In defense of the P.O., I have NEVER had a problem with the postal service in all my 72 years of using it. I have sent many many quilts off to various charities and people, plus other items, and never had a problem. All items were delivered on the projected date on the receipt. Yes, the post office is having financial issues, but I also think they are getting a bad rap in general because of a few bad areas that need to be addressed. You guys are bashing them, but think of what you will do without them if/when they fail and what the cost will be for another delivery service.

i don't doubt that what you say ts true, but i have had a series of dysfunctional post offices. so even tho' i'm bashing them, i'm doing it from personal experience and not just hearsay from other people. my local po when i lived in tx had a member go postal and shoot 2 people she worked with. and that was a p.o. that had major problems. i applaud the good offices. it's a difficult job and frankly not one i would enjoy doing, and i'm glad there are people who want to do it. i still use the po as much as possible, to help keep it in business.

I post alot of pkgs every week. my post master is terrific but not all postal workers are as careful as Jim is. I had to wait for 2 weeks for one pkg that went walkabout. for some reason it was sent to the next town and then sent to Denver. Denver sent it back to the second post office which sent it to Iowa city(I'm in Iowa). iowa city sent it back to Dallas and they sent it back to Iowa City. after that it finally came to Salem to me.


These things do happen and are very annoying but most of the time everything works great.

Canadian mail is worse than ours. It takes 2-3 days from here to any state but it takes no less than 18 days or more anywhere in Canada. But it only takes 4 days to my friend in France. Go figure!

i have sent things overseas and it is an anytime now situation. can get there quickly, or take weeks. i figure they have to put mail for the uk on an airplane from here as the queen mary doesn't make that many crossings. it's less than 10 hrs by plane i think. so do they just sit on it after that? or does it have to go to california to get there? but, it is certainly better all around than it has ever been , so let's hope it continues to improve! with the internet we get use to immediate results. so far they have not figured out how to transport a quilt on airwaves, or what ever they are these days!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]410486[/ATTACH] this is the MIA wall hanging i made for queen and as far as i know it is still MIA, I will make her another one, so sad:( it will be a different one, all of my wallhangings are unique, as i desing them myself, and this was i named a new beginning, for growth and newness of a new season, so i will give it a few mroe days then i will make her another one it will be late of course but i will as I got a beautiful wall hanging and it is only right that she also get one, in return, and i love mine, and tracy should also bear in the fruits of loving hers, it will be bright and sunny, i am planning it this week, so tracey if u get it let meknow, otherwise u are signing for the next one, it is comeing signature required, lol

That is beautiful. Sure hope that it is delivered tomorrow. I will keep you posted. :)

that's lovely, loving! i hope she gets it! i love the sparkly beads 8-)

That is very pretty.

Very sad to say that this is almost July and I am still waiting for my wall hanging. :thumbdown:

queen i am so sorry i am working on it, look on my album and iti s in process just border left, and i sure hope u like it, i am sorry it has taken me so long, i had another surgery and my booms are late, and i have a quilt due that is not finished yet, so i have been working on lots of things , to try to get them finished ,