I’ve been hearing for a long time that the Postal Service is considering dropping Saturday deliveries as a way to trim their budget. I think that it is a very good idea. I don’t need to be receiving bills in the mail six days a week! Often we don’t go out anywhere on Saturday and it is a nuisance to have to make a special trip down to the mailbox to get the mail. On regular weekdays usually someone is driving past the mailbox in the afternoon and can just stop on their way in the driveway to pick up the mail.
I would encourage the Post Offices to stay open on Saturdays, however, to make it easier for people who work during the business week to be able to go to the Post Office on their day off to buy stamps, pick-up packages, etc. But home delivery, I won’t miss it on Saturdays for one minute!
I just saw on the breaking AP news that a killer whale trainer at the Orlando Sea World has died today; apparently at the fins of one of her trained whales! The article has two conflicting stories – the police are saying that the trainer fell into the tank and died. The incident happened at the beginning of a show, and was witnessed by an audience. Audience members claim that the whale jumped out of the water and grabbed the trainer and started thrashing about.
This is a terrible tragedy! I wonder what triggered this behavior. The news article continues to talk about how other trained whales have attacked their trainers. And yet these whales continue to perform. How smart is that, I wonder, to let a proven hostile animal continue to perform?
One of my all time favorite songs is the Devil went down to Georgia, by Charlie Daniels. I heard today that he has suffered a stroke. My prayers go out to him for a full recovery! Hang in there Charlie!
This video is a longer version of the song than I had ever heard before – it’s terrific! Enjoy!
You can never tell these days if the photos that are being passed around on the Internet are for real or not. I just received this photo in my email today. I got a good laugh out of it and wanted to pass it along here for grins and giggles.
There has been a big push in our community to get people to purchase and install good quality mail boxes. The city is having the street numbers painted on the curbs in front of people’s residences, but they are also asking that the Residential Mailboxes and Commercial Mailboxes have the street numbers printed on them so that our emergency personnel can locate the proper address in a timely fashion.
At a time when every second counts, in the event of an emergency it is best to have everything in place to make the most out of what our taxes are being used for. There has been several times lately that our emergency personnel have not been able to get to where they need to be due to Mailboxes not having the name and proper address on them.
A mailbox can make a difference and I’d like to get the word out here in hopes that more people will take note and possibly save a few lives in the mean time. I’m very glad that our city council has stepped up to the plate and is taking action in this area.
