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How to Save Gas and Time With Google Maps
Our Fourpence Worth | July 24th 2008 by Penelope
With numerous “How to Save Gas” tips all over the internet, such as this one on WikiHow: How to Save Money on Gas, I figured I wouldn’t do one here because they can be easily found elsewhere. So this post won’t be about the mo read more
Goaltending- sort of.
www.robinlynne.org | July 21st 2008 by robin lynne
I told Erin (after seeing her wishes/hopes/goals related post) that I should make a set of goals for myself, too. So, that’s what I’m doing here today. Hopes, wishes and goals for all of my business ventures… Sell at least 1 thing read more
Look at what I got!
www.robinlynne.org | July 19th 2008 by robin lynne
Everything pictured below was made by Miss Erin - and it’s all mine mine mine. I love it all! The bracelet was the perfect size - and so sparkly (and free!) The anklet was a little big (I can wear it as a choker too!) but of course I love it, read more
Blue surgical gloves.
www.robinlynne.org | July 18th 2008 by robin lynne
I sold something this morning! That’d be the sold item, in the picture. I was beginning to think my post office ladies would forget me (dry spell, yuck.) Luckily, the blonde lady (I can’t remember her name - I usually deal with a Judi, w read more
Post Office Won't Pay Insurance Claim Unless Employee Admits To D…
Watson Inc | July 18th 2008 by Roshawn Watson
By: Roshawn WatsonAlauna wrote in to the Consumerist because she recently ship her Hewlett Packard Pavilion laptop to a friend for software repairs via USPS (the computer had a virus). Unfortunately, she believes the laptop arrived to the friend in a read more
post office counter revolution
Funky Rhubarb | July 15th 2008 by Adam Byrne
ok, so labour has shut more post offices since 1997 then the tories did in the preceding 18 years. ok, so the tories didn't compensate the postmasters who were given the elbow but labour is. ok, so everyone's as bad as everyone else and it's the post read more
VICTORY against the NIMBY's!!
Transit In Utah | July 11th 2008 by John
Image via WikipediaI was preparing to do another Perils for Pedestrians video when I received a Google alert that the State Supreme Court ruled against the NIMBY group in Draper.Utah Supreme Court rules for TRAX in Draper rail-siting disputeThis is g read more
Lesson Learned Today - Be Careful What You Promise eBay Buyers
eBay Selling Coach | July 10th 2008 by Suzanne Arant Wells
Ok, I learned an important lesson today. Be careful what you promise eBay buyers. I've sold over 15,000 items in the last 5 years. I've shipped everything to everywhere. So when I had a request from a customer to overnight a package to another countr read more
Postman 1, Preemptive Strike 0
Not Always Right | July 4th 2008 by NotAlwaysRight
(I was waiting in line and overheard a conversation between the customer in front of me and postman at the front counter.) Customer: ”I need to ship this package out.” Postman: “Okay, would you like to upgrade this to priority shi read more
A Month of Savings - 07/02/2008
Spending Less 101 | July 2nd 2008 by John A. Simpson
A Month of Savings - 07/02/2008 Do you write checks and mail your bills in each month? If so, save yourself the cost fo the stamps and the cost of the gas it takes you to go to the post office (and in some cases, to the store to get a money order). read more
Post Cards… and Letters… and Flats, Oh My!
Digital print, Orlando Florida, direct mail, Letter Shop, P… | July 1st 2008 by Millennium Marketing Group - Fulfillment Partners, Inc
Whether you are mailing First Class or Standard (bulk advertising) mail, the US Postal Service assesses postage rates, in part, by the “processing category” of your mail piece. Knowing what category your mail piece will be placed, is extremely read more
Need to shop…
Army Mom: New Jersey | June 26th 2008 by Charlotte
I need to do some more online shopping. I’ve mentioned I have a new grandson and I want to get him some cute baby clothing to send down to him. He and his mother live in West Virginia and I have her address. I told her that after I started b read more
Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Green Pays | June 25th 2008
Those ever-increasingly popular Compact Fluorescent Bulbs which save households $12 - $20 a month in energy costs come with a little extra work and responsibility. Improper disposal of them creates a hazard because these light bulbs contain a smal read more
Return to Waster
Daily Tomorrow | June 24th 2008 by Gabrielle
Just in case the steps you take to minimize your junk mail don’t catch everything, Alicia from Mental Health Notes shared this great stamp with me. Green Upgrader did a bit of research on what the post office will do should you actually use t read more
Trips To New York: Interesting
Window Shopper | June 23rd 2008 by Jaz
As an over-the-road trucker, I was expected to go into New York City from time to time. I ended up at the Hunt’s Point market quite often. Not your best spot to visit in New York, trust me. Dangerous. But I have been in all five boroughs in New read more
I Want a New Mail Box
Flight of The Eaglehawk | June 22nd 2008 by chris
I live in a neighborhood that has those community mailboxes. You know the ones I’m talking about the white/grey mail boxes that are ugly and they take up space either in someone’s yard or at a park that could be used for grass or playgro read more
Yes! I got snail mail!
Two Bright Heads | June 16th 2008
I am so happy today because I received a snail mail from my friend in Japan. She was in my class for many years but now she is living in Japan. I love snail mail. They are so not fast. Dad said the fun is always in the waiting. Yah, but I don’t thi read more
Fixit Day Revisited - and a Special Sunday Post (Tomorrow)
Oldtimemeartist aka Grinnin Gramma | June 14th 2008 by Sher Miller
Hi, everyone! I hope your weekend is good, productive, relaxing - whatever you were hoping it would be, so far. My day started out productive. Okay, so that's kind of an exaggeration. I wanted it to be productive, so I started a mental checklist, read more
Thursday Thirteen - 20th Edition - Thirteen Weird Search Terms
There's More to the Story | June 12th 2008 by Sarah
Things are going well while we’re in Indiana. Sister is being a major pain in the ass (at least 1 major blow-up a day, including verbal confrontations, but no physical yet, though I had to restrain myself from doing something yesterday). WeR read more
Why I’m NEVER Having Kids #48: They Can’t Stand Still
Why I'm NEVER Having Kids | June 11th 2008 by Aaron P. Taylor
Above: A cartoon where a mother bird takes her two little birdies to the post office. This video is 7 minutes long, but the first 2 minutes are, more or less, what I saw at the post office yesterday! Kids are balls of energy that fidget quite often read more
… And They Say The Post Office Is Slow
Not Always Right | June 11th 2008 by NotAlwaysRight
(A customer is buying a stamp for a letter shortly after the 2007 price increase.) Customer: “Why can’t I get a 39 cent stamp? You still have them.” Me: “We still have them in stock, but we have to make up the difference with read more
Secure Arkansas Advocates Receive Apology From U.S. Post Office
ARRA News Service | June 6th 2008 by OzarkGuru
Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: The Jonesboro Sun ran a front page story with colored picture with this headline: "Woman receives apology after postal officials made her leave sidewalk." The caption under the picture reads, "Cora Jean Liles, a volunteer for read more
7 Incredible and Bizarre Underwater Inventions and Feats
Life in the Fast Lane | June 5th 2008 by Deborah Petersen
The mysteries that lie in the depths of the underworld at sea have captivated mankind for centuries. Scientists, researchers and madcap human beings alike have recently attempted to master this foreign world with incredible, bizarre and whacky underw read more
The Worst Post Office In The World?
Vitamin e Bay | June 4th 2008 by John Paul
If you have ever waited on line at the Post Office chances are something pissed you off. Whether it be the way they wait untill 1 minute after they are supposed to open to start working, or how there always seems to be a worker standing at there win read more
My Tax Dollars at Work
Well, Isn't That Special? | June 2nd 2008 by Boss Lady
I walked in the door of my neighborhood post office to mail a letter at 1:20 pm. I had one letter, I just needed a stamp. My children were playing at their grandma's house, so I thought I was having a party getting go anywhere alone. Even if it wa read more
Ranting At The Post Office
Small Business and Web Design | June 2nd 2008 by I, Studio, Web
This morning I had to spend some time at the local post office - someone sent me a registered mail with return receipt that I have missed, so I just had to go. Every time I go to a post office - whether small and local or large and central - it alway read more
Here Is Something A Little Different
The Heart of a Mom | May 31st 2008 by proofpositivity
This is the Cleveland skyline and my grandma. I know it makes no sense to you why I would put the two pictures together so I am going to tell a little story. One of the towers in the picture glows in the dark at the needle of it. When it glowed it read more
What A Day - And It’s Not Over Yet!
Nanashi-Inc | May 30th 2008 by Joana
Copyright © 2008 Joana. Visit the original article at http://nanashi-inc.net/weblog/2008/what-a-day-and-its-not-over-yet/. Ugh, I swear, I think I should advise folks to take out a life insurance policy on me. I’m doing such stupid things, som read more
Lady Collects Signatures on Secure Arkansas Ballot Initiative Har…
ARRA News Service | May 30th 2008 by OzarkGuru
Bob Hester, State Director, Arkansas Family Coalition: Headline and excerpts from Jonesboro Sun story below were on the on front page, May 28 about a lady who was collecting signatures for the Secure Arkansas Ballot Initiative (often referred to as t read more
It's Here! YAY! I Can Start Sewing Now! YIPPIE!
EK's Sewing & CosPlay Blog | May 30th 2008 by EelKat
What was lost has been found, and they were really nice about itat the Post Office too. I walked in this morning and the post master saw me and went out back. I was standing in line behind 2other people and he calls me out and tells me they'd found m read more
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