yes, someone else's stupid opinion on the stupid 'war on xxxmas'

[rone]

What the "right" is doing is coöpting the "left"'s use of victim culture to promote their goals.  Yes, it's disingenuous, but, hey, it works.

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[bungo.livejournal.com]

you don't get mail service on Sundays any more

Hang on a second. Was there ever mail service on Sunday in the USA?

(God, try Germany, where the only services of any kind on Sunday are religious, or gas-pumping. Okay, I exaggerate too, but only a bit.)

[opadit.livejournal.com]

Yes, the USPS delivered mail seven days per week until sometime in the 19th century, when the Christian Temperance movement and its related crusades brought about a change in policy. "Originally, letter carriers worked 52 weeks a year, typically 9 to 11 hours a day from Monday through Saturday, and if necessary, part of Sunday" (USPS.com) (http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub100/pub100.htm#moving). My understanding is that, back in the olden days, people just didn't get much mail at all; but if you got anything, it would be delivered to you on a Sunday.

[bungo.livejournal.com]

You learn something every day. Very interesting. I like this quite from the same URL(USPS Pub. 100):

"The Postmaster had to keep the Post Office open during normal business hours and, if mail was delivered on a Sunday, for one hour after the delivery of mail. If a church service was going on, the Postmaster had to wait until it concluded and then open the office for an hour. This decision dated back to the 19th-century controversies over the drivers of mail wagons blowing on a horn or a trumpet as the wagon came into town. Some ministers complained that the men would rise up, leave the church, and head for the Post Office, where they would visit with each other and even play cards.

The decision to keep the Post Office closed during services was a compromise. However, the Postmaster General refused to stop mail wagons from running on Sundays, since this would delay the mail too much."

Thanks!