I'm a UPS driver. How much did they pay?
KHanawalt
toss-up between Gordon and Earnhardt, but didn't hate or love either.
I am NOT a Ford fan, however. Now my company is sponsoring a stinking Ford.
Jarrett I have nothing against. I do find myself smiling to myself when he
wins, for no good reason. I guess because I, too, drive a package car. <grin>
So far, UPS is getting its money's worth in their first season as a sponsor.
How much does a typical main sponsor pay a team? I was guessing somewhere
between 20 and 40 million for a season?
Last weekend we had a grand opening of a new UPS center in Fort
Collins/Loveland CO, and they had a #88 stock car there. The promo people said
it was the car that took 5th at Darlington last year, of course in Dale's old
colors. That's all those people do--take that car around the country. They
also had a full size dummy car with a video game built into it. Pretty neat.
I got it up to 204 mph before I hit the wall.
My package car tends to be a little tight in the corners. I deliver in the
Colorado mountains, so I not only turn left, but right as well.
KennyH
"What good is living, if you don't really live?" A truism spoken by the
villainess in "The World Is Not Enough." Life without risk is no life at all.
WiNK
Peach
from Colorado
KHanawalt <khan...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Barry Posner
> How much does a typical main sponsor pay a team? I was guessing somewhere
> between 20 and 40 million for a season?
Up until this year, $10M was enough to get you top billing on pretty
much any car in the field. That ante appears to have been upped
somewhat, with the Pfizer and UPS sponsorships rumoured to be in the
range of $15-$18M.
The problem [1] is that there seems to be a drastic shortage of sponsors
willing to pay that much, so you'll end up with only 3 or 4 teams with
$15M+ sponsorships, followed by about another 15-20 with $8-$10M, and
maybe 15 pulling down $4-$8M. Then you have a handful who can't find any
sponsors at all.
I think the UPS sponsorship was unprecedented [2] in scale when
announced, but still peanuts to the $60M Philip Morris pays Ferrari, or
the $90M Mercedes spends on its F1 engine program.
bp
[1] If you believe that inequities in sponsorship income is bad. I
don't.
[2] For NASCAR.
winnard
> toss-up between Gordon and Earnhardt, but didn't hate or love either.
>
> I am NOT a Ford fan, however. Now my company is sponsoring a stinking
Ford.
I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
FedEx is the devil..
winnard
Ellen Siska
>Hi, Kenny!!! I know you!!!!!!!!
>
>Peach
>from Colorado
I don't, but I think I might like to :-)
Ellen
><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><>
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/esiska/
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Hobby Trucker
> I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
> FedEx is the devil..
Hang tight, there's a rumor in the making.....
UPS is gonna' buy out FedEx & rename the both of them FedUP.
--
--
_____l Tom
__/ l gofa...@prodigy.net
/________l___________________
O OO\ O O\
>
> winnard
>
>
>
KHanawalt
>
>Peach
>from Colorado
Oh yeah? Prove it.
LaVonna Hardin
"Ellen Siska" <esi...@netrax.net> wrote in message
news:3aca7f9e...@news.netrax.net...
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:23:08 -0600, "WiNK" <tcbel...@yahoo.com> said:
>
> >Hi, Kenny!!! I know you!!!!!!!!
> >
> >Peach
> >from Colorado
>
> I don't, but I think I might like to :-)
>
> Ellen
ELLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! roflmao!
La Vonna
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Why is it that most nudists are people
you don't want to see naked? :)*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KHanawalt
>FedEx is the devil..
I don't know if you'd like it. I worked until 9:30 p.m. Thursday and midnight
Friday night. We have morons running things.
JStONGE123
The Durango 95 purred away real horrorshow. A nice warm vibratey feeling all
through your guttiwuts.
JStONGE123
>Hi, Kenny!!! I know you!!!!!!!!
>
>Peach
>from Colorado
Greg Eglinton
KHanawalt wrote:
>
> I like NASCAR. I don't really have a favorite driver. It was probably a
> toss-up between Gordon and Earnhardt, but didn't hate or love either.
>
> I am NOT a Ford fan, however. Now my company is sponsoring a stinking Ford.
> Jarrett I have nothing against. I do find myself smiling to myself when he
> wins, for no good reason. I guess because I, too, drive a package car. <grin>
> So far, UPS is getting its money's worth in their first season as a sponsor.
>
> How much does a typical main sponsor pay a team? I was guessing somewhere
> between 20 and 40 million for a season?
Probably closer to 15 million for the top teams. But UPS might be spending that
much, including advertising during a race (this race is brought to you by UPS).
>
> Last weekend we had a grand opening of a new UPS center in Fort
> Collins/Loveland CO, and they had a #88 stock car there. The promo people said
> it was the car that took 5th at Darlington last year, of course in Dale's old
> colors. That's all those people do--take that car around the country. They
> also had a full size dummy car with a video game built into it. Pretty neat.
> I got it up to 204 mph before I hit the wall.
>
This replace the center in Denver?
> My package car tends to be a little tight in the corners. I deliver in the
> Colorado mountains, so I not only turn left, but right as well.
I have the same problem with my snow blower. I've tried changing air pressure,
taking wedge out, putting it in, to no avail. Thank God my neighborhood racing
association has no restrictor plate rules, so I get a full 10 hp out of it.
Greg
--
My Ride
http://www.rappy.net/Greg/My33.html
Greg Eglinton
KHanawalt wrote:
>
> > I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
> >FedEx is the devil..
>
> I don't know if you'd like it. I worked until 9:30 p.m. Thursday and midnight
> Friday night. We have morons running things.
NASCARŽ owns UPS? Or is it a government entity?
Tom Pendergast
>
> "Ellen Siska" <esi...@netrax.net> wrote in message
> news:3aca7f9e...@news.netrax.net...
> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:23:08 -0600, "WiNK" <tcbel...@yahoo.com> said:
> >
> > >Hi, Kenny!!! I know you!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > >Peach
> > >from Colorado
> >
> > I don't, but I think I might like to :-)
> >
> > Ellen
>
> ELLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! roflmao!
ODL! A four way, err, five way? -- SUBSCRIBE!
(I'll bring the Baby Oil and Visquine *s*)
--
"Excuses are a dime a dozen, but 'getting it done'
is usually worth the extra costs"
WiNK
know Kent Schwindt. Are you convinced yet?
Peach
KHanawalt <khan...@aol.com> wrote in message
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WiNK
Peach
JStONGE123 <jston...@aol.communists> wrote in message
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WiNK
>
> >Hi, Kenny!!! I know you!!!!!!!!
> >
> >Peach
> >from Colorado
>
> I don't, but I think I might like to :-)
>
> Ellen
Last time I knew, he was still married. ;-)
Peach
Mike Marlow
into it. Pretty neat.
> I got it up to 204 mph before I hit the wall.
>
> My package car tends to be a little tight in the corners. I deliver in
the
> Colorado mountains, so I not only turn left, but right as well.
>
> KennyH
I'll bet you only turn right when your going down the mountains. We've all
seen the Wiley Coyote cartoons so we all know that the roads up simply
circle the mountain - left turn all the way.
-Mike-
mike....@usa.net
HOTROD96
supposedly $100 million. I do not know what % of that goes where.
John Cleese
>I like NASCAR. I don't really have a favorite driver. It was probably a
>toss-up between Gordon and Earnhardt, but didn't hate or love either.
>
>I am NOT a Ford fan, however. Now my company is sponsoring a stinking Ford.
>Jarrett I have nothing against. I do find myself smiling to myself when he
>wins, for no good reason. I guess because I, too, drive a package car. <grin>
> So far, UPS is getting its money's worth in their first season as a sponsor.
>
>How much does a typical main sponsor pay a team? I was guessing somewhere
>between 20 and 40 million for a season?
UPS is paying Robert Yates Racing $16,000,000/year.
A typical sponsorship is half that.
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>
> > I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
> >FedEx is the devil..
>
> I don't know if you'd like it. I worked until 9:30 p.m. Thursday and midnight
> Friday night. We have morons running things.
>
> KennyH
Unless you know somebody don't you usually have to start out as a
loader?
John
Deliveryboy
>
> >Hi, Kenny!!! I know you!!!!!!!!
> >
> >Peach
> >from Colorado
>
> Oh yeah? Prove it.
>
> KennyH
Well,you drive a UPS truck.
You wear the same ensemble every weekday. Brown shirt, brown pants(long
or short), brown shoes, brown sock w/yellow stripe, brown jacket during
the brisker days. You sometimes wear a brown cap. You have brown hair.
You might have a moustache.
How am I doing?
John
BTW, I just described every UPS driver in Richmond, VA. I have never
seen a non-brunette UPS employee.
John McCoy
>I have the same problem with my snow blower. I've tried changing air pressure,
>taking wedge out, putting it in, to no avail.
Put some tape on the front.
John
Mark Solie
>Apr 4, 2001, 5:35am (CDT-1) From: >gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com
>(Greg Eglinton)
>NASCAR® owns UPS? Or is it a >government entity?
Thats the USPS. But we've got more than our share of idiots running
things.
Mark Solie (who's still mad that they wouldnt let me put 4 Goodyear
racing Eagles on my LLV)
winnard
> > I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
> >FedEx is the devil..
>
> I don't know if you'd like it. I worked until 9:30 p.m. Thursday and
midnight
> Friday night. We have morons running things.
I did too. I didn't get payed for about 15 hours this week. No benefits,
and
I'm working on a torn achiles. Been there 9 years, time for a
change/respect.
winnard
winnard
"JStONGE123" <jston...@aol.communists> wrote in message
news:20010404005124...@ng-fc1.aol.com...
> Bull Shit troll.
What are you referring to? You snipped the whole post, and wrote 'Bull
Shit troll.'
winnard
Tom Pendergast
>
>
> >Apr 4, 2001, 5:35am (CDT-1) From: >gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com
> >(Greg Eglinton)
>
> Thats the USPS. But we've got more than our share of idiots running
> things.
Don't be so quick to criticize The Post Office there, my friend. While
it is true that they're a gum'mint agency, at least they take the
responsibility to operate under a balanced budget and not just ask us
to print them some more money if they can't make ends meet. The USPS
is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
be operated by the gum'mint.
--
"Excuses are a dime a dozen, but 'getting it done'
is usually worth the extra costs" - Cliff Claven
Greg Eglinton
I prefer FedEx. It has nothing to do with the fact that the FedEx driver is a
cute little blond gal. I'm going broke having stuff shipped here:-).
Greg Eglinton
Tom Pendergast wrote:
>
> Mark Solie wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Apr 4, 2001, 5:35am (CDT-1) From: >gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com
> > >(Greg Eglinton)
> > >NASCAR® owns UPS? Or is it a >government entity?
> >
> > Thats the USPS. But we've got more than our share of idiots running
> > things.
>
> Don't be so quick to criticize The Post Office there, my friend. While
> it is true that they're a gum'mint agency, at least they take the
> responsibility to operate under a balanced budget and not just ask us
> to print them some more money if they can't make ends meet. The USPS
> is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
> be operated by the gum'mint.
Not to start an argument but your timing is a tad off. They want to stop
Saturday deliveries and raise the cost of stamps:-(.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA010404Postal_waste.html
Dale Bright
Well, I have, but that is not relevant.
I just received my 24 scale UPS diecast yesterday. I had my UPS driver
to order me one. So, some UPS guys are okay. <G>
Now, for that voodoo manual that I must have
misplaced.......................
Dale Bright
"non compos mentis"
Dale Bright
ODL!
A loader?
Okay, I will load. Where is La Vonna?
How do I cancel a post, again?
Dale Bright
wrote:
>Mark Solie wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Apr 4, 2001, 5:35am (CDT-1) From: >gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com
>> >(Greg Eglinton)
>> >NASCARŽ owns UPS? Or is it a >government entity?
>>
>> Thats the USPS. But we've got more than our share of idiots running
>> things.
>
>Don't be so quick to criticize The Post Office there, my friend. While
>it is true that they're a gum'mint agency, at least they take the
>responsibility to operate under a balanced budget and not just ask us
>to print them some more money if they can't make ends meet. The USPS
>is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
>be operated by the gum'mint.
Which is a rarity by itself.
Dale Bright
<gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Not to start an argument but your timing is a tad off. They want to stop
>Saturday deliveries and raise the cost of stamps:-(.
>
>http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA010404Postal_waste.html
I am all for stopping Saturday deliveries. Not to mention Mon-Fri.
Then, no bills.
HTH
Dale Bright
SUBSCRIBE~
My FedEx delivery person is a HAWT blonde chick, too.
But, she still hasn't delivered what I really want. Do you think if I
beg, it would help?
Hate#3
regular people won't know when you have shit yourselves, except for the
smell, but then i never see a "buster brown" driver that didn't smell sorta
funny anyways
>
>
"KHanawalt" <khan...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20010403220035...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
> I like NASCAR. I don't really have a favorite driver. It was probably a
> toss-up between Gordon and Earnhardt, but didn't hate or love either.
>
> I am NOT a Ford fan, however. Now my company is sponsoring a stinking
Ford.
> Jarrett I have nothing against. I do find myself smiling to myself when
he
> wins, for no good reason. I guess because I, too, drive a package car.
<grin>
> So far, UPS is getting its money's worth in their first season as a
sponsor.
>
> How much does a typical main sponsor pay a team? I was guessing somewhere
> between 20 and 40 million for a season?
>
> Last weekend we had a grand opening of a new UPS center in Fort
> Collins/Loveland CO, and they had a #88 stock car there. The promo people
said
> it was the car that took 5th at Darlington last year, of course in Dale's
old
> colors. That's all those people do--take that car around the country.
They
> also had a full size dummy car with a video game built into it. Pretty
neat.
> I got it up to 204 mph before I hit the wall.
>
> My package car tends to be a little tight in the corners. I deliver in
the
> Colorado mountains, so I not only turn left, but right as well.
>
> KennyH
>
Greg Eglinton
She likes my car:-). Plus I gave her a key to my house.
Chuck Hill
"Tom Pendergast" <t...@icubed.com> wrote in message
news:3ACBF7B5...@icubed.com...
> Mark Solie wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Apr 4, 2001, 5:35am (CDT-1) From: >gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com
> > >(Greg Eglinton)
> > >NASCARŽ owns UPS? Or is it a >government entity?
> >
> > Thats the USPS. But we've got more than our share of idiots
running
> > things.
>
> Don't be so quick to criticize The Post Office there, my friend.
While
> it is true that they're a gum'mint agency, at least they take the
> responsibility to operate under a balanced budget and not just ask
us
> to print them some more money if they can't make ends meet. The
USPS
> is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens
to
> be operated by the gum'mint.
The "profit making" years may be over.....
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010403/ts/postal_cuts_4.html
--
Chuck H.
Dale Bright
<gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com> wrote:
The key to my house, she can have. But, she isn't getting my car. <G>
DJs8...@webtv.net
Re: I'm a UPS driver. How much did they pay?
But, she still hasn't delivered what I really want. Do you think if I
beg, it would help?
Dale Bright
Try chocolate; works for me.
"Women and chocolate; it's just to easy."
~linda~
"This thing is freakin' plowin'....
DJ to Todd 4/1/01
Tom Pendergast
> "Tom Pendergast" <t...@icubed.com> wrote:
> > Don't be so quick to criticize The Post Office there, my friend.
> > While it is true that they're a gum'mint agency, at least they
> > take the responsibility to operate under a balanced budget and
> > not just ask us to print them some more money if they can't make
> > ends meet. The USPS is a functional -business- (read "profit
> > making") that just happens to be operated by the gum'mint.
> The "profit making" years may be over.....
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010403/ts/postal_cuts_4.html
I've heard they want to make service cuts and raise rates again, but
I think that's all intended to keep them from operating at a loss.
Sheesh, we're -killing- them with e-mail, on-line banking and the
thousands of on-line greeting card sites out there. Is it any wonder
their total volume of business is decreasing every year? If you
really think about it, who -needs- Saturday mail delivery?
Chuck Hill
It's always amazed me that for $.35 I can send something across the
country and have it arrive (usually) within a couple of days.
No Saturday mail just means more fliers on Friday/Monday.
--
Chuck H.
Deliveryboy
>
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:57:24 -0400, Deliveryboy
> <deliv...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >BTW, I just described every UPS driver in Richmond, VA. I have never
> >seen a non-brunette UPS employee.
>
> Well, I have, but that is not relevant.
>
> I just received my 24 scale UPS diecast yesterday. I had my UPS driver
> to order me one. So, some UPS guys are okay. <G>
Dood!
When do you start your route??
John
l-long
gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com says...
> Tom Pendergast wrote:
> >
> > Mark Solie wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >Apr 4, 2001, 5:35am (CDT-1) From: >gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com
> > > >(Greg Eglinton)
> > >
> > > Thats the USPS. But we've got more than our share of idiots running
> > > things.
> >
> > Don't be so quick to criticize The Post Office there, my friend. While
> > it is true that they're a gum'mint agency, at least they take the
> > responsibility to operate under a balanced budget and not just ask us
> > to print them some more money if they can't make ends meet. The USPS
> > is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
> > be operated by the gum'mint.
>
>
> Not to start an argument but your timing is a tad off. They want to stop
> Saturday deliveries and raise the cost of stamps:-(.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA010404Postal_waste.html
>
> Greg
It makes me wonder, you know? They raised postage this year and all the
talk before that increase went into effect was "we're doing SOOOOO well
that we can get by on just a small increase...."
So what was the point of doing THAT? Bullshitting us all like that? Or
are they bullshitting us NOW?
--
Kim
Dale Bright
>
>Re: I'm a UPS driver. How much did they pay?
>My FedEx delivery person is a HAWT blonde chick, too.
>But, she still hasn't delivered what I really want. Do you think if I
>beg, it would help?
>Dale Bright
>``````````````````````````````````````````
>
>Try chocolate; works for me.
>"Women and chocolate; it's just to easy."
Of course, it could be all of the drool that is keeping her away. <G>
Dale Bright
DO I GET TO DRIVE THE BROWN TRUCK???????????
Is it 7 or 9 HP?
Greg Eglinton
Now don't tell me that you think that the government might mislead you? Shame on
you:-)
Greg Eglinton
Mail order companies?
Thomas
I missed the post your responding to so I'll make a point. The internet has
done more to *increase* the volume of mail than most people imagine. Think of
the millions of packages from Amazon and eBay sellers. All the e-mail,
greeting cards (please), and online banking haven't come close to offsetting
the increases. It's kind of like how the computer was supposed to eliminate
paper. I also might add that the USPS charges very little. No other major
postal service (European, Japanese, ect) charges anywhere near as little.
>Greg
KHanawalt
>> is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
>> be operated by the gum'mint.
>
It's easy to make a profit if you are the only entity allowed by law to deliver
first class mail, and you can raise your rates every year or two.
UPS and FedEx would love to have a piece of that action, and would be more
efficient at it. You ever heard the word "monopoly?"
KHanawalt
>midnight
>> Friday night. We have morons running things.
>>
>> KennyH
>
>
>
>Unless you know somebody don't you usually have to start out as a
>loader?
Usually. I didn't, but I started in '83. I'm glad I didn't have to load or
unload trucks. Harder work and a lot less money.
KHanawalt
>regular people won't know when you have shit yourselves, except for the
>smell, but then i never see a "buster brown" driver that didn't smell sorta
>funny anyways
Here at UPS we have a pretty good benefits package. They even pay for
psychotherapy. Apparently your employer doesn't?
Say, do you work for the Post Office?
You don't have any guns, do you?
Really. Therapy can be a good thing. No need to be ashamed about it.
KHanawalt
>How am I doing?
>
My socks have a cute little UPS emblem embroidered on them. No cheesy stripes.
<smirk>
KHanawalt
>> seen a non-brunette UPS employee.
That's because the BLONDES go into management and proceed to be the invisible
force that screws up the rest of our lives.
Thomas
>> The USPS
>>> is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
>>> be operated by the gum'mint.
>>
>
>It's easy to make a profit if you are the only entity allowed by law to deliver
>first class mail, and you can raise your rates every year or two.
>
send a letter from Florida to Alaska is beyond me.
>UPS and FedEx would love to have a piece of that action, and would be more
>efficient at it. You ever heard the word "monopoly?"
>
Actually, in many ways it is a natural monopoly. The only conceivable way of
charging 34 cents a letter is to be able to cover a vast number of customers.
If you are only delivering a letter to a few houses on a block, the costs
would go up enormously. Light mail would cost several dollars a piece. It's
also worth pointing out that nearly every other country, most much, much
smaller geographically, charge considerably more.
Mindless ideology should never replace common sense. However you cut it,
eventually there would be one company delivering nearly all the light mail.
In nearly every area, I support privitization, but in this area it's pretty
much pointless.
Greg Eglinton
I haven't said that they don't do a good job. If you go back in the thread
you'll see that I made a tongue in cheek comment about the poor management that
the UPS driver mentioned and I asked if they were a government entity. Not to go
off on a political slant here but I feel the government is the worst run
business going. And judging by the articles I've read the USPS has its' own
management woes. You are right about the business that has been created by
online shopping. Priority Mail seems to be the most popular choice. I use it
extensively. Plus my postal carrier is cool. He is a gearhead, model builder and
diecast collector:-).
Greg Eglinton
KHanawalt wrote:
>
> >I have never
> >> seen a non-brunette UPS employee.
>
> That's because the BLONDES go into management and proceed to be the invisible
> force that screws up the rest of our lives.
Kiki works for UPS?
-v-
"Thomas" <thom...@mailnospam.com> wrote in message
news:9ajn2h$fp5$2...@slb3.atl.mindspring.net...
> In article <20010406005550...@ng-fc1.aol.com>,
khan...@aol.com (KHanawalt) wrote:
> >> The USPS
> >>> is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
> >>> be operated by the gum'mint.
> >>
> >
> >It's easy to make a profit if you are the only entity allowed by law to
deliver
> >first class mail, and you can raise your rates every year or two.
> >
> The rates have barely gone up. Why anyone would complain about 34 cents
to
> send a letter from Florida to Alaska is beyond me.
>
> >UPS and FedEx would love to have a piece of that action, and would be
more
> >efficient at it. You ever heard the word "monopoly?"
> >
> Actually, in many ways it is a natural monopoly. The only conceivable way
of
> charging 34 cents a letter is to be able to cover a vast number of
customers.
> If you are only delivering a letter to a few houses on a block, the costs
> would go up enormously. Light mail would cost several dollars a piece.
It's
> also worth pointing out that nearly every other country, most much, much
> smaller geographically, charge considerably more.
Now that is mindless ideology. By your logic cars would be cheaper if there
was only one dealer in each town and all residents were required by law to
buy from the dealer in their town.
Ever hear of market forces? The Post Office and its monopoly is an
anachronism.
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KHanawalt
>send a letter from Florida to Alaska is beyond me.
They have gone up almost every year for the last three years. 34 cents is too
much if competition in the marketplace would drive it down. You know about
that, don't you? It's the reason we're the largest economy in the world.
>Actually, in many ways it is a natural monopoly. The only conceivable way of
>
>charging 34 cents a letter is to be able to cover a vast number of customers.
>
UPS and FedEx already do that with their packages. USPS uses their monopoly
income (first-class mail) to subsidize their package delivery, which IS in
direct competition with the private companies. That's also an unfair
advantage.
>Mindless ideology should never replace common sense. However you cut it,
>eventually there would be one company delivering nearly all the light mail.
I love common sense. There's only one now, and they raise their rates
arbitrarily, and are now threatening reduced service. I would prefer to let
the public decide which to use.
LaVonna Hardin
"Dale Bright" <daleb...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:pudpct0o00u6126l4...@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:58:17 -0400, Deliveryboy
> <deliv...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >KHanawalt wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
> >> >FedEx is the devil..
> >>
> >> I don't know if you'd like it. I worked until 9:30 p.m. Thursday and
midnight
> >> Friday night. We have morons running things.
> >>
> >> KennyH
> >
> >
> >
> >Unless you know somebody don't you usually have to start out as a
> >loader?
>
>
> A loader?
>
> Okay, I will load. Where is La Vonna
I'm here, hiding from the flaming I'm gonna get for replying to one of
Lloyd's comments........don't tell anyone I'm here.....ssshhh........
> How do I cancel a post, again?
James Wheeler
>
> "Dale Bright" <daleb...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:pudpct0o00u6126l4...@4ax.com...
> > On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:58:17 -0400, Deliveryboy
> > <deliv...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > >KHanawalt wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I'm a FedEx Ground driver......You guys hiring?
> > >> >FedEx is the devil..
> > >>
> > >> I don't know if you'd like it. I worked until 9:30 p.m. Thursday and
> midnight
> > >> Friday night. We have morons running things.
> > >>
> > >> KennyH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Unless you know somebody don't you usually have to start out as a
> > >loader?
> >
> > ODL!
> >
> > A loader?
> >
> > Okay, I will load. Where is La Vonna
>
> I'm here, hiding from the flaming I'm gonna get for replying to one of
> Lloyd's comments...
Don't worry, we all lose control from time to time and respond to a
Lloydism.
> .....don't tell anyone I'm here.....ssshhh........
Who said that? <g>
> > How do I cancel a post, again?
> >
> >
> >
> > Dale Bright
> >
> > "non compos mentis"
> >
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Wheeler's World - http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/wheeler
"Take it to the limit, one more time."
Dale Bright
I take it you do not want to attend the chemistry class at Emory
College?
Thomas
Try to actually think for once in your entire life. I know it will hurt, but
you can try. You haven't even remotely addressed the issue.
>Ever hear of market forces? The Post Office and its monopoly is an
>anachronism.
As I've tried to illustrate, for many fuctions mail delivery is a natural
monopoly. It is an unusual situation. There are no simple solutions,
certainly not any that are going to reduce costs by any appreciable amount.
l-long
khan...@aol.com says...
> >I have never
> >> seen a non-brunette UPS employee.
>
> That's because the BLONDES go into management and proceed to be the invisible
> force that screws up the rest of our lives.
>
> KennyH
Sounds like my boyfriend's boss...doesn't know a paintbrush from a socket
wrench, yet seems to "know" how to do every task he has to perform as a
maintenance superintendent...and actually thinks he LISTENS to her when
she spouts off those "words of wisdom"!
--
Kim
l-long
khan...@aol.com says...
> > The USPS
> >> is a functional -business- (read "profit making") that just happens to
> >> be operated by the gum'mint.
> >
>
> It's easy to make a profit if you are the only entity allowed by law to deliver
> first class mail, and you can raise your rates every year or two.
>
> UPS and FedEx would love to have a piece of that action, and would be more
> efficient at it. You ever heard the word "monopoly?"
>
> KennyH
Hmmmm....is it a six letter word that starts with "N"?
--
Kim
l-long
gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com says...
> > > Not to start an argument but your timing is a tad off. They want to stop
> > > Saturday deliveries and raise the cost of stamps:-(.
> > >
> > > http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA010404Postal_waste.html
> > >
> > > Greg
> >
> > It makes me wonder, you know? They raised postage this year and all the
> > talk before that increase went into effect was "we're doing SOOOOO well
> > that we can get by on just a small increase...."
> >
> > So what was the point of doing THAT? Bullshitting us all like that? Or
> > are they bullshitting us NOW?
>
> Now don't tell me that you think that the government might mislead you? Shame on
> you:-)
>
> Greg
Shhhhhhh....we don't want talk about....gub'ment...might bring the wrong
"sort" out of de woodwork again..........
--
Kim
Thomas
>>The rates have barely gone up. Why anyone would complain about 34 cents to
>>send a letter from Florida to Alaska is beyond me.
>
>They have gone up almost every year for the last three years. 34 cents is too
>much if competition in the marketplace would drive it down. You know about
>that, don't you? It's the reason we're the largest economy in the world.
>
Remarkable that all this happened without privatizing the Post Office.
>>Actually, in many ways it is a natural monopoly. The only conceivable way of
>>
>>charging 34 cents a letter is to be able to cover a vast number of customers.
>>
>
>UPS and FedEx already do that with their packages. USPS uses their monopoly
>income (first-class mail) to subsidize their package delivery, which IS in
>direct competition with the private companies. That's also an unfair
>advantage.
>
At least now you admit the price of a 34 cent stamp might go up.
>>Mindless ideology should never replace common sense. However you cut it,
>>eventually there would be one company delivering nearly all the light mail.
>
>I love common sense. There's only one now, and they raise their rates
>arbitrarily, and are now threatening reduced service.
You mean to the level of UPS?
> I would prefer to let
>the public decide which to use.
>
I'd prefer to keep paying 34 cents and 21 cents per additional ounce instead
of having ideological purity.
Tom Pendergast
Two days ago I had three (four?) or The RASN Girls talking about
a wild orgy with the UPS guy (I offered to bring the baby oil and
Visquine to keep things, err, moving) and you putzs have turned
it into another freakin' political debate over the Post Office???
(sigh) What a fun bunch you are.
--
"Excuses are a dime a dozen, but 'getting it done'
is usually worth the extra costs"
Thomas
>WHAT the HELL happened here???
>
>Two days ago I had three (four?) or The RASN Girls talking about
>a wild orgy with the UPS guy (I offered to bring the baby oil and
>Visquine to keep things, err, moving) and you putzs have turned
>it into another freakin' political debate over the Post Office???
>
>(sigh) What a fun bunch you are.
>
Kiki
"Greg Eglinton" <gjeglint@NoSpam_.ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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I am not blond. I work in Insurance. I am not an insignificant middle
management cog in the large cogs of life.
Kiki
who's a redhead
LaVonna Hardin
"Kiki" <Loveth...@18fan.com> wrote in message
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uh oh! These guys like red heads Kiki, be careful!
La Vonna
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