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Reply to USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Jill: That's simply crazy. I'd love to be able to send my packages another way -- but UPS is very expensive. I sent my sister-in-law her christmas present at the end of November (so not rushed at all) -- and it didn't way all that much, but it cost me $75 to ship it. I nearly cried. I also ship a lot of stuff to friends overseas and UPS gets stopped by customs whereas USPS is allowed entry without a problem (strange!). Anyway, my fingers are crossed that your package arrives safel

Reply to Eat Cake in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Do you miss it, Meghan? Every day. I mean there are certainly aspects that I will never miss. Getting home at midnight after a grueling rehersal and having to type out line notes and production notes, only to have to be back at the theatre for an 8am production staff meeting. I will never miss the lack of sleep that I got during

Reply to Johnson in critical condition in Current Events JoeUser Forums

think it important to mention that he hasn't had a stroke. I could be wrong, but I was pretty sure that it was *technically* a stroke. According to the American Stroke Association a "hemorrhagic stroke is due to bleeding into the brain causing damage." So my understanding is that Senator Johnson had a hemorrhagic stroke because

Reply to USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

surprise was ruined That's the worst part. The same thing happened with the first package. My parents just got back from a trip out West visiting my brother and apparently had sent me a package of treats (along with some mail that still gets delivered to their house). My dad was annoyed with me for not thanking them for it and brought my lack

Don't forget to wrap your packages in Misc JoeUser Forums

Courtesy of www.wonkette.com -- a special Christmas message:

Reply to USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Yeah, they should have sent it certified or insured or something. Bet they will next time! Honestly though, who thinks that someone is going to take a gift card out of your mail and use it? Maybe I'm just silly thinking that generally speaking people are good. Well, except for post office employees. They're just incompentent!

Reply to USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Wow, Shovel -- they used a $500 gift card??? What the hell is wrong with some people? Ugh. I should also add that we have our netflix stolen on a regular basis--though that isn't the post office's fault--it's the fault of the freaking kleptos that live in my building! So yeah. The USPS sucks. It is wrong that I'm glad there

Reply to USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

That means they lost 6,360,000,000. Wow. That's a lot of lost mail -- maybe it's not so strange that they lost two of my packages!

Reply to USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Maybe your package caught my letter on fire. Maybe. I think that the USPS is going on the idea that the package spontaneously combusted. Argh. We got a letter at work the other day that was in a plastic bag informing us that the lett

USPS--Incompetency at its best! in Misc JoeUser Forums

The US Postal Service has lost not one, but two priority mail packages that were meant to be delivered to me in the past two weeks. Two packages where the sender paid extra money so that it would be delivered in two to three days, and more than 12 days after the first one was sent, it still hasn't arrived. Unfortunately, for one package there is no trackin

Reply to A Tribute to the Troops. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

nice piece, MM.

Reply to Do it for Our Soilders in Misc JoeUser Forums

Parated: Your comment was deleted because it was completely off topic and frankly disrespectful. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant it to be on another thread.

Do it for Our Soilders in Misc JoeUser Forums

I received this in my email today and thought it was a pretty cool idea so I am passing it on... Subject: Do it for Our Soilders!! If for no other reason than the holidays are around the corner, I thought you and your families might like to do this. It's something cool that Xerox is doing. If you go to this websi

Reply to Deja Fudge in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Dodyas: First, sorry I'm late to the welcome to JU party. But welcome just the same. Second, I have a never fail very easy fudge recipe at home. I will try to remember to post it tonight--it doesn't involve any boiling (so, I suppose it's not really fudge, but it looks like fudge and tastes like fudge). I have heard that if you make fudge when it is raining it might not set

Reply to You are dead to me. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

LH and Loca: I just wanted you both to know that while my mother's relationship with her mother was very similar to both of yours (though she was still close to her father which meant to she was unable to completely cut my grandmother out of her life), my relationship with my mom is great. I tell you this only to try to assure you that you can have wonderful, fulfilling relationships with your kids despite having had a less than stellar mother. And from what I've read from the two of

Reply to Eat Cake in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I used to SM a lot in college (have I told you this before?) and usually got volunteered to do a lot of other things. I was production stage managing a series of new plays when I somehow got suckered into designing the sound for it--with NO SOUND EXPERIENCE. I remember (painfully) endless nights of audio real with me and an exacto knife trying to splice tape together so that the precise sound I was looking for would emerge. Ugh. That was my first and last trip into the world of soun

Reply to More hypocrisy from the Democratic Party!! in Politics JoeUser Forums

MM--I honestly havent read anything on the 74 trips, so I can't comment on them. The one I can comment on is the one that I did. THe trip to PR which was legal and above board, but for which the papers were filed incorrectly and have since been changed. BS--As for me not having a leg to stand on--it's a pretty good thing I'm not a Dem and don't work for Dems, huh? I bust my ass to play this lobbying game above board on a daily basis -- and I do. So yes, it angers me when

Reply to More hypocrisy from the Democratic Party!! in Politics JoeUser Forums

their outrage is being saved for the first republican to jaywalk. You're kidding right? Even if (and that's a big if) Tubb Jones took this as a gift from a lobbyist, we are talking about $4K. Tom DeLay took illegal trips worth more than $200K--where's my outrage, you ask? Where's your sense of perspective?

Reply to More hypocrisy from the Democratic Party!! in Politics JoeUser Forums

I thought this had all been resolved as a clerical error more than a year ago. While [Jim] Angle suggested that Democrats have been "forgiving" of Tubbs Jones, he did not explain what actions of hers would require forgiveness. As Media Matters for America has noted, though The Washington Times reported that disclosure forms filed by Tubbs Jones originally listed

Sundays, Decluttering, Books and Diamonds in Misc JoeUser Forums

It's Sunday. Around 3pm on a Sunday, I usually find myself overcome with the sadness that the weekend is ending and I have to return to work tomorrow. It's not a new thing, or a work thing either-I used to feel the same way about school. Apparently, I just like my free time a lot more than I like structured work/school time. Go figure. T

Reply to RESULTS, SECOND ANNUAL JOEUSER POLL in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

I demand a recount!! (Is that what liberals do? -- that should get me enough votes to beat Myrr!)

Reply to Little Miss Isabella in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Well, since he's not reading, I'll tell you! We ended up getting a mini fake christmas tree and a bunch of ornaments and a star so that he can have his own fully decorated christmas tree (assuming there is room and a place to put it). We sent one to my roommate's cousin who is in Kuwait City as well, so they will have matching trees! In addition to the standard food and hygenie suppli

Reply to Little Miss Isabella in Blogging JoeUser Forums

before Adrian left he asked me to be sure to thank you again for the care packages. He was really tickled. Glad he likes them. We just sent out a christmas one this morning--I'm hoping it will make it there with plenty of time. We ended up getting some cool christmas stuff (but incase he reads your b

Reply to Day Off--sort of... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I figure I'll tuck into my christmas cards tonight, while watching a movie or something. Im making good progress. So far the closets, bathroom and bedroom are done (well, I have to make my bed and put a couple things away). And I've even done two loads of laundry and am half way through the third (sadly, I have two more). I will, of course, need a nap when this is all done!

Day Off--sort of... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Time has been flying by lately and I haven't found time to do any of the things that currently reside on my to do list. So, I asked to take today off in order to try to clear off my list (or atleast make an enormous dent it in). Of course, being on line doesn't help, now does it? So, here's my list: 1. Clean out under my bed 2. Laundry<B