Apparently the Dayton Cincinnati Dayton
This added a day to the delivery (at least).
But wait. That's not all.
On June 23rd, the automation process is being transferred to
Columbus Cincinnati sending the mail back to Dayton , they'll now send it to Columbus Dayton
This means, when I mail a letter from my house to downtown Dayton
I can only assume the volume of mail has reduced so much to
cause this "consolidation." Seems like when I have to pay more for
postage (of which I believe has increased by a penny today), I should at least
get the same or better service, not worse. But hey, maybe that's just me!
Okay, end of rant.
On Saturday I had a wonderful time with the Central Ohio
Fiction Writers group as they put on a workshop featuring Donald Maass. That
guy is funny! And I learned so much. I'm so glad I was able to attend and I've
been able to put some of his processes to work. I love workshops that make me
crave writing and this one did just that.
I found out my guest post with the Romancing the Genres Blog
will occur on Saturday, February 16th.
That is also the day I am to be on a romance writers panel at the Wilmington
Stroop branch of the Dayton Metro Library in Kettering , Ohio
Hope your Monday starts the week off with a blast! I'll be
spending some of my time at Time Warner Cable, swapping out our failing DVR and
checking into getting a whole house system. Should be fun. Not!
15 comments:
On top of that the rates went up to 46 cents for a first class letter.
Yep. Stamps went up a penny today. I don't even want to know how much it went up for media mail and other packages. :shudder:
Have fun looking into getting your house wired for cable. =o)
I know, Maria. So glad I bought those forever stamps before that happened, so I won't see the increase for a couple of months (at least).
Thanks, B.E. We record soooo much television (since my husband teaches at night), and I won't watch anything but HD programming (yep, spoiled), so I'm hoping it won't cost much more to go that route. It should give us more room to record, though. At least, that's the way I understand it. I'll find out more today! Still don't like to talk to them, though. Don't know why that is. :)
Hard to believe how the postal system consolidation is going to save money, isn't it?
I'm looking forward to being on the library panel with you!
Jennette - Looking forward, freaking out. Same thing, right???
By the way, my husband has threatened to come. Not sure if I like that. Maybe if I keep him busy taking pictures he won't be able to harass me (because yes, I wouldn't put it past him).
Very cool about hearing Donald Maass! I would have loved to been to that workshop.
Jennifer - It was a great workshop. If you ever have a chance to hear him speak, I highly recommend you do it. That guy is funny!
Dang, I wish I'd known about that workshop.
I'm not sure how the postal service has less mail. My daily junk mail sure hasn't gone down any.
Linda - You got that right!! No lacking in the junk mail here, either!
"On top of that the rates went up to 46 cents for a first class letter." They did? Wow! Shows how much I pay attention. I guess that's why I buy "Forever Stamps."
Though I'm no huge fan of the USPS, I think they are handcuffed by the Congressional law which prohibits them from making a profit. Twenty years ago, I would say that, instead of raising the rate a penny every other year, they should just make it 50 cents and be done with it.
Michael - My husband couldn't tell you how much they are, either. I bet the last time he purchased a stamp was in 1987, when he was stationed in Korea. I think if he'd have thought of it, he'd have told me to mail him some! :)
Hi Stacy, Sarah and I are looking forward to your being our guest at Romancing The Genres, especially with it being such a busy day!
BTW: USPS is actually under seige and a portion of our government is trying to shut it down i.e. privatize it. When I mail something from Portland to another Portland address, it goes to Seattle (3 hours away) to be sorted and then brought back to Portland to be delivered. I'd love to have those jobs remain in my home town but am glad there are jobs out there for someone. I think you've pointed out a process that worked better in 'the good ole days'.
Thanks for visiting, Judith!
Stamps and all that is just one big mess. But I'm glad you had a workshop with DM. That's very cool indeed.
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