection racket.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/25/09

    @ShibaniHalongelic: hey, jerkey. that is the only thing keeping the USPS going. it's like the governement subsidizing the farmers.
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