Friday, December 15, 2017
Mail Can Be So Slow This Time of Year
It is a given that the post office is busy in December. With the extra Christmas cards and packages to deliver, it is reasonable to expect a delay in receiving some mail. My latest package from TCDB member ShoTime is a prime example. Although he only lives 4 hours from me, it took his package 10 days to arrive. I cannot understand why a piece of mail would go from Northern Illinois to Central Missouri to Central Illinois then to Southern Illinois. Maybe that is why the post office is going broke. At least the cards arrived safe and sound.
There are still inserts that I need from the so called junk wax era like this 1994 Donruss card. Jefferies was the lesser known Cardinals first baseman to wear #25 during the 1990s.
The 1993 Triple Play Nicknames card is my favorite of these Ozzie Smith cards. The 2005 Sweet Spot Classic would look so much better with a color photo.
It is always nice to get some shiny Yadi cards. The photo on the Fearless card is a little too close up, but the lack of logos is not evident. I love the photo on the Green Refractor. There is something about a catcher in action that makes for a great looking card.
Actually, the Post Office is quite profitable. Congress forces it to perfunctory its pensions for decades so it will appear unprofitable, because Republicans hate the idea that government can do things right. (Also, Congress doesn't let them do things that would make even more money...allowing the USPS to offer certain basic banking services would help its bottom line and be a boon to the working class as well.)
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Of course it's profitable...it has a monopoly on first class mail and look at how rates keep going up with worse and worse service!
DeleteI loved those Triple Play "Nicknames" cards. That Jeffries MVP is a solid looking card, from the design to the pic.
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