Zoe, This not directed at you: I remember a few years back (maybe that is a problem of old age) our gas prices were 30 cents a gallon. There were many people in our government that said...You people are so lucky. People in Europe are paying over $4.00. I was in England at that time. Guess my question is: We are a Democratic Republic, why do we have to be like most European countries that are mostly socialist? BTW: I am not a pre WW2 isolationist. However, I do believe the rest of the world should follow our example, rather than we following them. 200 years and counting......History repeats itself!!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doc Zoe Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:17 AM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] POSTAL SERVICE In the 60s I worked in NYC at a business, and we got two mail deliveries a day Then the PO started to deliver once a day There is no reason for mail to be delivered after 5pm, except to get overtime In the country, they have partially closed many Post offices. The two nearest to me are open different hours and manned by the same personel - one is open mornings. Then they get a two hour closed and the other opens for the afternoon. Neither are open on Saturdays. Our posts are open from 7 am -noon and 2-4pm, depending on your post office of choice. The post office boxes are available from 7am - 4pm weekdays. Now outside the countryside, Many pos offices have their post office boxes ALWAYS AVAILABLE The price of mail is going up in January, so get your forever stamps now Our postal service is the most inexpensive in the world - we are spoiled. The post office has closed 40% of its sorting stations to save money ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================