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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (89548)	4/3/2001 8:10:51 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

LOL..let's hope they don't go postal with their new automatic weaponry...-g- btw, 'going postal' has its origins in the exploits of one Pat Sherrill: Pat Sherrill : The patron saint of all rampaging postal workers. Fearing that he might be fired, on August 20, 1986, Crazy Pat killed fourteen co-workers and wounded six others in his Edmond, Oklahoma post office. The day before the slaughter Pat was disciplined by his supervisor. Not one to take criticism lightly, Pat returned to work the next morning with two .45-caliber semiautomatic pistols and about 100 rounds. Fatefully, the lucky man who chastised Sherrill missed certain death by oversleeping and arriving late to work. Not to be detracted, Pat shot another supervisor who had been critical of his work. Pat moved from cubicle to cubicle through the labyrinthine post office shooting at anyone he saw. Neighbors described Sherrill as a creepy loner who stalked the neighborhood at night wearing camouflage. He had no friends and, since the death of his mother in 1978, lived by himself. Strangely, he was in the habit of riding around town alone in a bike built for two. In his twenties he served with the Marines and became a great marksman. Later he would boast of a tour of duty in Vietnam that was purely fictional. He was once diagnosed with suffering from "fictitious post-traumatic stress disorder" which is imaginary battle fatigue.

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (89548)	4/3/2001 8:30:26 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Don and the CFZ, Re With rising costs, postal officials say they face a $2 billion to $3 billion loss this fiscal year. After five years in the black, the post office had a $199 million loss last fiscal year. Remember guys, VENKIE may have been wrong about market conditions but he has some great ideas. One of them is on credit card applications received in the mail. His suggestion is to put the unfilled application in the envelope and send it back POSTAGE PAID ON (by the credit card co) I do have a few COF poots btw -g- Lets help keep the post office in biz! pearly.