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Hello friends...well i am writing this blog in response to Carols comment...she seems to be the only living person left on here other than me...or so it seems...SO I thought...well heck!!! Ill just wake em up some....the video below is not to for the faint of heart!!! Or those under 18!!! so if you got a bad ticker...or your a juvenille....or you got some real pretentious religious beleifs..I SERIOUSLY ADVISE YOU...DO NOT HIT PLAY!!!

My friend Carol says ...hows your Christmas? Well Carol...to tell you the truth...it pretty much sucks..hence the video provided below...That pretty much sums up the whole christmas season for me...I dont much like it!!! Nothing like working for the po...and having another job and still being broke...im a bitter RCA most of the time...but seriously..i do like Christmas...well i like the fudge...but anymore the commercial-ness of it..and the stress just makes it seem like something to dread and not something to rejoice in. Now dont think me a bad person just because my choice of christmas music runs to the obscene....i do have a really nasty mouth...no doubt about it...I just thought this video was funny as hell! Hope you enjoy it...

AND I HOPE THE REST OF YOU WAKE UP ALREADY...IF THIS DONT GET A COMMENT OR TWO AINT NOTHING GONNA DO IT...(forgive me tom i know im a bad girl!)

This site used to be hopping all the time...now its just a ghost town....

I feel like the old saloon owner who polishes the glasses at the bar all day ...but no one comes and orders a drink....or comes to visit or nothing...we might as well just sit and watch the tumbleweeds blow down the road...

People used to blog on here...and share videos an anecdotes that made them laugh...now it seems everyone is to busy....or to lazy to contribute much of anything.  My inbox used to be full..of people saying hello...or commenting on something...now it hasnt been used in quite awhile..I think i see rust creeping in at the edges! I cant blame all of you...my blogs have dropped off...my attention has turned elsewhere too...But a social network is just that...it takes interaction to make it work...

Perhaps some are scared of retaliation for any "venting" they might do on here...and to this I just say....It is a sad day indeed when you let actions of managers with no lives of their own..and no friends to support them..influence your freedom of speech! fear is a powerful thing...but its just a hurdle to be overcome by the brave and Bold...you dont have to bash someone in order to blog..you see something interesting..funny, sad...STUPID..you share it with us...we enjoy just about anything...and if we dont...OH WELL...you dont like it..you dont have to read it or watch it...But at least you got a choice...theres very few of those left now a days!! Tom developed this site to give people a place to share info...meet new people etc....SAD it is to waste a resource!

Any body else get their sleep really messed up in the winter time? for some stupid reason..I either cant go to sleep or cant wake up half the time! I can eat tylenol PM by the handful..melantonin...drink a bottle of Nyquil..NOTHING! If there is one serious downside to winter...this would be it for me!

Then when i finally do drop to the LAND of NOD...im either there for an hour and up or cant wake up at all..I will walk to the coffee pot for the mornings first cup of Java at noon...grab my cup.....and pour the whole pot down the sink..and then go sit down with my empty cup? WTF? ive done that twice this last week alone! Im not sure if its stress that makes me not sleep or what..but it really sucks! So I thought id give blog therapy a try....since im up! Now once i get done Ill try to go back to bed and see if that works...LOL..Ill let you know! But in the meantime....heres a XMas video GUARANTEED to drive you nuts and make you hate me!!!try getting this one out of your head...its been stuck in mine all week!

Hello fellow Rurals...some new information for those of you who havent seen it....you all get opted in for count in Feb! yippee...whooppeee

http://ruralupdates.blogspot.com/2008/12/important-dates-and-option-in.html

The 2008 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2008 (Week 1, Pay Period (PP) 26-08), and ends Friday,
December 26, 2008, Week 1 of PP 01-09. During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Time�keepers, including postmasters,
supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier time and attendance record�ing, should become familiar with Article 9.2.K.,
Christmas Allowances and Procedures, of the 2006 USPS/National Rural Letter Carriers' Association (NRLCA) Agreement."

http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/2008/html/pb22245/info1_004.html

you all can thank PostalTexan for the nice links and the info...im just plagerizing it...but now you dont got to look for it...

ON a side note..I hope all you...subs and regulars alike take the time this year to attend the count training...DO NOT ASSUME YOUR PM IS YOUR FRIEND....and wont take advantage of lack of knowledge on your part to look better on theirs...its your JOB ...its not your social life. I dont care if they are your best friend , if their livelihoods are on the line..you best not think they will put your financial goals in front of their own..and do you blame them?

I think we all are going to have to fight for every second you can get..but if you go in eyes closed and in the dark...dont say you werent warned...just remember...an ounce of prevention!!!

Happy Thanksgiving friends! May you all gobble til you wobble!!!