Rant ...semi on topic

A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox. I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered one
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.


It never showed up. Santa went to the post office and asked and they
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." We asked the carrier
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the post
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... X-mas gift book is
lost :-(


Bah Humbug

Larry L wrote:
Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... X-mas gift book is
lost :-(

Now THAT sucks. Hope it turns up.....

- JR

On 2009-12-14 16:15:43 -0500, Larry L said:

A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox. I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered one
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.


It never showed up. Santa went to the post office and asked and they
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." We asked the carrier
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the post
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... X-mas gift book is
lost :-(


Bah Humbug

Let's see...... The government can't deliver a simple package to your
house and you want them to handle all of our healthcare? Correct?

Hope your package comes thru. Hope you don't get sick.

Dave

"David LaCourse" wrote in message
news:2009121417041131729-dplacourse@aolcom...
On 2009-12-14 16:15:43 -0500, Larry L said:

A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox. I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered one
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.


It never showed up. Santa went to the post office and asked and they
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." We asked the carrier
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the post
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... X-mas gift book is
lost :-(


Bah Humbug

Let's see...... The government can't deliver a simple package to your
house and you want them to handle all of our healthcare? Correct?

Hope your package comes thru. Hope you don't get sick.

Dave



Yeah but who else can ship a dehydrated heart across the country for 43
cents?

John

On Dec 14, 2:04*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-12-14 16:15:43 -0500, Larry L said:





A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox. *I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered one
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.

It never showed up. * Santa went to the post office and asked and they
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." * *We asked the carrier
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the post
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... *X-mas gift book is
lost :-(

Bah Humbug

Let's see...... The government can't deliver a simple package to your
house and you want them to handle all of our healthcare? * *Correct?

Hope your package comes thru. *Hope you don't get sick.

Dave- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Name one country that you think has a better postal service than the
USA. You cannot because we are numero uno. Not the Jerrys not the
Brits not the Japannese.

Name one company in the private sector that can deliver a letter to
your house from California or any other place in the 50 states for 44
cents. Not FedEx not Brown no one. Period.

How about when Americans do stuff right or are the best there is we
recognize it and get off the soapbox.?

Merry Christmas you old pirate.

Dave

On 2009-12-14 20:58:03 -0500, DaveS said:

On Dec 14, 2:04*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-12-14 16:15:43 -0500, Larry L said:





A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox. *
I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered one
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.

It never showed up. * Santa went to the post office and asked and the
y
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." * *We asked the carrie
r
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the post
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... *X-mas gift book is
lost :-(

Bah Humbug

Let's see...... The government can't deliver a simple package to your
house and you want them to handle all of our healthcare? * *Correct?

Hope your package comes thru. *Hope you don't get sick.

Dave- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Name one country that you think has a better postal service than the
USA. You cannot because we are numero uno. Not the Jerrys not the
Brits not the Japannese.

Name one company in the private sector that can deliver a letter to
your house from California or any other place in the 50 states for 44
cents. Not FedEx not Brown no one. Period.

How about when Americans do stuff right or are the best there is we
recognize it and get off the soapbox.?

The post office has been operating at a loss for, how long? It's just
like Medicare and Medicaid which are both running in the red.

Merry Christmas you old pirate.

And the same to you and yours, David.

Dave


Dave

On Dec 14, 8:48*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-12-14 20:58:03 -0500, DaveS said:





On Dec 14, 2:04*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-12-14 16:15:43 -0500, Larry L said:

A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox. *
I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered one
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.

It never showed up. * Santa went to the post office and asked and the
y
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." * *We asked the carrie
r
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the post
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... *X-mas gift book is
lost :-(

Bah Humbug

Let's see...... The government can't deliver a simple package to your
house and you want them to handle all of our healthcare? * *Correct?

Hope your package comes thru. *Hope you don't get sick.

Dave- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Name one country that you think has a better postal service than the
USA. You cannot because we are numero uno. Not the Jerrys not the
Brits not the Japannese.

Name one company in the private sector that can deliver a letter to
your house from California or any other place in the 50 states for 44
cents. Not FedEx not Brown no one. Period.

How about when Americans do stuff right or are the best there is we
recognize it and get off the soapbox.?

The post office has been operating at a loss for, how long? *It's just
like Medicare and Medicaid which are both running in the red.

Does your police department turn a profit? Your fire department?
Parks? Highway? Water treatment? Waste water treatment? County
board? State senate? Navy?

Imbecile.

Pig.

g.

On 2009-12-14 22:51:30 -0500, Giles said:

On Dec 14, 8:48*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-12-14 20:58:03 -0500, DaveS said:





On Dec 14, 2:04*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-12-14 16:15:43 -0500, Larry L said
:

A week or so ago we got a "tried to deliver" notice in the mailbox.
*
I
noticed it was from Edmonton Book Store and knew Santa had ordered on
e
of the books on fishing in Canada I asked forG

Santa put the notice back in the box with a specified delivery day on
it for the mailman to bring it back when we would be here to sign for
it.

It never showed up. * Santa went to the post office and asked and t
he
y
couldn't find it "The carrier must have it." * *We asked the carr
ie
r
and he doesn't have it ... He "assumed we had picked it up at the pos
t
office."

Thus, it appears that my .... out of print ..... *X-mas gift book i
s
lost :-(

Bah Humbug

Let's see...... The government can't deliver a simple package to your
house and you want them to handle all of our healthcare? * *Correc
t?

Hope your package comes thru. *Hope you don't get sick.

Dave- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Name one country that you think has a better postal service than the
USA. You cannot because we are numero uno. Not the Jerrys not the
Brits not the Japannese.

Name one company in the private sector that can deliver a letter to
your house from California or any other place in the 50 states for 44
cents. Not FedEx not Brown no one. Period.

How about when Americans do stuff right or are the best there is we
recognize it and get off the soapbox.?

The post office has been operating at a loss for, how long? *It's just
like Medicare and Medicaid which are both running in the red.

Does your police department turn a profit? Your fire department?
Parks? Highway? Water treatment? Waste water treatment? County
board? State senate? Navy?

Imbecile.

Pig.

g.

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"David LaCourse" wrote in message
news:2009121421485178840-dplacourse@aolcom...
The post office has been operating at a loss for, how long? It's just
like Medicare and Medicaid which are both running in the red.

since when does 'operating at a loss' equal 'doing a bad job'? All three
examples given are tasked with responsibilities that no private corporation
would touch.
Medicare and Medicaid run at a much lower administrative overhead than
private health insurers. The post office delivers stuff at a far lower rate
than a private carrier would charge, if anyone could even be found willing
to deliver tons of bulk mail, not to mention letters and greeting cards,
worldwide. You have no clue about what you discuss, sometimes, Louie.
Tom

On 2009-12-15 19:23:51 -0500, "Tom Littleton" said:


"David LaCourse" wrote in message
news:2009121421485178840-dplacourse@aolcom...
The post office has been operating at a loss for, how long? It's just
like Medicare and Medicaid which are both running in the red.

since when does 'operating at a loss' equal 'doing a bad job'? All three
examples given are tasked with responsibilities that no private corporation
would touch.
Medicare and Medicaid run at a much lower administrative overhead than
private health insurers. The post office delivers stuff at a far lower rate
than a private carrier would charge, if anyone could even be found willing
to deliver tons of bulk mail, not to mention letters and greeting cards,
worldwide. You have no clue about what you discuss, sometimes, Louie.
Tom

The only thing government does well is make war, and it has not done
that for many, many years. You think health care is expensive. Wait
until it is free, Tom. I'm on my last days. Don't have too much time
left. You and yours, as well as my children, are the ones I feel sorry
for. If revising health care is so very important, and I think it is,
why the big rush? Do it slowly, thoughtfully, carefully, and with a
majority of the PEOPLE in favor. More than 60% of the adults in the
U.S. don't want this health care bill. Don't do it this way. Don't
rush into it. "We must have a bill out of Congress by Christmas," is
plain insanity. YOU will be sorry. I won't be around when the ****
hits the fan, thank God, but you will. d;o)

You want a system like the UK and Canada? Read this: I pulled this
article from the "Investor's Business Daily." It provides some
interesting stats from a survey by the UN International Health
Organization.

*
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S.*********** 65% (two cancers for me)
England****** 46%
Canada******* 42%
*
Percentage of patients diagnosed with*diabetes*who received treatment
within six months:
U.S.************93% (again, me)
England*******15%
Canada********43%
*
Percentage of seniors needing*hip replacement*who received it within
six months:
U.S.*********** 90% (six months? Hell, try three weeks for a friend)
England****** 15%
Canada******* 43%
*
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S.************77% (almost every month for me)
England*******40%
Canada********43%
*
Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S.************71
England*******14
Canada********18
*
Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in
"excellent health":
U.S.************12% (hmm, wish I *could* say that)
England*******2%
Canada********6%
*
I don't know about you, but I don't want "Universal Healthcare"
comparable to England or Canada .

Remember old Harry Reid saying, "Edlerly Americans must learn to accept
the inconveniences of old age." Really? The inconvieniences? Fine.
Like having to **** 3 times a night? No problem. Like achy bones and
sore feet? No problem. We should ship his sorry ass to Canada or the
UK. And, btw, do you think members of Congress will have the same
benefits the rest of us do?

I may not know what the hell I am talking about half the time, but I do
know who I vote for, and I've only twice voted for a pig in a poke.
You seem to make a general practice of it.

Davey, Louie, Asshole, Pig, Imbecile, Dumbass, Idiot, (put your
favorite one here), who will be laughing in his grave when you and
yours have to pay for this giant gluster****! And pay you will, and
pay, and pay, and pay................


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