Re: Caps postage

[Kevin.Christian@symbios.com]

In message <x7d8njweci.fsf@mastaler.com>, Jason R Mastaler writes:
> Danny Siu <dsiu@Adobe.COM> writes:
> 
> > BTW, UPS (United Postal Service), the US mail service is on strike.  Today
> > is their 9th day on strike and there is no resolution yet.  But hopefully,
> > by the time I receive the capp package, they will be back working and we al
> l
> > will have a cool capp for the rest of the summer.   (:-P
> 
> UPS stands for "United Parcel Service" and is a corporation.  It is a
> seperate entity from the United States Postal Service which is
> government run.  This strike won't affect our caps luckily.  :-)
> 
>    Jason R. Mastaler                      jason@mastaler.com
> 

Well, UPS and USPS are different things but chances are it will affect 
caps delivery. UPS had so much traffic going though it that other carriers 
can't simply split it among themselves. If I remember correctly, as soon as
the UPS strike started the US Postal Service put a 4 package per visit limit
on their lines. This may mean several trips to the post office for whoever
plays the role of postmaster for distributing US caps. Better to hope 
that the strike will be over by September.

Lars: Instead of a single distribution point for the US, how about multiple 
points per urban center? Not as effective but maybe a single drop at a 
university dorm can cover several people.

Kevin