Yes. But, hey. I’m a talker. So while I’m making out a check to the store, I’ll be telling you about the time I met Moe Howard of the Three Stooges.
So it’s all good.
😀
Posted on 12/20/2025 3:09:34 PM PST by Leaning Right
The last day for national letter delivery in Denmark is fast approaching as state-run postal service PostNord switches strategy to concentrate on parcel delivery following two decades of sharply decline in letter volumes.
The postal operator announced earlier this year that it will deliver its final letter on Dec. 31 after 400 years, saying physical mail is no longer economical because the country has mostly shifted to digital correspondence and that the massive growth in online shopping requires fast, reliable parcel service.
(Excerpt) Read more at freightwaves.com ...
And I'm standing behind you in line at the grocery store with a 30-pack of beer that's growing heavier by the second (because gay-ass California won't let me purchase alcohol at self-checkout even though there's four employees manning it) watching your geriatric, arthritic hands shakily and methodically scribe out "seven dollars and 73/00 cents" for a Hallmark birthday card for your granddaughter that will be quickly scanned for cash and immediately chucked into the trash.
LOL! You know it's true!
Don’t forget the ones who don’t even think about taking the checkbook out until AFTER the sale has been rung up :)
Yes. But, hey. I’m a talker. So while I’m making out a check to the store, I’ll be telling you about the time I met Moe Howard of the Three Stooges.
So it’s all good.
😀
Sorry to hear about Hallmark’s difficulties. I usually order all my cards once a year from them. I admittedly only mail a couple, but: a) ordering on-line is convenient, and b) on-line you have access to a wider selection of cards than you’d find in a local store. Everyone should order and keep them afloat!
They're up there with the ones who take out their pocketbook to carefully count out the exact change.
"I'm sure there's a dime in here somewhere! Let me try to find it."
You know, they have this marvelous new invention called a "grocery cart" that will hold your 30-pack of beer, so you don't have to, while you wait.
Years ago I took my Grandmother shopping, she handed the cashier a ten spot for an $18 purchase, and then berated him for not giving her change. I quickly made up the difference, but after that, my cousin was the shopping assistant.
In California, they've all been stolen by homeless bums.
And don't tell me to move out of commiefornia. I'm there because Uncle Sam ordered me to be there.
Sell us Greenland and they could afford a decent postal service.
I guess you don’t send Christmas cards. We do.
Same here...and receiving some, also
Around here my hub swears there are days they choose not to deliver. How would we know?
> How would we know? <
The US Postal Service now offers a notification service. After you sign up, you’ll automatically get an email notification of each day’s expected mail delivery. I really like it.
I talked to my mailman about this. He doesn’t like it. Which means it’s a good thing.
https://www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm
Sure, the internet is lovely. Bitcoin is lovely too, in theory. Both are dependent on a connection, possession of a device, and electricity. If one of those is missing, no internet.
Convenience is a trap that enslaves us.
Ahhh, I didn't think of that ... Sorry.
Yes...had it...didn’t need it...or use it.
I get checks in the mail. Paper checks.
The USPS email notification service has been very valuable to me.
And that’s because my mailmen have been a succession of goofballs. Sometimes my mail gets delivered to one house above me. And sometimes it’s to one house below me.
The notification service tells me when I’m missing mail. So I’ve got to put my shoes on, and go talk to the neighbors.
(And, yes, I’ve complained to the local postmaster. Little good that did.)
“Under the Postal Service Reform Act (signed into law on April 6, 2022), the United States Postal Service (USPS) is legally required to maintain a delivery schedule of at least six days a week.”
Then it’s time to reform the reform.
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