For you who missed them first time around!

Mo Martin tied for 2nd place in France (Evian) (9-16-2018).

East Pasadena, not So Pas. Senior moment.

Yeah, I worked in San Marino, CA. A branch of Pasadena. SM mail delivery was transferred to So Pas. Front desk was open about 10 y ago. Don't know about these days. I doubt that it is.

You had to be full time carrier and they had a route up for bid. All forms were in secret. No one knew who bid until deadline was over.

You would then move to that route in your office or switch to the new office in that city.

Where I worked was an area of 8 PO's. I bid for an area where no one under 20 yrs ever got a route. Mail volume was heavy.

Many union workers wanted to work in lower areas. I had 7+ yrs and got a great route that I could handle the volume.

Took me about 3 months to remember all names & addresses. I cased by name, not address. BTW: You had to be right handed to case

the letter mail. Many carriers had bag over right shoulder. Proper way was the left shoulder.

There is supposed to be a 2 hour window for delivery except when another carrier works OT!
Normal delivery is 1PM at an apt building. They can be there at 12PM or 2PM. Routes used to be 3 & 1/2 hrs in office & 4&1/2 hrs on street. All that changed about 15 yrs ago. They put those boxes on streets & you get no personal delivery. Job cuts, routes longer, etc.

First class mail s sorted but bulk is in order of delivery & cannot be sorted by carrier.

I worked in 2 different areas. I call one, the outhouse & the other, the penthouse. Full timers bid on open routes, & senior bid got route.

Of course since cell phone started, volume went down, but packages delivery is up.

Complaints are mounting about delays. I retired 25 years ago. This is a different group today. I worked 24yrs & 4 months. I got 4 yrs credit for my US Navy.

85% of all mgrs. were former clerks who never carried a day in their carriers.

All mgt people like post masters were interviewed by 3 other pm they did not know.

I was a part timer w/o benefits until I made full time in 1yr & 2 weeks. 1968 Christmas week I worked 67 & 1/2 hrs & got OT.

When I moved here in NM, the PM at our town kept his door closed 7 yrs. No one knew who he was.

They got USPS mgt & state electors involved & the PM was transferred. Since then we have had 4 different PM's.

We have been here for 12+yrs and have had mail sent to El Paso, TX, & rules have changed. They have worked with FedEx & UPS.

Back in my time after 4 yrs in Navy, I spent 5+ years with (Retail Credit Co). Many years later it became broken up into (Equifax) &
(Choice Point).

Back in the eighties I paid a fee to a another organization that sent monthly reports of activities of banks & car & house loans.
This company later sold out and became one of the other 2 credit reporting companies & still exists to this day.

On my first monthly report the had me listed as having bought a house in 1938 in Queens, NY., for $17K.
I was 3 years old. I called them & gave them correct info as to my DOB! I should have kept the house.

On 1 other report, an agency had my 2nd son listed with his correct DOB on the last page. He is 35 yrs younger than me.

I stopped checking about 6 yrs ago because of changing banks & other reasons.

Not AR but AZ.

Here in the SW (AR-NM-TX) we have what they call: monsoon season (June thru Sept).

Thank you for the info on the run scoring.

2nd one was hypo by the commentators, not me!

Thanks

Last week I saw a headline about a rookie hitting into a triple play & a run scored during before the 3rd out was recorded.

This had never happened in recorded MLB. The rookies 1st at bat, no less!

Did anyone see the play in person or on TV?

While watching the SF at LAD game on Saturday the commentators mentioned new "intentional walk" rule.
The pitcher does not get the pitch count.

Say they have 3 HR hitters coming up. Mgr wants all 3 walked intensionly. Next guy hits 1st pitch on the ground for triple play.
3 outs on 1 pitch. No runs scored.
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Many areas in SW are under heavy rain alerts. Some areas are in rural sections. Unincorperated areas that get no help!

Even in 100K populated areas have private streets w/o service. We get 15 minutes of heavy down pours. I call it "15 minutes of FRAIN".

Creeks & small & rivers get affected. But what I want to know is this: How do they collect rainfall? At airports & schools?

I am amazed how small the #'s are for pouring water. What kind of containers are used?