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Mailman fails to deliver, becomes local hero
L.A. Times ^ | 11/22/2008 | David Zucchino

Posted on 11/22/2008 7:42:43 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan

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To: bluegirl
Because my husband is a doctor, we sometimes get unsolicited magazines in stacks of six or more.

Rolling Stone pulled that with me. I think it was a dodge to make their circulation figures appear higher and justify their advertising premiums, and perhaps they hope that I will become confused and pay for a renewal when the 'subscription' ends.

Well, I do plenty of reading and don't have either the time or the inclination for this nonsense. I did find however, that a rolled-up copy of Rolling Stone is a superior implement for dispatching household vermin.

61 posted on 11/23/2008 7:30:59 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Skooz

Who am I? Obama? And what are you? An ignorant, helpless liberal? Do a Google search on how to be removed from direct mail lists....


62 posted on 11/23/2008 8:44:43 AM PST by freebilly
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To: freebilly

Why should I have to go to the trouble of opting out of junk mail? It’s MY box I paid for it with MY money. I never gave spammers permission to fill it full of their crap every day.

I never asked for you dump your crap into my mailbox in the first place. It is the same thing as spam.

That is equivalent to my dumping my trash can onto your porch and then telling you it’s your fault and you must be the one to go to the trouble of making me stop.

The spammer is the active party.


63 posted on 11/23/2008 9:58:31 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Skooz

Don’t like it? Lobby to get the laws changed. In the meantime quit acting like a liberal....


64 posted on 11/23/2008 11:39:10 AM PST by freebilly
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To: anonsquared

LOL, AS! Good one.


65 posted on 11/23/2008 11:46:53 AM PST by Beloved Levinite (OBAMA-BYE-DONE-2008)
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To: SlapHappyPappy

Oh, I agree. What the guy did was wrong. I bet he was having a bad day and decided that he would deliver that stuff the next day. If I am remembering correctly, they time the routes and he was probably feeling pressured. He probably did that a few times then the next thing he knew, he had monkey on his back that was now bigger than he could deal with.


66 posted on 11/23/2008 12:13:13 PM PST by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: freebilly

Quit acting like a liberal? Not even close.
A liberal would go whine to government.
I’m not doing that.

I’m merely asking a spammer to keep his crap off my property.


67 posted on 11/23/2008 1:29:25 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Skooz

Sorry. No can do....


68 posted on 11/23/2008 1:31:53 PM PST by freebilly
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To: freebilly

Well, we all have to make a living. :)

No hard feelings, my man. It’s no big deal.


69 posted on 11/23/2008 1:32:55 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Skooz

The reality is that 44% of people throw “junk” mail away without looking at it. Ultimately 93% of it is thrown away. The 7% that people look at (for pizza coupons, A/C discounts, 50% off oil changes, and 2 for 1 dinners) makes me and my clients very good money....


70 posted on 11/23/2008 1:39:21 PM PST by freebilly
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To: freebilly

What about those of us who do not want to RECEIVE your junk mail?

If I am currently doing business with someone, fine, send me information. If I am NOT doing business with you, keep your junk OUT of MY mailbox, OK?


71 posted on 11/24/2008 9:16:58 AM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: freebilly

So you’re a SPAMMER? Why would you be posting on THIS site? I DO NOT WANT YOUR JUNK CLUTTERING MY MAILBOX SO I HAVE TO WASTE MY TIME AND ENERGY AND TRASHCAN SPACE TO RID MYSELF OF YOUR BULLBLEEP!


72 posted on 11/24/2008 9:23:21 AM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Mailman Steve is committing a felony.


73 posted on 11/24/2008 9:24:15 AM PST by r9etb
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To: freebilly

Oh, and maybe you should find another line of work... HONEST work, this time.


74 posted on 11/24/2008 9:26:22 AM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: BipolarBob

Yea but if your paid a bit deliver cause if not you are the pits.


75 posted on 11/24/2008 9:30:14 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Padgett does not have any “customers” as the article states. The customers were the businesses that paid for their flyers and ads to be delivered to homes and were not delivered because the mailman was fat and lazy.
76 posted on 11/24/2008 9:30:31 AM PST by 4yearlurker (I'm shoveling snow instead of raking leaves. Global warming my A$$!)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert
Isn’t that what “Harry the Mailman” did in LUCIFER’S HAMMER?

Tuesday is Trash Day.

Great character.

But, Harry just kept the junkmail and then once a month dropped it off at the houses.

77 posted on 11/24/2008 9:32:43 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat. But they know what's best.)
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To: clockwise

thanks for the link

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs4-junk.htm#MPS


78 posted on 11/24/2008 9:36:02 AM PST by boxerblues
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To: 4yearlurker

The snail service CALLS us its “customers” so I should be able to NOT have that garbage put in MY mailbox. Period. Maybe have it shipped back to freebilly at HIS expense every day.


79 posted on 11/24/2008 9:36:48 AM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc
Ads are shipped at the Bound and Printed Matter rate. Which now requires a permit (purchased from the PO) to ship at these rates. The businesses were paying the PO for a service they did not receive. For years according to the article,on this slobs mail route. Stealing mail is a Federal offense.
80 posted on 11/24/2008 9:44:09 AM PST by 4yearlurker (I'm shoveling snow instead of raking leaves. Global warming my A$$!)
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