rostasi Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Just a reminder... ...and a question: Will this be the first time that the US will go 3 days straight without mail delivery (in modern times or otherwise)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolivarblues Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Just a reminder... ...and a question: Will this be the first time that the US will go 3 days straight without mail delivery (in modern times or otherwise)? Where do you get this info? The USPS website only lists Monday Jan. 1 as a postal holiday. http://www.usps.com/communications/news/uspscalendar.htm Never mind. I just Googled this. More meddling by W, further delaying my important CD deliveries! No disrespect to President Ford, but life must go one. Edited December 31, 2006 by Frankie Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Never mind. I just Googled this. More meddling by W, further delaying my important CD deliveries ! No disrespect to President Ford, but life must go one. Geez, uh...no kidding! Hey, um.....to the guy in mitteleuropa -- looks like I'll have to mail your disc on Wed. It'll be worth the slight delay. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- There will be no regular mail delivery or retail service at Post Offices on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, due to an Executive Order issued by President Bush directing federal government agencies to close as a mark of respect for former President Gerald Ford, who died Dec. 26. Express Mail deliveries will be made on Jan. 2. Regular retail and delivery service will resume Wednesday, Jan. 3. U.S. Postal Service employees should not report to work on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007 unless they are contacted by their supervisor and instructed specifically to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 I've got a couple of buddies at the local PO who will be happy to have the extended holiday... I don't begrudge it to 'em. Hey, in the spirit of bipartisanship and coming together, why don't we all take the day off? Yeah, that's the ticket... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Has this ever happened before? Did they suspend postal service when Reagan and Nixon died? I don't think they did. And if they haven't done this before, why does Ford (of all people) deserve such a tribute? The guy wasn't even elected to the office (he wasn't even elected Vice-President)! He didn't serve a full term! Did they suspend the mail when William Henry Harrison died after thirty days? I can understand doing it when FDR died or when JFK died (both men died in office). Flying the flag at half staff is fine, but this seems rather odd. Almost as though Bush is trying to set a precident for when he kicks off ("There better not be any damn mail when *I* die, dammit!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 They gave all Federal employees the day off when Reagan died. (My wife works for the Federal Dept. of Education.) Nixon too, she thinks. They probably gave the postal workers the day off both times as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Why the bitching? They deserve it. Helps make up for this... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?nav=hcmodule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 It must be that the Reagan and Nixon days-off didn't follow a national holiday, so the lack of mail that day was less conspicous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Why the bitching? They deserve it. Helps make up for this... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?nav=hcmodule I think the postal workers deserve it, I'm just not sure that Ford does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 They gave all Federal employees the day off when Reagan died. (My wife works for the Federal Dept. of Education.) Nixon too, she thinks. They probably gave the postal workers the day off both times as well. I just spoke w/ my mother. She works for USPS. She confirmed that there will be no mail on Tuesday and that they had a day off after Reagan and Nixon died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 The major stock markets are closed on Tuesday, too. This is much more rare than the USPS I would think. It's very unusual for the markets to be closed more than 3 straight days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Has this ever happened before? Did they suspend postal service when Reagan and Nixon died? I don't think they did. And if they haven't done this before, why does Ford (of all people) deserve such a tribute? The guy wasn't even elected to the office (he wasn't even elected Vice-President)! He didn't serve a full term! Did they suspend the mail when William Henry Harrison died after thirty days? I can understand doing it when FDR died or when JFK died (both men died in office). Flying the flag at half staff is fine, but this seems rather odd. Almost as though Bush is trying to set a precident for when he kicks off ("There better not be any damn mail when *I* die, dammit!") ...take a pill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Twizzle Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Edited December 31, 2006 by Randy Twizzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Who would have guessed when the photo was taken, Ford would live the longest??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Bank and postal holiday on Tuesday means yet another day until I get a few checks into the bank if they show up. Not cool at all, holidays at the beginning or the end of the month are always a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 All I know is it sucks because I had put off paying some bills and now its really going to be cutting it close. Let me tell ya, Citibank doesn't mess around when it comes to on-time payment and the penalties that occur in its absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 All I know is it sucks because I had put off paying some bills and now its really going to be cutting it close. Let me tell ya, Citibank doesn't mess around when it comes to on-time payment and the penalties that occur in its absence. Can't you make an electronic payment for the minimum over the weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Who would have guessed when the photo was taken, Ford would live the longest??? Ravi's still kicking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 All I know is it sucks because I had put off paying some bills and now its really going to be cutting it close. Let me tell ya, Citibank doesn't mess around when it comes to on-time payment and the penalties that occur in its absence. Can't you make an electronic payment for the minimum over the weekend? I don't do my banking online. I could conceivably call them next week if I don't think the check will make it in time, and pay up the wazoo for the pleasure of making a payment over the phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 All I know is it sucks because I had put off paying some bills and now its really going to be cutting it close. Let me tell ya, Citibank doesn't mess around when it comes to on-time payment and the penalties that occur in its absence. Can't you make an electronic payment for the minimum over the weekend? When you do that, you're likely to get hit with some variation of the $14.99 'convenience' fee that some of 'em are charging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 FYI, I've been able to talk them out of that fee the couple times I've needed to. May be worth a shot if it comes down to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Interesting. I must confess that I never even think to engage them on matters such as this because I just assume that it'll be but another exercise in banging one's melon against a wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 The one time I got out of that fee was in the aftermath of Wilma last year. Tried to do it after that and they wouldn't have none of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 no hurry mr. weizen! I sent yours out a few days ago... and picked up a truckload of new stuff, so the following days are covered anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 We had a huge snow storm here - 2+ feet. No mail Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon., & now Tuesday. This has pushed me into paying a handful of bills on-line (which my wife has been trying to get me to do for a long time.) Our mail service here is always semi-lousy. I have a few packages that I've been tracking that have been sitting at the post office since Dec.29. Someone (hopefully) is coming to plow our driveway this morning so we can get out. Haven't been anywhere since Thursday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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