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Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Gloom of Night ....; But Maybe Wasps
Topic Started: Aug 10 2007, 01:18 PM (190 Views)
QuirtEvans
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OCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Pesky wasps that repeatedly stung a mail carrier forced the U.S. Postal Service to halt delivery for two days in a subdivision.

Jason Huntley, who owns a home in Livingston County's Oceola Township, near Howell, called the Howell Post Office on Wednesday to find out why he didn't get any mail and was told about the wasp problem.

''They told me the whole subdivision wouldn't get mail until we changed the type of mailboxes we have,'' he said.

The homeowners association in the 250-home subdivision, however, negotiated a deal with the U.S. Postal Service to hire an exterminator instead of replacing mailboxes. Mail service was to resume Friday.

''Our carrier has been stung repeatedly over the past week,'' Bob Peterson, facility safety coordinator for the Postal Service, told The Detroit News. ''Her one arm was still twice the size of the other.''

The postal service said the health and safety of its mail carriers is important. For example, it suspended mail delivery in a northwest Detroit neighborhood for more than a month this spring due to loose dogs.

Some Oceola Township residents weren't happy about the stopped service.

''It doesn't make sense,'' Sandra Grosso told the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell. ''I've never had a problem with my mailbox.''
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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QuirtEvans
Aug 10 2007, 04:18 PM

''It doesn't make sense,'' Sandra Grosso told the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell. ''I've never had a problem with my mailbox.''
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Frank_W
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Quite a waspish reply!! :lol2:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
oh bee quiet.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Riley
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HOLY CARP!!!
Tsk.

Beehive, all of you.
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Riley
Aug 10 2007, 08:21 PM
Tsk.

Beehive, all of you.

A bumbling attempt at a pun.

I ant gonna put up with that.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Buzz off.
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