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OT: What state am I in?
JohnnyMalaria:
--- Quote from: tooki on January 10, 2021, 01:23:29 am ---
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on January 08, 2021, 05:36:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on January 08, 2021, 05:25:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: helius on January 08, 2021, 06:39:46 am ---
--- Quote from: S. Petrukhin on January 01, 2021, 03:03:41 pm ---I noticed correctly: we have more utilitarian foundations. We, for example, do not smile at a person who is at least indifferent, and we are more open in our feelings. We have a difference between a sincere and obligatory smile. But now everything is changing and the differences are being smoothed out.
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It's the same everywhere as this is part of human nature. Psychologists differentiate between an "enjoyment smile" where the eyes crinkle, and a "non-enjoyment smile" where they do not. Recognizing the difference is part of the social intelligence.
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on January 04, 2021, 11:06:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on January 04, 2021, 10:50:08 pm ---From the mail system's point of view, the name of the person/company is nothing but decoration.
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That's not true in the case of mail redirection/forwarding. The post office (or whatever) has to know the identity of the intended recipient in order to divert mail such as when you move house.
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Not to mention that you can send mail to "C/O General Delivery", where the addressee has a name but no mailing address at all.
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Not true: it has to be addressed the correct post office, who holds it for the recipient.
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For USPS, you use:
NAME
GENERAL DELIVERY
CITY STATE ZIP
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-General-Delivery
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And if you’d finished reading that page, you’d have found this:
--- Quote ---General delivery is normally available at only one facility under the administration of a Post Office with multiple facilities. A postmaster may authorize more than one facility to offer general delivery service in accordance with customer and operational needs. A customer may use only one such location.
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As far as I know, no zip codes have multiple post offices, so by virtue of addressing to the post office at CITY, ST, ZIP you are addressing it to a specific post office. (A single post office may service many zip codes, but will itself have only one.)
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For USPS, you don't address the post office per se, just the city and zip.
Anyhoo, I didn't know you could even do this :)
helius:
--- Quote from: tooki on January 10, 2021, 01:23:29 am ---As far as I know, no zip codes have multiple post offices, so by virtue of addressing to the post office at CITY, ST, ZIP you are addressing it to a specific post office. (A single post office may service many zip codes, but will itself have only one.)
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No, some towns have a single zip code, but multiple post office locations. There may only be a single "Main Post Office", but the USPS can provide service counters in multiple neighborhoods (sometimes service counters are located inside malls or grocery stores). And there are some towns that formerly had two zip codes, but now only use one, or have changed their zip code due to reassignment to a different sectional facility, etc!
The requirement is intended to simplify the logistics around general delivery, if the mail thus addressed can be sent to a single office without regard to the recipient's name.
tooki:
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on January 10, 2021, 03:49:25 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on January 10, 2021, 01:23:29 am ---
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on January 08, 2021, 05:36:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on January 08, 2021, 05:25:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: helius on January 08, 2021, 06:39:46 am ---
--- Quote from: S. Petrukhin on January 01, 2021, 03:03:41 pm ---I noticed correctly: we have more utilitarian foundations. We, for example, do not smile at a person who is at least indifferent, and we are more open in our feelings. We have a difference between a sincere and obligatory smile. But now everything is changing and the differences are being smoothed out.
--- End quote ---
It's the same everywhere as this is part of human nature. Psychologists differentiate between an "enjoyment smile" where the eyes crinkle, and a "non-enjoyment smile" where they do not. Recognizing the difference is part of the social intelligence.
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on January 04, 2021, 11:06:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on January 04, 2021, 10:50:08 pm ---From the mail system's point of view, the name of the person/company is nothing but decoration.
--- End quote ---
That's not true in the case of mail redirection/forwarding. The post office (or whatever) has to know the identity of the intended recipient in order to divert mail such as when you move house.
--- End quote ---
Not to mention that you can send mail to "C/O General Delivery", where the addressee has a name but no mailing address at all.
--- End quote ---
Not true: it has to be addressed the correct post office, who holds it for the recipient.
--- End quote ---
For USPS, you use:
NAME
GENERAL DELIVERY
CITY STATE ZIP
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-General-Delivery
--- End quote ---
And if you’d finished reading that page, you’d have found this:
--- Quote ---General delivery is normally available at only one facility under the administration of a Post Office with multiple facilities. A postmaster may authorize more than one facility to offer general delivery service in accordance with customer and operational needs. A customer may use only one such location.
--- End quote ---
As far as I know, no zip codes have multiple post offices, so by virtue of addressing to the post office at CITY, ST, ZIP you are addressing it to a specific post office. (A single post office may service many zip codes, but will itself have only one.)
--- End quote ---
For USPS, you don't address the post office per se, just the city and zip.
Anyhoo, I didn't know you could even do this :)
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By writing “GENERAL DELIVERY”, you are implicitly addressing it to the specific post office (since no two post offices have the same zip code AFAIK) and it is a directive to the post office that means “retain at post office for the above-mentioned person”.
tooki:
--- Quote from: helius on January 10, 2021, 11:25:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on January 10, 2021, 01:23:29 am ---As far as I know, no zip codes have multiple post offices, so by virtue of addressing to the post office at CITY, ST, ZIP you are addressing it to a specific post office. (A single post office may service many zip codes, but will itself have only one.)
--- End quote ---
No, some towns have a single zip code, but multiple post office locations. There may only be a single "Main Post Office", but the USPS can provide service counters in multiple neighborhoods (sometimes service counters are located inside malls or grocery stores). And there are some towns that formerly had two zip codes, but now only use one, or have changed their zip code due to reassignment to a different sectional facility, etc!
The requirement is intended to simplify the logistics around general delivery, if the mail thus addressed can be sent to a single office without regard to the recipient's name.
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Ah!! So that explains why USPS general delivery is expressly stated as not being available at every post office.
JohnnyMalaria:
Yay!
Now, will it work? (The PCB, not the free holder :) )
It took 3 days 5 hours from FedEx pick-up to delivery.
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