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To: JBTFD who wrote (14503)	4/3/2012 4:54:22 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

They don't deliver out in the sticks. They usually do, even if they may charge more. And for remote locations the USPS often doesn't directly deliver. I know someone who used to run a contract or village post office (I'm not sure about the distinction between the two) post office. The mail was brought in to the store. And if it was such a concern you could make the right to compete on first class mail on a commitment to deliver to every address. Every time you mail a letter you benefit from it's service And every time I send or receive something through Fed-Ex or UPS I also benefit from the service. That doesn't make them "the commons". ----- The commons is resources that are owned in common [1] or shared between or among communities populations. These resources are said to be "held in common" and can include everything from natural resources and common land to software. [2] The commons contains public property and private property, over which people have certain traditional rights. In some areas the process by which commonly held property is transformed into private property is termed " enclosure". en.wikipedia.org

To: JBTFD who wrote (14503)	4/3/2012 6:00:47 PM
From: robert a belfer	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

<They don't deliver out in the sticks.> We live in the sticks, they deliver here. The UPS drivers have chains and know how to use them. For some insane driveways they will park on the road and walk it in. I have to admit there was one winter blizzard when they called me and said that anyone on my mountain that had a delivery that day had to make it off the mountain and meet the truck at the gas station on the main road.