[MR] Postal Service

[reddoyle at earthlink.net]

Interesting but there are 2 Acorns that are sent to may address 1 1st class and 1 3rd.  We've had the 3rd shown up in the 2nd week of the month and the 1st 2 weeks after that.  So far I've missed at least 3 issues of the Acorn in the last 2 years, I did a 3 year membership and it doesn't end till 04/07, and they were not around renewal time.  1 of the 3 times I recieved 2 Acorns the next month.  The month my 1st class didn't come till over 3 weeks into the month I recieved 2 Acorns the next month.  I've been in the SCA for the better part of 25 years, lived in several Kingdoms (3rd time for this one), always paid for 1st class, and never had a problem till I moved back to the East coast in 2003.

YIS
Karl Haraldsson

-----Original Message-----
>From: Gregory Hall <roguetk at earthlink.net>
>Sent: May 4, 2006 12:06 AM
>To: 
>Subject: [MR] Postal Service
>
>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
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