Falling Down

SamuraiDave

SamuraiDave

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Do you want to know what is wrong with America? I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG. Too many rules for our own protection.

I missed the mail man today, I was in class when he came doing my best to contribute to society. So, the mail man left a little yellow form saying that I could pick up my 18"AK at the post office. I got off of work at 4:45 and hauled a$$ to the post office. I got there at 4:58. I was so excited that I would be getting a new kuk. I had made all sorts of plans in the back of my mind, clearing forests, breaking down the walls of burning buildings to save small children, rescueing victems of car accidents by cutting them free. I was going to be a savior to mankind.

That's right folks...past tense...WAS.
The friggen Post office closes at 5. I walked through the door at 4:58, stood in line behind an old lady in a walker. When I got to the post man behind the counter he said, "I am sorry but we are closed."

"HE HAS GOT TO BE OUT OF HIS FRIGGEN MIND!!!!!!!" I thought.

I looked down at my watch and it said 4:59...
"I have 4:59, could I PLEASE have my package."
He was packing up his things.
"I am sorry, Sir, but I have 5:01..", he said looking down at his watch.

I asked for his name, and he started to respond, but I interupted.
"IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!!!!
WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS THAT IT IS NOT 5:00 AND YOU PEOPLE ARE HURRING ME OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT MY PACKAGE!!!"

I have all the respect in the world for the working man. I too have scars and calouses from the long hours I have worked to afford college. However, WHEN YOU WORK A NINE TO FIVE JOB. YOU WORK NINE TO FIVE. Not 4:58, or 4:59, but 5:00.

When I was back outside getting into my car. I knew what Michael Douglas was feeling in the movie Falling Down. Maybe the frusterations of today's society are just too much for me, or maybe I have HIKV.
This just really pi$$ed me off.

Thank you for listening to my rant.
 
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Dayum!!!!
These things happen way too much anymore.
And not just at the government services either. I had the same thing happen at Pep Boy's Auto once and have never been back, but we're kinda locked into the PO service.
But had you been in a small town, assuming you're not, this probably wouldn't have happened. (Checked out your profile and see that you're in Waco TX.)
It seems that in the larger places where people have some degree of anonomity and don't have to act like human beings should are the most problematic.
We have a great postal carrier that delievers our mail but I imagine the same thing would happen here if we had to show up at the post office around closing time.
However when we came back from Phoenix we had 3 weeks of mail at the PO.
Usually we can go to the parcel post window and take care of it there.
The lady that just went in that door said we would have to get in line in the service area.
But when we got there the same lady brought out this huge box of mail and had us come over to her window where she sacked it all up for us and sent us happily on our way.
What could have been the start of a bad day turned out good because of the personal service she gave us.
Sorry to hear that your service isn't near as good.
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And when it comes to having a notice that a HI Khukuri is in your mailbox
and you aren't able to get it really sets off the Pi$$#D OFF Mode in all of us I think.

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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Be careful though... Most Postal workers
carry an extra 1 or 2 clips in addition to
the ordinance they are issued. 'Cause
everyone knows when your talking about the
US Mail service, AK does not stand for Ang Khola
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[This message has been edited by billpaxton (edited 06-08-2001).]
 
At 5 o'clock in Hawthorne, someone locks the door between the office and the lobby/open section with the mailboxes. Then as those in line finish, they unlock and let them out one at a time.

I'm astounded. Out here even government offices finish off the days' work ( the people in line at 5 sharp ) without even thinking of turning them away.

He should be informed that if Horiuchi of the feeb hostage removal team can't get immunity for breaking state law, a private contractor ( him ) ought to also be open to federal prosecution for interfering with the delivery of the mail.

[This message has been edited by Rusty (edited 06-09-2001).]
 
UPS is the worst for me, because they don't allow same-day pickup. Usually I'll get a first notice, go down to the UPS office the next morning, and find out the package is still on the truck. Then I have to wait another day! Now I try to track the package online and call the office with a pre-emptive hold order.

I don't mind USPS that much, though they do have a tendency to leave large packages sitting outside my apartment door.
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I prefer FedEx since their local office stays open late and they do allow same-day pickup.

I still don't understand why all these companies try to deliver while people are at work. If a company delivered ONLY on nights and weekends, it would get all my business.

P.S. Falling Down is a great movie.

[This message has been edited by David Park (edited 06-09-2001).]
 
Yes, David, it is a great movie.

Also, maybe we should forward this sight to some of these large delivery services. Free advertiseing for Uncle, and less problems for our continueing late night HIKV.

And in case you were wondering I'm not about to go "postal". I'm just hacked, and I think I have a right to be.
 
Dave,

I totally agree. I also have a beef with the USPS. I, of course, hate waiting for packages. I tend to order things with Next Day delivery. I have noticed though that the USPS Express Priority usually translates to "Sometime this week...if you are lucky." Now the local PO isn't too bad, and their service people are really great...

BUT... I tracked a package that was sent Express Priority from AZ to Rapid City (50 miles south of me). It arrived in Rapid at 4:30am. I thought, Great... I'll get my package today. Wrong. It sat in Rapid for TWO DAYS before they brought it to Spearfish. Not to mention two other Express Priority letters which were sent to me, one from Jackson, Wyo. (a half a days drive) and good ole Auburn, Ky. The Jackson Express Letter took 3 weeks to arrive. The Auburn Express Letter took exactly 31 days (of course, Ky is farther away than Wyo.).

The nice thing about this is that IF you can wait, you'll get things shipped for free. Just have who ever mailed your package go and file a claim... instant return of shipping costs
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I can see why the USPS is back in the red after implementing this new service. I bet they lose 90% of the money they collect on Express service.

Have a great weekend... I'm off to shoot a wedding!

Alan

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When all else fails...JSTF :D
 
WhileI agree with most, I have to add that a small-town post office is enitrely different. People "in line" at closing are "on time", and I've even seen someone go outside to check the parking lot to see if they can shoo in stragglers before they lock the inner door for the day.

I once got a notice in the mailbox of a package, and got to the post office too late. The PM saw the slip in my hand, and motioned for me to go around back, where the first thing you see is a sign "Absolutely No Unauthorized Personnel". As I stood there pondering the sign, he stepped around the corner with my box. I said I was afraid I didn't have authorization, and he said "Oh, this was it" repeating the hand motion he'd made through the window.
Viva La Difference!
 
You are absolute right about the small towns, Wal. My old departed aunt Winnie was the postmaster in Cherokee, KS for about 40 years and she has had patrons (that's what we called them -- postal patrons) come to her house evenings and on Sunday and ask her to open up the PO so they could get an important letter or parcel -- and she would! But that is a galaxy far away and long ago.

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I GOT IT.My 18" AK...
I think this is going to be my favorite.
19" total length
6" handle
13" blade around 5/8" thick
Roughly 3- 3.5 lbs (All I have is the scale in my next door neighbor's bathroom, now she knows I am crazy)

I bought some 2-ton epoxy at Wally World today to fix a chip in the handle.
What type of wood would yall suggest to use to mix with the epoxy to fill in the chipped handle?
It is the standard Nepal oak, almost a cherry color.

At first I thought the handle was going to be too big, and I could sand it down a little, but after playing with it some I found it to be just right. (My 12" AK has spoiled me with a small handle)

The blade is much more sharp than either my 20" Kobra or 12" AK was out of the box. As a matter of fact it is down right scary, I wont have to touch it before I go out and try it on something. (Knowing my past experiences with kuks, I won't have to touch it much ever.)

I am working on the sheath as we speak, it is too tight to even fit the blade in 1/2 way. I started by stripping the cheap shoe polish off with alcohol and cotton swabs. I then rinsed off the sheath in cold water, inside and out, and dryed it. Afterwards I coated it with a liberal amount of baseball glove oil, and used some tight fitting 1/4" ratchet sockets so stretch it out.

I dont have any wood wedges to use around my place so I figured the retchet sockets, being of differens sizes, and chrome plated, would do nicely.

It is going to be a great knife.
 
I went Wednesday to mail two boxes, and cut off to go out that PM was 3:45.

I was in the parking lot about 3:35. Got them finished with taping and labeling and in the door about 3:55 to find a miffed guy behind the counter who had emptied the maildrop at the curb ten minutes earlier. Gist of the conversation was if I'd hollered he'd have carried my packages in & gotten them out. Explained it wasn't the getting them in, but the sealing and labeling that took the time. Then he turned around, saw the driver of the 3:45 truck standing there, and shoved the packages into his hands. BTW, the guy's mom is on state retirement and med insurance, which means 3 month fills of prescriptions at a time. Not turning a package with meds over but making someone wait the entire weekend - that's criminal.
 
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