You live a blessed life if this is the level of concerns you are privileged to worry about. Lucky you. I myself am also blessed to worry about some extremely petty concerns. This is the enviable life of an American! Yay for us!
I'm not sure what the parameters of your check-cutting are, but maybe you could contract with a check-cutter who cuts checks on the day of the week convenient to you. I'm not a check cutter myself, but my understanding is that printers work every day of the week. Also: electronic transfers; use UPS "urgent mail"; budget to wait two more days; apply other creative ideas to your small problem.
All that said, I wonder why they cut service on Saturday? Why go two days in a row without mail? I say cut Thursday service.
Well to be fair, the USPS is structured differently than the Navy. It is structured as a semi-private enterprise with heavy governmental oversight, similar to some public utilities. The Navy is a regular governmental department. But I don't think that pedantic detail changes your point.
I can offer a rate of only one penny! (so long as you only want to send a letter from an address back to the same address). Get your letter ready, and now keep it, and I have satisfied my letter-carrying duties. Go ahead and mail the penny to me using the USPS, and I'll show you that I am profitable.
Thusly explained why universal service is an essential detail when discussing letter rates. If you aren't providing universal service, then you aren't a "person who has tried to deliver standard mail".
Does it make sense to you that a resident of Seattle, Washington pays income tax on the same rate schedule as a person in Tuscaloosa, Alabama? The person in Alabama costs the government more, but we don't change tax rates based on geography. We also don't charge a person more for a passport based on how much background checking was required. Nor are court filing fees increased for complicated cases. Hawaii didn't charge Obama more for the copy of his long-form birth certificate than other people pay, despite Obama's cert costing Hawaii a lot to deal with.
We could charge by geography. That would be ethical and constitutional, but in my opinion it would not be optimal. Universal service is, in my opinion, optimal for USPS rates. I feel the same way about universal telephone service, and I'd like to get universal internet service into the national policy, too. You don't see benefit in universal service?
I used to live in Juneau, Alaska, where they do have a local UPS office, with an actual human staff member. And it was conveniently open for one hour a week, Monday mornings, from eight to nine in the morning. On the other hand, the Post Office was convenient and fully staffed at all business hours. As a bonus, USPS service was less expensive, faster, and more convenient. I've never understood why anyone sane would prefer UPS or FedEx, but on the other hand I've never lived in a place where those options are operationally superior -- I've heard there are such places.
American libertarians don't want to live in a G20 country. They prefer places like Afghanistan, Darfur, or Antarctica -- you know, small-government self-reliance types of places. So, if you share their vision for an America that looks like Darfur, then by all means support the libertarian platform. Yay for small government!
What competition? Does the USPS have competition? Who else will take my postcard from Barrow, Alaska to Tallahassee, Florida for thirty cents? I don't know any other organization that does that.
Baker, Richard [R-LA6] Barrett, James “J. Gresham” [R-SC3] Biggert, Judy [R-IL13] Capito, Shelley [R-WV2] Castle, Michael [R-DE0] Crowley, Joseph [D-NY7] Davis, Artur [D-AL7] Feeney, Tom [R-FL24] Ford, Harold [D-TN9] Harris, Katherine [R-FL13] Hart, Melissa [R-PA4] Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX5] Hinojosa, Rubén [D-TX15] Hooley, Darlene [D-OR5] Israel, Steve [D-NY2] Jones, Walter [R-NC3] Kanjorski, Paul [D-PA11] Kelly, Sue [R-NY19] King, Peter “Pete” [R-NY3] LaTourette, Steven [R-OH14] Lucas, Frank [R-OK3] Lucas, Kenneth “Ken” [D-KY4] Maloney, Carolyn [D-NY14] Matheson, Jim [D-UT2] McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY4] Miller, Bradley “Brad” [D-NC13] Moore, Dennis [D-KS3] Ney, Robert “Bob” [R-OH18] Ross, Mike [D-AR4] Sessions, Pete [R-TX32] Shadegg, John [R-AZ3] Tiberi, Patrick “Pat” [R-OH12]
Agreed! I use Catalog Choice, PaperKarma, and OptOutPreScreen. All of those are legit, and they all work. I was skeptical, but they work. I have stopped getting all credit card offers, have stopped getting all the catalogs I oped out of, and much of the spam mail too.
Don't you wish you didn't have to go to so much trouble to tell advertisers to piss off? Seriously, just piss off.
Huh. That's an odd question. Isn't the answer, obviously, because that is the number required to provide the most reasonable level of protection? We employ a huge number of very smart people who work very hard to figure out how best to administer vaccines. When all those smart folks work together, a regimen of six shots is what they come up with for babies.
My own son just had his first shots a couple weeks ago. He cried; it was no big deal. I don't understand the hoopla about it.
The six shots contain, what, maybe a dozen total immunizations or something like that. Compared to the tens of thousands of varieties of bacteria and viruses he was exposed to naturally in the environment during the twenty minutes before the shot was administered, immunization with carefully-killed versions of a tiny number of pathogens seems, to me, quite conservative.
Yeah, "no one wants to be like the US", except for everybody. Seriously, what a backwards thing to say. Did you mean to say "nobody likes the US"? Because that statement could be defended; but just like everyone wants to be like the rich, successful douchebag who bangs all the hot chicks, everyone wants to be like the US -- even if we are douchebags.
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You live a blessed life if this is the level of concerns you are privileged to worry about. Lucky you. I myself am also blessed to worry about some extremely petty concerns. This is the enviable life of an American! Yay for us!
I'm not sure what the parameters of your check-cutting are, but maybe you could contract with a check-cutter who cuts checks on the day of the week convenient to you. I'm not a check cutter myself, but my understanding is that printers work every day of the week. Also: electronic transfers; use UPS "urgent mail"; budget to wait two more days; apply other creative ideas to your small problem.
All that said, I wonder why they cut service on Saturday? Why go two days in a row without mail? I say cut Thursday service.
Well to be fair, the USPS is structured differently than the Navy. It is structured as a semi-private enterprise with heavy governmental oversight, similar to some public utilities. The Navy is a regular governmental department. But I don't think that pedantic detail changes your point.
I can offer a rate of only one penny! (so long as you only want to send a letter from an address back to the same address). Get your letter ready, and now keep it, and I have satisfied my letter-carrying duties. Go ahead and mail the penny to me using the USPS, and I'll show you that I am profitable.
Thusly explained why universal service is an essential detail when discussing letter rates. If you aren't providing universal service, then you aren't a "person who has tried to deliver standard mail".
Does it make sense to you that a resident of Seattle, Washington pays income tax on the same rate schedule as a person in Tuscaloosa, Alabama? The person in Alabama costs the government more, but we don't change tax rates based on geography. We also don't charge a person more for a passport based on how much background checking was required. Nor are court filing fees increased for complicated cases. Hawaii didn't charge Obama more for the copy of his long-form birth certificate than other people pay, despite Obama's cert costing Hawaii a lot to deal with.
We could charge by geography. That would be ethical and constitutional, but in my opinion it would not be optimal. Universal service is, in my opinion, optimal for USPS rates. I feel the same way about universal telephone service, and I'd like to get universal internet service into the national policy, too. You don't see benefit in universal service?
I used to live in Juneau, Alaska, where they do have a local UPS office, with an actual human staff member. And it was conveniently open for one hour a week, Monday mornings, from eight to nine in the morning. On the other hand, the Post Office was convenient and fully staffed at all business hours. As a bonus, USPS service was less expensive, faster, and more convenient. I've never understood why anyone sane would prefer UPS or FedEx, but on the other hand I've never lived in a place where those options are operationally superior -- I've heard there are such places.
American libertarians don't want to live in a G20 country. They prefer places like Afghanistan, Darfur, or Antarctica -- you know, small-government self-reliance types of places. So, if you share their vision for an America that looks like Darfur, then by all means support the libertarian platform. Yay for small government!
What competition? Does the USPS have competition? Who else will take my postcard from Barrow, Alaska to Tallahassee, Florida for thirty cents? I don't know any other organization that does that.
Kind of like how "top secret" isn't the top level of secrecy.
That was my thought. Poe much?
Here's more than 10:
Baker, Richard [R-LA6]
Barrett, James “J. Gresham” [R-SC3]
Biggert, Judy [R-IL13]
Capito, Shelley [R-WV2]
Castle, Michael [R-DE0]
Crowley, Joseph [D-NY7]
Davis, Artur [D-AL7]
Feeney, Tom [R-FL24]
Ford, Harold [D-TN9]
Harris, Katherine [R-FL13]
Hart, Melissa [R-PA4]
Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX5]
Hinojosa, Rubén [D-TX15]
Hooley, Darlene [D-OR5]
Israel, Steve [D-NY2]
Jones, Walter [R-NC3]
Kanjorski, Paul [D-PA11]
Kelly, Sue [R-NY19]
King, Peter “Pete” [R-NY3]
LaTourette, Steven [R-OH14]
Lucas, Frank [R-OK3]
Lucas, Kenneth “Ken” [D-KY4]
Maloney, Carolyn [D-NY14]
Matheson, Jim [D-UT2]
McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY4]
Miller, Bradley “Brad” [D-NC13]
Moore, Dennis [D-KS3]
Ney, Robert “Bob” [R-OH18]
Ross, Mike [D-AR4]
Sessions, Pete [R-TX32]
Shadegg, John [R-AZ3]
Tiberi, Patrick “Pat” [R-OH12]
Agreed! I use Catalog Choice, PaperKarma, and OptOutPreScreen. All of those are legit, and they all work. I was skeptical, but they work. I have stopped getting all credit card offers, have stopped getting all the catalogs I oped out of, and much of the spam mail too.
Don't you wish you didn't have to go to so much trouble to tell advertisers to piss off? Seriously, just piss off.
Mine does in a neighborhood of ranch houses in Madison, Wisconsin. Our mailboxes are on our houses.
Tips: paperkarma, optoutprescreen.
They arrange more rooms for more people than Hilton does, across all Hilton properties. It's a multi-billion-dollar company.
"we are condemning them to poverty if this is going to be the only way people consume music"
Okay. And it's not, so we aren't.
Fair point. The OP specifically said "infant" but I see your point about older children. I'll let you know how my son fares nine years from now.
What about those of us who want to use UPnP and so can't trivially uncheck the box?
Is that what your mommy sense says? Because we can always trust our mommy sense.
Really? I just went through it with my firstborn. It was nothing. He cried, big whoop, he cries all the time.
If you are right then that is a big indictment of modern parents.
Huh. That's an odd question. Isn't the answer, obviously, because that is the number required to provide the most reasonable level of protection? We employ a huge number of very smart people who work very hard to figure out how best to administer vaccines. When all those smart folks work together, a regimen of six shots is what they come up with for babies.
My own son just had his first shots a couple weeks ago. He cried; it was no big deal. I don't understand the hoopla about it.
The six shots contain, what, maybe a dozen total immunizations or something like that. Compared to the tens of thousands of varieties of bacteria and viruses he was exposed to naturally in the environment during the twenty minutes before the shot was administered, immunization with carefully-killed versions of a tiny number of pathogens seems, to me, quite conservative.
Sure. It's noncommercial use because fuck you I have better lawyers.
It is hard to believe that someone could miss the joke in your sig. Is it possible that guy was himself making a joke?
Pot is my anti-drug.
Agreed. Five to eight years feels like exactly the right range to me too.
Yeah, "no one wants to be like the US", except for everybody. Seriously, what a backwards thing to say. Did you mean to say "nobody likes the US"? Because that statement could be defended; but just like everyone wants to be like the rich, successful douchebag who bangs all the hot chicks, everyone wants to be like the US -- even if we are douchebags.
Australia led the world in hysteria over salvia.