The news reports recently have contained stories about the 2020 U.S. Census not reaching everyone. Given my experience with zealous census workers this year, I don’t see how this can be. I’ve had to respond to the Census Bureau four times. Last April I did my civic duty. When publicity […]
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The U.S. Postal Service Gift That Keeps on Giving
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the error the U.S. Postal Service made in recording the zip code of our new home. In that post, I described the finger-pointing between the Zip Code A branch and the Zip Code B branch personnel. In a second post, I described […]
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There is a tradition that says that when one wants to sell a house, one should bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard of the house to be sold to help it sell quickly. I have had Catholic and non-Catholic friends tell me they followed this practice, and […]
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