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Hekate

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24. I wanted to see how Tracy L was going to cover it, since she mentioned it was coming up...

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Sun Aug 16, 2020, 12:31 AM

Aug 2020

Before I proceed, let me point out that Patterson Ave is a very busy place. Very.

Okay, so the intro was pretty much blahblablah, then the nice news-lady said that as a cost-saving measure, some of those blue post boxes were being removed from low traffic areas, for instance, Patterson Ave.

Sorry for whatever brief inconvenience you experience, nothing to see here, move along.

And yes, this local station is now owned by Sinclair.

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My local Sinclair affiliates are reporting that the USPS "fiasco" (my word, not theirs) [View all] Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 OP

Sad Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #1

BOYCOTT them and their advertisers Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #2

no surprise beachbumbob Aug 2020 #3

I'm in for a boycott of Sinclair and their advertisers Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #4

Here too. I refuse to watch either news. Peter Doocey, ffs!! nolabear Aug 2020 #13

No. Columbus, OH Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #14

I want to go to WSYX and Fox 28's FB page and Boomerproud Aug 2020 #18

Do they allow anonymous logins? Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #19

Sinclair is poison. roamer65 Aug 2020 #5

The USPS actually was until just recently a paradigm of efficiency nuxvomica Aug 2020 #6

The USPS isn't a company. It's a service. octoberlib Aug 2020 #7

Spread this far & wide in an effort to educate the right wingers you know. CrispyQ Aug 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author JmAln Aug 2020 #10

Are they going to share their profit with us? CrispyQ Aug 2020 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author JmAln Aug 2020 #23

Hey, Fed Ex! Here's a letter and 42 cents! Please transport it 3,000 miles asap! Hekate Aug 2020 #28

Labor is a cost of business, not a result of earning profit. CrispyQ Aug 2020 #31

How So? ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #12

Post removed Post removed Aug 2020 #27

I wonder if RFD aka Rural Free Delivery is still a thing? Wouldn't imagine there's much profit in it Hekate Aug 2020 #29

Exactly and that is why UPS and FedEX do not deliver to Strawtown and Modoc and Gnaw Bone. Captain Zero Aug 2020 #34

But Ups doesn't have to operate... Trueblue Texan Aug 2020 #15

and Uber and Lyft must make a profit while public transit doesn't DBoon Aug 2020 #17

UPS doesn't deliver everywhere. And they don't deliver mail. yardwork Aug 2020 #20

The USPS in not, and never was intended to be, a business. The name says SERVICE. It is in the... Hekate Aug 2020 #26

UPS and FEDEX cherry pick the biggest and best customers from the USPS - Is that fair? Captain Zero Aug 2020 #33

IT'S NOT A COMPANY!!! It's a public service. The USPS shouldn't have sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #9

Agree 100% Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #22

fascist need effective propagandists to consolidate power SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #16

Time for a LTTE of your local paper mnhtnbb Aug 2020 #21

I wanted to see how Tracy L was going to cover it, since she mentioned it was coming up... Hekate Aug 2020 #24

Yeah, they all get the same script to read Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #30

They aren't a company!!! Luciferous Aug 2020 #25

+10000 US Postal SERVICE Liberal In Texas Aug 2020 #32