tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post7353928268513555588..comments2024-03-28T03:23:26.359-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: Candid photo captures the haunting beauty of the federal postal service, which is only losing $1 billion a monthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-61226279935439444812010-08-26T22:40:14.919-04:002010-08-26T22:40:14.919-04:00600k employees, what's a billion a month,
ver...600k employees, what's a billion a month,<br /><br />versus<br /><br />787 billion dollar stimulus, for 3 million saved or created?<br /><br />or 44 billion for 250k union employees?<br /><br />(I'm biased...we have the hottest postal chicks in the country, in my town.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-72378608061767332682010-08-26T16:49:34.391-04:002010-08-26T16:49:34.391-04:00That's not a 'mailbox' in the sense of...That's not a 'mailbox' in the sense of being a 'collection box' for the public to drop their letters into for pickup.<br /><br />We (I'm a retired mailman) called this thing a 'relay box' and is used by the letter carrier for storage of mail bags (empty and full), rain gear and other stuff. <br /><br />I never used one for a wet bar but I remember that a fellow carrier (who didn't have a jeep) would sometimes sit in there and eat his lunch. <br /><br />FYI :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-43114225028721047752010-08-26T16:04:10.556-04:002010-08-26T16:04:10.556-04:00Could be worse - there could have been a sleeping ...Could be worse - there could have been a sleeping postman in there (damn...I'm giving them ideas..._Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-90638362959322208602010-08-26T00:05:53.163-04:002010-08-26T00:05:53.163-04:00I don't know... the bottle looks more like a f...I don't know... the bottle looks more like a fifth of Monarch to me. That would be a sign of a serious drinking problem on civil servant pay. That would also explain the recreational attitude some Post employees have about delivering the mail.Bob Qathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067651103341111702noreply@blogger.com