[Summit] USPS

[Bresler E]

In all fairness I should say I have had great service (b'lee ayin
hara-not to bring on bad stuff) mailing things OUT from our main post
office; even mailed at night things usually arrive the next day all
over RI, even Boston... as long as it's not to 02906...   Elianna

On 8/22/06, Brian Sullivan <sulliv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Neighbors,
>
> I've received a lot of responses on the USPS.  I liked Ellianna's rant
> because It sounds like me.  The United States Postal Sevice is not supposed
> to make mistakes.  Rain and shine and snow, or something like that?  This is
> my experience.  My wife grew up in England and lived in MA and RI, as well
> as Iowa for a short period of time when I was finishing school.  I lived in
> MA, CA, and IA.  This is a first experience for both of us with terrible
> Mail service.  What I'm hearing is the at least in the summitt area mail
> service terrible.  And I have a great repore with my mailman by the way.
> He's a nice guy and I can joke with him.  My first thought was not the
> mailman, but the depot.  However that operates, I really don't know.
>
> Anyway, I guess I'm not crazy.  I'm not happy about a check taking three and
> a half weeks and still not arriving...  But...  I'll figure it out
> without crying.  I hope.  I had payment stopped on it.
>
> Two more things.  The first is that I've been enjoying the summitt
> association email.  I was walking in the neighborhood and caught a snippett
> of somebody talking about it on their front porch and thought, "hey that's
> my neighbor".  The second is a quick note on city living.  I grew up in a
> little town in Western MA.  Basically in the woods.  I used to train a lot
> for triathlons just because swim/cycle/run was my lifestyle.  You'd catch me
> at 1:00 in the morning running the backroads under the stars or on the old
> roac around the lake.  Late night hours were always my own.  No obligations
> in the wee hours of the morning.  So now that I'm in "the city" I feel kind
> of inhibited.  "Oh I can't run late at night because I'll scare
> people".  Maybe that's silly.  Well if people can run around and break into
> houses or vandalize...  Then I think I can run under the stars.  It's my
> world too.  So if you see me running in the wee hours of the morning, feel
> free to say hello.  If I see someone climbing out of your window with a sack
> of goodies...  He's in trouble.
>
> Good Wishes,
>
>
> Brian
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