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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:46:51 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 49 Message-ID: <rchucjl043d6c9d3rs0o89chpbnigp327n@4ax.com> References: <va2udf$3gr1g$1@dont-email.me> <gvbgcj1uo1mlmalmvtern68ubsu4ngal8p@4ax.com> <va9g12$r3a0$1@dont-email.me> <q0chcjdsgao14sb3joh95kcv9u0qb6o9if@4ax.com> <vadcph$1fq7s$1@dont-email.me> <vafrfh$21jn7$1@dont-email.me> <lj1e91FrjogU1@mid.individual.net> <vaj8ko$2lkvo$1@epsilon3.eternal-september.org> <vajpl7$2s216$2@dont-email.me> <ikurcj9738gpt74oumsgkti8eteohqlrd0@4ax.com> <vam0bb$3ag2l$1@epsilon3.eternal-september.org> <vanda3$3gq2k$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:46:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3b9bb9dd99e89da7d4431d0c1ac947c1"; logging-data="3717403"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Bnr2nE+47/C7SehO6WqS1X+GqnJ+P1IQ=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:MY6aUhSEwWiva/2lIuJPbxiWyI0= Bytes: 3373 On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:47:32 -0700, Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: >On 8/27/2024 7:00 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote: >> On 8/27/2024 11:19 AM, Paul S Person wrote: >>> Dubious as I am of DeJoy, I must report this: >>> >>> every month I mail two checks out on the 1st >>> one is to a local charity (in Seattle, WA) >>> one is to an international charity (in Washington, DC) >>> in March 2024, the local check cleared on the 7th and the >>> international check cleared on the 11th >>> in August 2024, they both cleared on the 8th >>> >>> So I would say that there has been some improvement recently. >>=20 >> USPS said in a statement issued on August 22 that it is holding a pre-= =20 >> filing conference to discuss "plans to improve mail processing and=20 >> transportation" across the country. While some customers will see=20 >> improved delivery times=97specifically those that live within 50 miles= of=20 >> its largest processing facilities, others who live more rurally won't = be=20 >> so lucky. >>=20 >> "Depending on location, time and distance, expected time to deliver = will=20 >> increase for some ZIP code pairs," the release reads. Exactly how many= =20 >> zip codes could be affected is not reported. Newsweek has contacted = the=20 >> USPS for clarification via email. > >Other articles on this indicate it will be the "deep" rural areas that=20 >have longer delivery windows. Looks like the Republicans might want to talk to their guy DeJoy about the importance of Rural Free Delivery to their voters. DeJoy /might/ turn out to be another case of a Republican who actually knows his business doing better than someone who mostly has good intentions. Kind of like the Surgeon General in the initial AIDS crisis, who was very Republican and very insistant on clearly saying what needed to be said. --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"