So much for "Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night,"

[reyd reid reed]

or whatever that is...postal service has suspended deliveries and retail service for the rest of today. I-25 is closed from Cheyenne through Albuquerque. All the highways the head east and west from here are closed. Airport's shut down.

x(

[lizziegrace]

1. Uh oh

no Bach? We had a mail carrier deliver packages to us on SUNDAY. I was floored. They were just sent priority mail.

Don't give up. (Not like that's your style or anything. ;) )

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

4. No Bach

but that's supposed to get here on Friday...we'll see. No bass today, either. I was supposed to get a few packages out today and they couldn't go...that's what worries me the most.

[lizziegrace]

6. ...

:(

[plcdude]

2. hunker down

hope you can stay warm.

[reyd reid reed]

11. So far, so good...

and there's plenty of firewood, so...I think I'm going to go bake cookies. Might as well.

[billyskank]

3. Oh, that? That was just bullshit.

;)

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

12. Yup...apparently it was.

These things always happen at the worst times, y'know?

:hug:

[mikeytherat]

5. I once had a sofa delivery scheduled after a HUGE snowstorm

I didn't shovel the driveway or walks because there was no way in HELL they were going to deliver anything that day; at 10:15 (delivery time of 10:00-1:00) there is a knock on my door and there they are, with my sofa.

I tipped them each $20 and gave them a thermos full of coffee!

mikey_the_rat

[reyd reid reed]

19. Heh...figures.

When you think they aren't going to show, there they are. If you'd shoveled and been prepared for 'em, they wouldn't have gotten there.

:hug:

[Left Is Write]

7. I didn't get mail the other day. Not because of a blizzard - you know what stopped them?

The utility company was doing work on my block. There was a backhoe parked in front of my mailbox. The mail person would not stop. I watched her drive away.

[leftofthedial]

8. we have about a foot here in Lakewood

and still snowing and blowing hard

it's hard to measure with the wind blowing. It's been snowing sideways most of the day here.

[reyd reid reed]

14. Here, too.

Usually I can see 25 from my house...no way today. I can barely see across the street. Little girl from a few doors down came over and I'm worried about her going home.

[leftofthedial]

20. nobody

oughtta go nowhere

no way

I hope the power stays on.

[reyd reid reed]

22. With the way it's blowing out there,

that's what I'm worried about, too. I haven't seen it this bad since '96, '97.

[azmouse]

9. Sounds like perfect weather

for a drink and your fav book!

[reyd reid reed]

16. That does sound nice...

but the kids are fussing. I think I'll go bake some cookies instead.

[Broken_Hero]

10. Stay safe and warm...:)

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

17. I'm not going to set so much as my pinkie toe outside today

and now I don't even have to check the mail.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

13. You don't work tonight?

Oh, give girley-poo a hug. :hug:

[reyd reid reed]

18. Nope...I was supposed to

but they called a few hours ago, while I was still working on the shipping details for the Bach. So there is that...

Time for COOKIES!!!


(I'm trying to get myself psyched for it)

[some guy]

23. mmm...

cookies!!!



and a day off!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

yay you!

sorry about the not-being-able-to-send-or-get-things-in-the-mail part, but I hope you have a lovely day, and it doesn't mar your Christmas. :hug:

[momophile]

15. just brought back in the Netfix

it was starting to get icy and no sign of the mailperson.

[reyd reid reed]

21. I bet they're just running late...

does ice stop them there?

[skygazer]

24. When I was a kid, the mail carrier was sometimes the only car on the road

We lived in a very rural area of Vermont (and since Vermont is pretty much all rural, you can imagine what it was like). My school bus was always the first one cancelled in a bad storm.

Back then, all the rural route drivers drove VW Bugs and they'd go anywhere. We always got our mail.

Now? Forget it. Prima donnas, all of them. We had one miserable woman who would refuse to deliver if there was an inch of snow in front of the mailboxes - no exagerration. I flagged her down one day and called her on it - she drove a 4 wheel drive Toyota truck, for crying out loud and I asked why she didn't just drive over the snow - it would pack right down.

"I'm not going to pack your snow," she snapped and off she went. :grr:

Fuck, man, the pony express wouldn't get anywhere these days....