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We Are What We Are
Smooth sailing thus far, driver says
United Parcel Service employee John Kast switched his delivery mode into high gear this month in an effort to keep up with the holiday demand. Kast is one of two UPS employees who have volunteered to make deliveries by bicycle in an effort to increase efficiency, save fuel and promote wellness. “When they asked me if I would be interested in riding a bike, I said, ‘Sure,’ ” Kast said. “I hadn’t ridden a bike probably since high school, but I thought it was a good idea. So far, it’s worked out well.” Since mid-November, Kast has been loading a bicycle equipped with a trailer into a delivery truck and heads out into a different designated neighborhood with the truck driver. At a predetermined stop, Kast said he piles from 20 to 25 packages, depending on weight and size, on the bike trailer and heads out on two wheels with the deliveries. “It’s actually a lot easier than I thought it would be,” Kast said of pedaling the routes. “It’s a lot better than walking and a lot more quicker than in the truck. You just hop on the bike and go.” Kast said by using the two-wheel mode of transportation, he’s able to make between 20 to 25 deliveries in an hour, compared to about only 15 while walking the same route with a hand cart. A bicycle also makes it easier to do deliveries in certain areas that aren’t as accessible by truck. “It works out great in areas like condos where we would normally have to park the truck down the street and walk,” he said. “Now we can maneuver through those areas on bicycles. It’s a lot more convenient.” Kast said he was a little sore the first week he rode the bike, but has adjusted to the routine. “It’s actually been good exercise,” he said. “Sometimes when I first start out, I’m pulling anywhere from about 200 to 250 pounds and going uphill that can be a pretty good workout.” The one drawback to using bicycles Kast said is that when the weather is bad, they aren’t permitted to ride them. “Fortunately in Pueblo, we don’t have too many of those days,”he said.
Saturday Night Live Skit
I Know How Much You All Love Christmas
Our World Will Never Improve Until This Happens
Section 1 [Corporations are not people and can be regulated]
The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only.
Artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities, established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law.
The privileges of artificial entities shall be determined by the People, through Federal, State, or local law, and shall not be construed to be inherent or inalienable.
Section 2 [Money is not speech and can be regulated]
Federal, State and local government shall regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own contributions and expenditures, for the purpose of influencing in any way the election of any candidate for public office or any ballot measure.
Federal, State and local government shall require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed.
The judiciary shall not construe the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment.
Section 3
Nothing contained in this amendment shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press.
Move to Amend
Comedy Lipsinkers Hit UPS
I Love Helper Season
You should be able to do twice as many stops with a good helper!
Too Busy?
November 07, 2011|The Baltimore Sun A Waldorf man almost waited too long but has finally claimed his $200,000 Powerball winnings more than five months after buying the lucky ticket, the Maryland lottery reported Monday. Michael Halmon, a 49-year-old father of six who drives a United Parcel Service truck, had been alerted months ago by a store clerk that he’d bought a winning ticket, but didn’t take the time until recently to actually check what he’d won, according to the lottery. Under lottery rules, winning tickets must be claimed within 182 days of the drawing date. That deadline was a little more than two weeks away when Halmon took the winning ticket to be scanned at the Clinton convenience store where he’d purchased it.
Waldorf man almost waited too long
Some Things Never Change!
With 30 years as a Union Steward under my belt, and many years as an activist involved in both National Politics, and Union Politics I have made a simple observation.
No matter how pissed off, or what your beef is, or how loud you voice your displeasure with the Union or the Country, many of you dumb asses simply don’t vote.
20% of the membership in the Teamsters voted in the national officers election.
What do you call that? I call it apathy. I call it selfishness. I call it stupidity. I call it laziness. I call it keeping your thumbs in the area where the sun doesn’t shine, oh yah that’s the same place you keep your brain.
It is you that didn’t vote that will be the first to bitch. It is you that didn’t vote that will be the first to find fault with the system. It is you that didn’t vote that will complain that there is a conspiracy of takeover within the union that keeps you from getting what you deserve. It is you that didn’t vote that will complain that you get nothing for your dues money.
You that didn’t vote are so lazy, you think that someone else should know exactly what you are thinking. You are so important that everyone else should know what is important to you, and should be cognisant of that, and take actions accordingly. When that doesn’t happen you are pissed because people simply don’t think you are important. Why is that? They don’t have to. You don’t vote. You don’t stand up for yourself. You can’t get your thumbs and brain out of the dark.
Of course your ego prevents you from seeing that the problem lays with you. You immediately blame the world for the problems your laziness creates.
I have one statement to make. You get what you deserve.
Thank you to those that care and took the time to vote, you are what keeps us strong!
In Solidarity with the members of the Teamsters Union that strive to make the Teamsters what they should be.
ps. Most common excuse for not voting: My wife threw away my ballot! You wives are responsible for the apathy in the Teamsters. (just kidding wives, but that is what I have heard the most.)