Re: Ted Rall Subscription Service (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 09:44:02 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Ted <http://www.96714821.mailchimpapp.com/~tedrall>
 >  > Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 13:14:17 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > Adding insult to injury is the fact that the USPS made mail fishing easier 
 >  > when they replaced the old-fashioned swivel openings up their drop boxes 
 >  > with those with skinny slots, which only take letters, in response to the 
 >  > fear that terrorists like the one who blew up TWA Flight 800 in 1996 would use them to mail package bombs. 
 >  > Actually, neither mail nor terrorists had nothing to do with the crash of Flight 800. The impetus for this change was the 
 >  > post-disaster diktat that Postal Service customers could no longer mail 
 >  > items heavier than 16 ounces from letterboxes. The government solved a 
 >  > nonexistent problem and created a new, real one.

Oh, this explains those stupid, retrofitted mail slots.

 >  > The problem is, no one is looking—
 >  > only a computer.

This sucks.

 >  > I asked them to close it anyway—but they can’
 >  > t due to “pending transactions.” Which won’t clear because the account 
 >  > is blocked.

This explains the pain I went through when closing my US Bank account.

I keep thanking every day that I closed that account.  US Bank was a
nightmare.