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You Have To Pay To Get Your Mail?

Dale Mussen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:58:41 +0000

With all of the junk mail we get these days can you imagine having to pay for it? Back in the days before stamps were invented it wasn’t the sender, but the receiver of a letter who paid for it. But back then people really sent letters and that’s usually the only thing you would get in the mail. Bills and junk mail came much later.

Looks Like Saturday Mail Will Continue

Dale Mussen — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:39:21 +0000

First the U.S. Postal Service said Saturday mail delivery will be cut beginning in August as a way to save money. Now the Government Accountability Office says the Post Office doesn’t have the authority to make that decision. The Postal Service has been losing billions of dollars a year. That’s billions with a “B”. Last year they lost [...]

Johnny Cash to Get His Own Stamp

Brett Alan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:47:48 +0000

The United States Postal Service is about to memorialize a country icon with a stamp. According to Rolling Stone, “The Man in Black” singer, Johnny Cash is about to get his own stamp. It’s part of the “Music Icon” series of stamps that will include at least two more singers that will be revealed later [...]

Mailman's New Enemy [Video]

Brett Alan — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:49:49 +0000

Move over dogs! The Postal Service has a whole new enemy, and this turkey ain’t messing around. It’s long been understood that dogs can create havoc on a mail carrier’s route. Now the turkeys want in on the action too. This video gives a whole new meaning to “Angry Bird.”

Mail Scattered For 70 Miles On Interstate

Dale Mussen — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:23:50 +0000

How does something like this happen? Uh-oh, forgot to close the door. Postal officials spent hours on Sunday gathering up mail that blew away out the back door of a tractor trailer on the Interstate between St. Louis and Memphis. I hope it didn’t include that big inheritance check I was expecting. Here’s more on the story: [...]