Open Note to Canada Post
Dec. 14th, 2020 09:47 pmI plan to mail some stuff. So, apparently the stamps I want to use up need glue. So that's one more thing to get tomorrow along with no-scent soap, toothpaste, compression socks (that have been discontinued by the manufacturer in my size and pressure-rating but there's still two pair within public transit shopping range), and assorted groceries.
Also, seeing as I have these odd denominations of stamps - 65¢, 93¢, $1.10, $1.20, a few others - that are just peel-and-plant-on-envelope, I'd like to see the smaller denominations similarly formatted for sale wherever possible. From 1¢ on upward to 50¢, please?
And if such is already offered via their online catalogue, can anyone advise me where to look for them?
Also, seeing as I have these odd denominations of stamps - 65¢, 93¢, $1.10, $1.20, a few others - that are just peel-and-plant-on-envelope, I'd like to see the smaller denominations similarly formatted for sale wherever possible. From 1¢ on upward to 50¢, please?
And if such is already offered via their online catalogue, can anyone advise me where to look for them?
BOOKS: Culling the Wild Cards
Oct. 17th, 2020 10:49 amIs anyone interested in the first fifteen books of the Wild Cards series of novels?
Edited by George RR Martin with Melinda Snodgrass and co-written by a few dozen other people as well, it's meant to be a harder-SF, grittier take on the superhuman concept, diverging from real-world history starting in the late 1940's.
Condition ranges from dog-eared to excellent, depending on the age of the paperback in question. If anyone would like to make an offer, contact me by DM or e-mail me at ad696-at-ncf-dot-ca, please?
(Also, please keep in mind that Canada Post charges an arm and a leg because they're irrationally expected through their enabling legislation to turn a profit despite being a Crown corporation, and I need to at least recover my postage and handling!)
Edited by George RR Martin with Melinda Snodgrass and co-written by a few dozen other people as well, it's meant to be a harder-SF, grittier take on the superhuman concept, diverging from real-world history starting in the late 1940's.
Condition ranges from dog-eared to excellent, depending on the age of the paperback in question. If anyone would like to make an offer, contact me by DM or e-mail me at ad696-at-ncf-dot-ca, please?
(Also, please keep in mind that Canada Post charges an arm and a leg because they're irrationally expected through their enabling legislation to turn a profit despite being a Crown corporation, and I need to at least recover my postage and handling!)
MAIL: A Question
Aug. 15th, 2020 11:30 pmWhy was Canada Post changed from a federal department to a Crown corporation in the first place?
Yes, I can read the official story at their website, or assorted other POVs elsewhere on- or offline. And probably will soon enough. But - inspired by the unholy mess now in progress in the States, of course - I am again somewhat skeptical about the reasoning.
Your thoughts, please?
Yes, I can read the official story at their website, or assorted other POVs elsewhere on- or offline. And probably will soon enough. But - inspired by the unholy mess now in progress in the States, of course - I am again somewhat skeptical about the reasoning.
Your thoughts, please?
There are people not content with proposing that Canada Post start providing banking services again (as they used to do until 1968)...
Mail: Not Everything Should be a Business
Oct. 28th, 2015 07:52 amA lot of people got quoted saying and believing things about post offices that shouldn't be taken seriously in the last day or so.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-post-delivery-debate-liberals-1.3291367
I don't see the true value of privatizing the post office, nor of discontinuing home mail delivery. Mainly because some things ought to be done on a non-profit basis as a consequence of being infrastructural needs of the country. Ian Lee of the Sprott School of Business simply doesn't get it, and so he sticks to "private sector knows best in all things" doctrine.
There's more to say, but I've other things to do this morning and that aside, I'm not sure of how to phrase what needs saying yet.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-post-delivery-debate-liberals-1.3291367
I don't see the true value of privatizing the post office, nor of discontinuing home mail delivery. Mainly because some things ought to be done on a non-profit basis as a consequence of being infrastructural needs of the country. Ian Lee of the Sprott School of Business simply doesn't get it, and so he sticks to "private sector knows best in all things" doctrine.
There's more to say, but I've other things to do this morning and that aside, I'm not sure of how to phrase what needs saying yet.