[MR] Postal Service

[Gregory Hall]

Greetings all,
I have previously worked in shipping and have found the following to be true:
-Most mail traveling across the country is given priority and put on a plane that takes it quickly to the next hub.
-Most mail that is shipped within a region is put in a truck that travels our wonderful overcrowded road system to the next hub.  
-3rd class means 'sorted last' (other than parcel post).  Expect two or more days in Charlotte, a day for each trip in a truck, a day or two more for each hub it has to stop at while it is sorted again, a day to reach the local post office and another to reach you.  The middle of the month is about accurate unfortunately.
-A letter going across the country will go from Charlotte (already a hub) to a plane and take a one day trip to the closest hub, get sorted (another day or two), spend one day on a truck to the local post office and get to the addressee the following day.  Add a little for third class and you still have a shorter trip.
-The exception is mail that is local to the post office it was dropped at.  
Therefore, those who live in Charlotte will receive a timely Acorn.  Anyone receiving a newsletter from a different Kingdom or from Society will most likely receive it in a somewhat timely manner.  Anyone else is going to get the short end of the stick shift.

YIS,
Isabeau