US Post Office - Informed Delivery
Quote: bobbartopI don't know how long the post office has been doing this, but I only just discovered it. I signed up, and I can log in or they email me with images of what my mail is today. The mail boxes are only a block away, but now I don't have to walk my lazy ass down there if there's no mail, or just junk mail. Coolest thing since sliced bread.
Its been at least over a year.
I know someone who was not receiving their casino monthlies. (Some had redeemable food vouchers so they were missing out)
This person got the service and saw the mail logged in but still wasnt receiving them in the mailbox.
They were able to use that info to complain and havenit fixed. I dont know what the postman was doing with the mail but suddenly everything was delivered like normal
Quote: darkozIts been at least over a year.
I know someone who was not receiving their casino monthlies. (Some had redeemable food vouchers so they were missing out)
This person got the service and saw the mail logged in but still wasnt receiving them in the mailbox.
They were able to use that info to complain and havenit fixed. I dont know what the postman was doing with the mail but suddenly everything was delivered like normal
Interesting. That's great that he was able to straighten it out. How many times over the years have we all missed mailers like that?
Quote: darkozIts been at least over a year.
I know someone who was not receiving their casino monthlies. (Some had redeemable food vouchers so they were missing out)
This person got the service and saw the mail logged in but still wasnt receiving them in the mailbox.
They were able to use that info to complain and havenit fixed. I dont know what the postman was doing with the mail but suddenly everything was delivered like normal
I have no idea how our current carrier passed the test to be a postal carrier. It is a rural route...maybe they don't take a test. I have no idea. Anyway, we had the perfect carrier. Older lady, very personable, consistent with her delivery times, and everything else you would want in a mail carrier. The new guy is always late, consistently putting mail in the wrong boxes, etc. I have complained to the Postmaster several times.
I use this service to figure out when the crackhead is screwing up again.
It is always just a matter of time. No, it isn't just one item or one day; that happens. it is a lot of stuff on a lot of days. One of my dumber neighbors just collected it for a while before giving it to the person it was for...that is likely illegal.
Anyway, I like the service.
Also sometimes it shows some mail coming in but it doesnt come for 3 or 4 days
Quote: RonC
I use this service to figure out when the crackhead is screwing up again.
"Crackhead", that made me laugh.
anti-socialists would say that the U.S. Government should not operate a business - that all competitive businesses should operate privately without Government interference, subsidies or control
"The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General"
"The USPS is a government agency that was created by Congress to achieve various public purposes. ... Additionally, the USPS's employees are federal employees who participate in the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program."
you are promoting a socialistic enterprise
Quote: lilredroosterUSPS is a gigantic organization managed and operated by the United States Government
anti-socialists would say that the U.S. Government should not operate a business - that all competitive businesses should operate privately without Government interference, subsidies or control
"The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General"
"The USPS is a government agency that was created by Congress to achieve various public purposes. ... Additionally, the USPS's employees are federal employees who participate in the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program."
you are promoting a socialistic enterprise
The Revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe, you have to make it fall.
Quote: bobbartopThe Revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe, you have to make it fall.
telling people how wonderful it is is not a way to make it fall
enjoy your wonderful service provided to you by socialistic ideas
Quote: lilredroostertelling people how wonderful it is is not a way to make it fall
enjoy your wonderful service provided to you by socialistic ideas
I'll drink a toast to Che tonight over dinner.
Quote: bobbartopI'll drink a toast to Che tonight over dinner.
You want revolution so we get rid of the USPS?
You want to be forced to pay higher prices to UPS and Fedex?
Wake me up when they automatically send a bot to pick up my free play and then send it to me via crypto for a small flat fee.Quote: darkozIts been at least over a year.
I know someone who was not receiving their casino monthlies. (Some had redeemable food vouchers so they were missing out)
This person got the service and saw the mail logged in but still wasnt receiving them in the mailbox.
They were able to use that info to complain and havenit fixed. I dont know what the postman was doing with the mail but suddenly everything was delivered like normal
Um....you do know that's a real thing with some 3rd party companies right?Quote: DRichI would prefer if they opened the mail and scanned it to me. I would pay for that service.
Quote: DRichI would prefer if they opened the mail and scanned it to me. I would pay for that service.
You can do that with a lockbox at your bank. I have a few clients who use that. We log in everyday to retrieve our pages and deposits. Very convenient
Quote: bobbartopI don't know how long the post office has been doing this, but I only just discovered it. I signed up, and I can log in or they email me with images of what my mail is today. The mail boxes are only a block away, but now I don't have to walk my lazy ass down there if there's no mail, or just junk mail. Coolest thing since sliced bread.
Yeah, I didn't even know I'd signed up for it, but I guess I did about a year ago. Daily digest showing scans of mail and packages. Very nice!
Quote: lilredroosterUSPS is a gigantic organization managed and operated by the United States Government
anti-socialists would say that the U.S. Government should not operate a business - that all competitive businesses should operate privately without Government interference, subsidies or control
"The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General"
"The USPS is a government agency that was created by Congress to achieve various public purposes. ... Additionally, the USPS's employees are federal employees who participate in the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program."
you are promoting a socialistic enterprise
No, it's a Constitutionally mandated enterprise. That pays for itself unless it's burdened with ridiculous pension pre-funding or other rot.
They need to leave it the hell alone. It's fine.
Quote: GWAEBeen using it for about a year. Its nice to see what is coming. Although sometimes I get the email at 10am but mail comes at 9am
Also sometimes it shows some mail coming in but it doesnt come for 3 or 4 days
Samesies. And sometimes it says "a mail item that couldn't be imaged" is included. But that's almost always just a normal envelope.
Quote: beachbumbabsNo, it's a Constitutionally mandated enterprise.
They need to leave it the hell alone. It's fine.
I'm not against the USPS
but being Constitutionally mandated does not mean that it's not socialistic
anti-socialists (none of whom I've ever heard of are against USPS) believe that the Government should be hands off of any business activity - no regulation, interference, subsidy or control - I was just making a point - that socialistic ideas have 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 deeply influenced the programs and policies in the U.S.
Social Security (which I am also not against - most anti-socialists are not against it either especially if they're drawing a payout) is a perfect example
FDR was viciously attacked as being a Socialist or Communist partly because his Administration enacted S.S.
Quote: lilredrooster
Social Security (which I am also not against - most anti-socialists are not against it either especially if they're drawing a payout) is a perfect example
FDR was viciously attacked as being a Socialist or Communist partly because his Administration enacted S.S.
I'm getting mine already, but something tells me that you are quite younger than I am. Please return to this thread and sing me the praises of FDR and Social Security when YOU are 65. I'll be waiting. Thanks.
Quote: bobbartopI'm getting mine already, but something tells me that you are quite younger than I am. Please return to this thread and sing me the praises of FDR and Social Security when YOU are 65. I'll be waiting. Thanks.
if you're unhappy with S.S. I would surmise that the reason is you feel that your payout is too small
you would like for S.S. to be more socialistic than it already is............................😃😃 😃
Quote: lilredroosterif you're unhappy with S.S. I would surmise that the reason is you feel that your payout is too small
you would like for S.S. to be more socialistic than it already is............................😃😃 😃
Gee, total reading comprehension problems.
I'm fine with mine, are you going to be fine with yours? I think you read it right the first time, you're just twisting my words and putting words in my mouth because, well, I don't know why you're doing it. Seems rather disingenuous, but I don't know you from Adam.
Quote: bobbartopGee, total reading comprehension problems.
I'm fine with mine, are you going to be fine with yours? I think you read it right the first time, you're just twisting my words and putting words in my mouth because, well, I don't know why you're doing it. Seems rather disingenuous, but I don't know you from Adam.
okay. I was reading between the lines of what you said and got it wrong
sorry
in answer to your question it's not nearly enough to live on, but I'll be okay, I've got other stuff
it's something - I'm glad I have it
Quote: lilredroosterokay. I was reading between the lines of what you said and got it wrong
sorry
in answer to your question it's not nearly enough to live on, but I'll be okay, I've got other stuff
it's something - I'm glad I have it
How do you know you're going to have it? Are you 65 already? Where is it?
Quote: bobbartopHow do you know you're going to have it? Are you 65 already? Where is it?
I just started getting it a few months ago - yes, before I got it I didn't really believe 100% that I was going to get it - I didn't trust - but I got it
if it was taken away and people didn't get it the country would be full of lots of miserably poor old people - or more poor than they already are
Quote: lilredroosterI just started getting it a few months ago - yes, before I got it I didn't really believe 100% that I was going to get it - I didn't trust - but I got it
if it was taken away and people didn't get it the country would be full of lots of miserably poor old people - or more poor than they already are
I made the incorrect assumption that you were much younger. But something's got to be done. It ain't going to work like this. We're in huge debt, and there's no "fund", they're borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. They're borrowing from Peter to pay Bobbartop and lilredrooster. "They", are broke. You and I paid into it. Where did that go? Why were they allowed to spend what we put into it?
Quote: bobbartopI made the incorrect assumption that you were much younger. But something's got to be done. It ain't going to work like this. We're in huge debt, and there's no "fund", they're borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. They're borrowing from Peter to pay Bobbartop and lilredrooster. "They", are broke. You and I paid into it. Where did that go? Why were they allowed to spend what we put into it?
They (Congress) voted themselves the right to raid the SS trust fund, that's how. Jerks. So it's held to offset other spending, and reduce the debt (on paper). Jerks. And that way they can claim it's broke and tighten benefits, while they go on with oass-through budgeting. Did I mention, jerks?
Quote: beachbumbabsDid I mention, jerks?
Uh, I think you did.
Quote: DRichI think the government will just print more money before they would default on paying. Sure, inflation will go up but that is better than a default.
Until the dollar defaults.
https://i.imgur.com/nZ6ZOD2.jpg
Quote: bobbartopUntil the dollar defaults.
https://i.imgur.com/nZ6ZOD2.jpg
I'm getting tired of waiting.
Quote: MaxPenI'm getting tired of waiting.
Wouldn't fixed rate home loans be a pretty good hedge against inflation? I mean my minuscule mortgage payments would feel pretty good compared to the trillion dollar bill... especially when minimum wage was $15,000 an hour? Or am I just "droned out" ZK?
Quote: megapixelsWouldn't fixed rate home loans be a pretty good hedge against inflation? I mean my minuscule mortgage payments would feel pretty good compared to the trillion dollar bill... especially when minimum wage was $15,000 an hour? Or am I just "droned out" ZK?
Property is usually considered a good hedge against inflation. As long as one guarantees the ability to make the payment a low interest loan could be optimal. Wages definitely do not have a history of tracking with extreme inflation. People who are leveraged usually lose everything due to inability to pay. All resources are required for bare survival. The banks take back properties, reorganize, and redistribute under new system.
and they'll be lucky if they don't get harassed by the IRS
Quote: MaxPenI'm getting tired of waiting.
Don't worry. I'm sure this is the year the Great Pumpkin arrives. Keep the faith.
Are we sure about that?Quote: DRichI think the government will just print more money before they would default on paying. Sure, inflation will go up but that is better than a default.
"Venezuela's annual inflation rate fell to 1.62 million percent in March of 2019 from 2.30 million percent in February, according to estimates from Venezuela's opposition-led congress. It is the lowest annual inflation rate since November. Inflation Rate in Venezuela averaged 21261.89 percent from 1973 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 2688670 percent in January of 2019 and a record low of 3.22 percent in February of 1973.
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Quote: lilredroosterthere are undoubtedly some full time APs (and I'm not pointing fingers at anybody here) who have not paid their taxes properly and are going to end up getting nothing or almost nothing from S.S.
and they'll be lucky if they don't get harassed by the IRS
Well, yeah, but... Isn't that +ev? Save the unpaid income and fica taxes for 40 years & youll more than make up for the missing ss and Medicare in retirement.
Quote: rdw4potusWell, yeah, but... Isn't that +ev? Save the unpaid income and fica taxes for 40 years & youll more than make up for the missing ss and Medicare in retirement.
My nephew still has the first nickel he ever earned, or I'd say Nobody is capable of putting that money away these days.
Your post is dated April 30th. As it just so happens, I also just discovered this, about five days before you did. A co-worker told me about it. Yea, it's kinda neat.Quote: bobbartopI don't know how long the post office has been doing this, but I only just discovered it. I signed up, and I can log in or they email me with images of what my mail is today. The mail boxes are only a block away, but now I don't have to walk my lazy ass down there if there's no mail, or just junk mail. Coolest thing since sliced bread.
Quote: rdw4potusWell, yeah, but... Isn't that +ev? Save the unpaid income and fica taxes for 40 years & youll more than make up for the missing ss and Medicare in retirement.
IF they save it. I suspect most of them just piss it away.
I've run into a lot of people, mostly contractors, who took cash for years and when they went to retire they had no idea they were not going to get anything, or very little, from SS.
Quote: DRichI think the government will just print more money before they would default on paying. Sure, inflation will go up but that is better than a default.
Yes. you are 100% correct.
those receiving or near to receiving S.S. would display tremendous outrage if their entitlement was threatened
and widespread political outrage is definitely something politicians will cave in to.
they're not going to mess with the Gray Panthers
I've linked a story saying that the S.S. negative cash flow for the past year was $80 billion
it's important to consider that $80 billion is not a great sum for the U.S. Government
we spent $700 billion a year in the Iraq war for many years
there are reports out there now indicating that Congress and Trump are actually going to work together to pass a $𝟏 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 infrastructure legislation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/lets-talk-about-social-securitys-80-billion-negative-cash-flow-crisis/2019/05/03/814b4028-6c5a-11e9-be3a-33217240a539_story.html?utm_term=.64e4605e5127
