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Lsut81 
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| Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:29 am)
I'm glad I will only get shitty service 5 days a week now 
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The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says.
In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the Saturday mail cutback would begin in August.
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BRgetthenet 
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:31 am to Lsut81)
4ward
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chadau79 
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1927 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:32 am to Lsut81)
I guess people will be shocked that a government run agency is inefficient. What a joke this is all becoming. It is run piss poor, yet we keep making it bigger.
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Lsut81
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Member since Jun 2005
54912 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:33 am to chadau79)
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I guess people will be shocked that a government run agency is inefficient
But but but... The postal service is self sufficient, it doesn't get tax money.
Well aside from the billion dollar bailouts they keep receiving
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dante
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Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
2267 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:35 am to Lsut81)
I will give them "some" credit for the decision but it should have happened years ago.
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Tchefuncte Tiger 
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Member since Oct 2004
20186 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:36 am to Lsut81)
Aren't postal workers union?
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riverparish
LSU Fan
Member since Dec 2007
42 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:40 am to Tchefuncte Tiger)
not the federal employees. the private sector postal employees (like rural delivery) may. but not the federal ones.
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C
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The Woodlands, TX
Member since Dec 2007
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:40 am to dante)
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but it should have happened years ago.
isn't part of the problem that congress has to approve their changes in service?
I'd like them to switch to an every other day delivery model; especially in more rural areas.
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EastBankTiger
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A little west of Hoover Dam
Member since Dec 2003
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:51 am to riverparish)
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not the federal employees. the private sector postal employees (like rural delivery) may. but not the federal ones.
That's news to me. Been a city carrier and a member of the NALC for 27 years. 
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NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Huntsville, Alabama
Member since Sep 2005
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:55 am to Lsut81)
They were doing it best with the Pony Express!
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tylercsbn9 
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Tomball, TX
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 7:59 am to chadau79)
Dammit... My Netflix
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C
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The Woodlands, TX
Member since Dec 2007
17402 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:01 am to tylercsbn9)
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My Netflix
Yeah I was already considering dropping the DVD subscription. This may be the last straw...
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dante
LSU Fan
Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
2267 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:01 am to C)
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isn't part of the problem that congress has to approve their changes in service?
C...I'm not sure about that, but I believe the unions have been fighting it ever since they began looking at ways to cut costs.
This is the same group that spent $30 million to sponsor a bike rider in France.....you know that country where the US postal service is so vital.
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BestBanker
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Member since Nov 2011
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:01 am to Lsut81)
Good thing except I will miss my Saturday gutter-cleaning coupon! Hope they will still mail it, maybe on a Monday?
Cut the guaranteed benefit structure for life and the employee-size. These will decrease costs immediately.
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tylercsbn9
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| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:10 am to C)
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Yeah I was already considering dropping the DVD subscription. This may be the last straw...
I originally had it to watch a few TV series. I think I may do the same and just use redbox. Once HBOgo came around I no longer needed it.
This post was edited on 2/6 at 8:12 am
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Lsut81
LSU Fan
Member since Jun 2005
54912 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:13 am to dante)
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This is the same group that spent $30 million to sponsor a bike rider in France.....you know that country where the US postal service is so vital.
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Radiojones
LSU Fan
Dutchtown, LA
Member since Feb 2007
4202 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:14 am to Lsut81)
Sorry, had to do it
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Jbird 
Iowa Fan
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Member since Oct 2012
4950 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:14 am to tylercsbn9)
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. I think I may do the same and just use redbox
The wife bought a new blueray player a year or so ago, internet ready, netflix, hulu all that stuff no more dvds in Jbird's hut! 
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tigeraddict
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
4436 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:15 am to dante)
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I will give them "some" credit for the decision but it should have happened years ago.
this.
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Janky
LSU Fan
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
2515 posts
| re: Postal Service Cuts Saturday Mail Delivery (Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:16 am to Radiojones)
So are the salaries going to be cut to reflect less work?
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