Canada Post rules are probably different to the U.S. Postal service too.
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Whitney
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Mailbox Post
Victor,
Please don't shoot this messenger. Someone asked if I would ask my
postal carrier about mailbox installation, and since I was on the
USPS site looking for something, I just copied what was there. Just
because I sent the information, doesn't mean that i agree with the policy.
Betsy
At 09:04 AM 8/27/2009, you wrote:
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>
>I'm sorry, but no one is going to tell me where and how I'm going to put
>down my own property.
>
>I pay my taxes, and they get paid by my taxes to deliver the mail.
>
>They will deliver that mail to me no matter where they have to go.
>
>I feel it's my own prerogative whether I choose to make their lives easier
>by installing a curb side mail box or not.
>
>If I lived a mile down the road, they would be responsible for getting the
>mail to my home in the same condition as it left the sender's address, and
>so I'm doing them a favour by placing the mailbox in a more accessible
>location.
>
> From the way this policy is written, it's like they're doing me the favour
>by delivering my mail to me.
>
>Sorry folks, but this is North America, and that crap don't fly here.
>
>Victor
>
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