this seems to fit with the theme of this blog:

see previous post here.

 Here it is 2021. Still haven't managed to post anything important. Have been unemployed for nearly 1 1/2 years and have been busier than when working...how does that work?

aaaaaaannd another two years have passed.  Just wanted to update everyone.  The postal service has become a bit better at delivering parcels on time.  Some of my vendors have been using UPS and Fedex combined with USPS final delivery.  Generally they have been on time. 

Since i need a creative outlet, i think i will begin posting again. . .he said with a tone of hope.

Wow! Nearly two years since I posted anything.  Guess i will have to move this into a priority queue.

"heb ddim, duw a digon" What does it mean?

Taken from the ancient Welsh Morgan's family motto "heb dduw, heb ddim, duw a digon;" it means "without God, without anything, God is enough."  If this is the correct translation the shortened title of this blog should mean: Without anything, God is enough."

I firmly believe that.

Let us think of God as true, even if every living man be proved a liar. (Romans 3:4 Phillips)

USPS efficiency - UPDATE

I received the phone today 9 January. It was postmarked 31 December. Ten days to deliver a package by priority mail. Even allowing for the holidays it is 6 business days, but their own website says it is from the date of postmark. Nevertheless it is not guaranteed, so they are off the hook.

From USPS.com F.A.Q. section:

General Information

Priority Mail® provides a fast and affordable way to deliver mail to every address in the U.S. In most instances, delivery is made in two (2) postal business days. Priority Mail provides the customer with an option of sending mail based on weight and dimension or via flat-rate envelope or boxes. All First-Class Mail® items over 13 ounces are sent at the Priority Mail® service price. A customer can also request that mail content less than 13 ounces be sent at the Priority Mail price (to add an Extra Service that cannot be used on First Class Mail, for example).

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Estimated Delivery Time

• If a Priority Mail package is going to a major city, or is traveling less than 600 miles, it should arrive in two (2) days. Otherwise, it should arrive in three (3) days. (Specific delivery standards can be found when postage is calculated ) This is not a guaranteed service.
• Date of delivery is not guaranteed. Delivery by a specific date at a specific time is not available.
• Estimated delivery time begins on the date postmarked.
• Priority Mail service can NOT be tracked and the delivery status can NOT be verified unless one of the Extra Services (i.e. Insurance, Delivery Confirmation™, etc.) was purchased at time of mailing.

USPS efficiency bodes well for nationalized health care.

Last week i ordered a phone. The vendor shipped the item or at least sent the electronic notice to the USPS on Dec. 31. So to give them the benefit of the doubt, the holidays intevened and the item was not actually in their hands until Monday, Jan. 4.

Sunday, Jan. 3 I went to the wonderful, warm and fuzzy USPS site where tracking information is found. It said that they had received notification on Dec. 31.

Wanting to be informed of progress of the shipment, i requested emailed progress reports.

Tonight, January 7, I received notice of an update. Wanting to be certain I again visited the USPS site. The report was correct. The package has moved from Yuba City, CA. to Sacramento, CA.

In seven (7) days my phone has moved 43 miles; a grand total of 69.2 kilometers. I am so proud of my postal service I could weep.

Even If I had started on Monday, I could have WALKED to Sacramento from Yuba City in less time. Even the pony express would have made it in hours.

I hope no one in this country is ever subjected to government run health care. The prospect is too ugly to contemplate.