I wasn’t happy about the 100th raising of stamp prices EITHER.

At least no one was hurt. Hopefully the woman had insurance so the cost won’t be transfered to the customers

lol, manerva.  Yeah, most conservatives detest paying their own way. 

Since the Post Office has to function without taxpayer’s funding, raising the price on stamps pays for the spike in gas prices we can all thank GW Bush for.  You can still get a letter from Anywhere USA to Anyplace USA for a pittance.

RIGHT ON LEE! Because the cost of stamps NEVER went up during a democratic administration, so a pox upon me. 

And boy did you peg me right!  I have nothing better to do while I’m posting from one of my 10 yachts in Friday Harbor so I figured I’d complain about the pittance....*giving you the “you’re #1 sign” in the most adoring way*

Suggest putting a vehicle guardrail in lieu of those curbs to comply with current codes.

Since their is no actual intelligent gripes going on here, Ya can’t blame G.W.
since Al Gore (dem) created the internet, e-mail has cut down on U.S. Mail they had to raise prices to make ends meet.
Perhaps they should shut down the (early) bars in Mt. Vernon so people wouldn’t get hammered before going to the post office to pick up their welfare check.
Just a thought.
Anyway glad no one was hurt.
But it sure makes good conversation here!!!

Okay, settle down kids.
Seriously, being a boxholder (I don’t like stolen mail), I know at that hour it was very fortunate no one was hit on the walkway!
Funny story, my husband realized that the rates went up in May so he put 2 stamps on the envelope he sent yesterday…
they were “forever” stamps.
Yep, he’s a bright boy. :-D

PS: to Manerva’s 1st comment…
If that was the case, maybe she should have taken aim at a gas station..!
Stamps are the last thing you can buy under a dollar, aren’t they? Even a pack of gum is $1.29!

A sturdy guard rail - with openings for people with packages - would make it safer for the building and those folks inside.

For Manerva, come on over to my yacht for high tea sometime, I’ll inform the captain to welcome aboard the fella with the stiff rod up his backside. 

:-)

Unfortunately there’s not a sarcasm smiley on here....thanks for the giggle single Dad :)

You’re absolutely right Mya Pinion :) Except I’d take aim at a CEO of a gas COMPANY not the station.

“Yeah, most conservatives detest paying their own way.”

As opposed to leftists who definitely believe in paying their own way as long as they can do it with somebody else’s money.

Not everything is political or caused by people going to bars! This woman may have had a medical emergency or something, show a little compassion! I do agree that it would be a wise idea to put in a safety rail. Thank-you to the Mount Vernon Fire Dept. for being so quick to the scene!

Hey, are you saying you WOULDN’T want to pay your way with someone else’s money?  I mean, that’s just the smart thing to do, if the option’s there.  Seriously, though, I think the Post Office is doing the best they can with what they’ve got, and we can all forgive them a freakin penny a stamp.  Seriously.

When the economy is this broken, I’m surprised we aren’t thanking our lucky stars that was ALL we got hit with for postage.  I have friends who are struggling just to cover bills, groceries, gas, and rent, and that’s with good paying jobs.  :(

BS!  What do you consider a “good paying job?”

I have a “good paying job” and I’m not struggling to pay for anything.

but Irtnog, everyones circumstances are different.
Do you have a spouse that works, do you have kids???
I have what I thought was a decent paying job (around 20.00 per hour) and still struggling to make ends meet. That is with a mortgage, everyday bills and kids (hence the name) if I dumped the kids I would be setting pretty good!
So it’s not fare to judge anyone without fully understanding their lifes situations. As the lovely economy gets worse, (ie fuel prices) which has a snowball effect on everything else, it will get harder to make ends meet.

How did this get from a car running into the post office to this anyway????

Irtnog—if you’ve actually got a “real job” with “good” pay, and the bar-fighting skills to go with it, then what the F are you so angry about? Is your manhood only two inches in length? Is your intellect only half and inch in depth? Is your gene pool so shallow that it’s evaporating in the Pac Nor’west’s wet climate? What’s the problem? You’re just like every other conservative out there—pissed, but trying to convince yourself that you like your hate-filled life. Don’t worry, natural selection will take you before too long. Praise Jesus (and Bald Eagles, and Baseball, and G.I. Joe)!

$20 per hour might’ve been a decent wage 25 years ago, but not today.

“Is your intellect only half and inch in depth?”

“Half and inch?” And you’re making remarks about someone else’s intellect?

I’d put the blame on the landowner and city hall but not the lessor!

$20 an hour is a good wage...go elsewhere in the US and see what people make. A carpenter in a NM resort town averages $15 an hour and pays $800 for rent almost $4 for a gallon of milk and $3.73 a gal for reg gas. People are not making it more than pay day to pay day and God forbid one of your kids gets sick! A person making good money can almost make it, a person on min wage has to choose what to pay.

All of this still has NOTHING to do with the poor woman who ran into the Post Office! Is she OK?

$20/hour is less than $42,000 per year gross.  I sure as hell couldn’t live on $42K.

Lee,

You might be on to something with the shift of blame.  I got a ticket on my way to work.  It’s that damn Bush and the Patriot Act.  Too, many damn troopers out..damn Bush to hell.  Here’s a true story.  Less than 1 month into Bush’s first term I had an obvious democrat tell me that the failing economy was Bush’s fault.  Not even a month in office..damn that Bush is efficient.  As I’ve stated before not my favorite President of all time, but I’d vote for him again in a heartbeat over the competition he had.

It got to this because Lee opened the can o worms!!!  Dadgum it Lee!! (and I a made the joke that the person ran into the post office because stamps were going up).

I have to agree with you Watchdog...just like when 9/11 happened it was Bush’s “foreign policy” that caused it.  Nevermind it was the same foreign policy that’s been in place for 40 years.

Bottom line is...all politicians are ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS.

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