"Wait A minute, Wait A Minute, Mr. Postman."

  As much as I like using the computer I still really
enjoy getting a card or a letter in the mail!
  One of my good buddies not only prefers the old
"snail mail" system. He really makes the most of
it by writing on every available bit of space the
card has to offer! We check all of his
correspondence with a magnifying glass to make
sure we haven't missed anything.
  But the Postal Service has some cuts in the works
that could affect when or how often we hear from
my friend.
  Faced with the loss of some $20 billion over the
past five years Postal officials want to cut
120,000 job by 2015. They have also targeted
some 3700 Post Offices to be closed.
  A couple of big ones are in our area!
  I'm not totally surprised by the prospect of
losing some local post offices. I've covered
stories in some small towns where the Post Office
seemed to be one of about 20 buildings in the
whole community.
  But I hate to think about all those lost jobs.
  It raises a lot of questions!
  As things now stand one of our neighbors brings
us our mail that was accidentally placed in his
box instead of ours. Will we be getting a new
part-time carrier who will put our mail in
somebody else's box? Someone who might not
be good enough to bring it to us?
  Will we lost that Saturday service and have to
plan a week ahead so that Birthday cards can
arrive a day or two before the birthday instead
of a day or two after?
  And the cuts won't save quite as much money
as predicted!
  If all the affected workers demand to get
unemployment checks BY MAIL it will cost
over $633,000 a year in postage to have them
delivered!
  If you're going to make that many cuts something
has to give!
  With less people the mail make not make it
through in the rain, or snow, or sleet, or dark of
night! (Come to think of it I've never received
any mail at night.)
  Think of all the dogs that won't get any
exercise chasing the guy with the mailbag!
   There must be a way to save the day. Where's
Ben Franklin when we need him!
   If you have any ideas why not mail them to the
Postal Service! Just make sure to include
sufficient postage cause I don't think they can
handle any "Postage Due Notices" just now.
   Hope your check is in the mail and that all
your NEWS is good!