Postal workers have long done battle with Dobermans and inclement weather. Now a mail carrier in a small Massachusetts town has a dangerous new foe — turkeys.
Mail delivery in the town of Rockport was recently halted by a gang of 10 turkeys (including two male ringleaders) who have been chasing and trying to peck a letter carrier along his route. For some reason, these fowl fiends have homed in on the postman and are targeting him in particular as he makes his daily rounds.
“Some of the neighbors said their dogs have been attacked, but mostly it’s just been our postal truck,” said the town’s delivery master. “They chase the truck down the street — two males in particular — it’s just unbelievable.”
Following an incident on Jan. 15 where the gobblers chased the mailman, delivery to the area has been stopped. There are schemes on the table to ward off the turkeys with umbrellas, but for now the mail route has been deemed unsafe.
omg, I just found out I have tomorrow off, too! THANK YOU THUNDERBEINGS AND DEITIES OF THE TREES AND FORESTS FOR THE ICE STORM!!! I’VE JUST GOTTEN ALMOST AN ENTIRE WEEK OFF … PAID!!!
It’s ice cream tonight – I just started it. I’d been scheming on it all day, but I had so much to do before work IF I had to go that I delayed my plans.
I just made a major, major discovery that applies to probably one or two people in the entire US and western Europe.
I recently received a document in .cwk format. Google told me that this was a ClarisWorks file, which is an ancient Mac program that was obsolete about ten years ago. Google also told me that the only way to open it on a Windows machine was to buy a program for $69.95.
“Nuts to that!” I said, and proceeded to finagle my way through every developer tool I have in search of something that would read it. I am very happy to announce that ConTEXT will open that puppy up slick as a whistle.
Desperation and thriftiness are the bedrock of that good ol’ American ingenuity! Well done, Kate!
Dearest biscuit – you get a paid week off because of an ice storm, and you’re thinking of making ICE CREAM? You are an original, that’s for sure.
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Today’s pre-dinnertime reading:
I KNEW this had to be Austin! This is right by a bunch of state buildings with state lawyers in them!
Hold on there now, Scotia – I have scary relatives in Austin, and I’m pretty sure the signs are talking about them.
Or it could be the 4′ rooster that lived down the street from me. I hated just walking by that place!
omg, I just found out I have tomorrow off, too! THANK YOU THUNDERBEINGS AND DEITIES OF THE TREES AND FORESTS FOR THE ICE STORM!!! I’VE JUST GOTTEN ALMOST AN ENTIRE WEEK OFF … PAID!!!
omg!
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Yay! More puppy cuisine tomorrow!
It’s ice cream tonight – I just started it. I’d been scheming on it all day, but I had so much to do before work IF I had to go that I delayed my plans.
Now, though? ICE CREAM!!!!!
:troll
I just made a major, major discovery that applies to probably one or two people in the entire US and western Europe.
I recently received a document in .cwk format. Google told me that this was a ClarisWorks file, which is an ancient Mac program that was obsolete about ten years ago. Google also told me that the only way to open it on a Windows machine was to buy a program for $69.95.
“Nuts to that!” I said, and proceeded to finagle my way through every developer tool I have in search of something that would read it. I am very happy to announce that ConTEXT will open that puppy up slick as a whistle.
:puff:
We need a wizard smilie now. :purple: :purple: :purple:
Oh my! I remember the ancient ClarisWorks and how cool it was way back then. Kate, you are a genius!
I love it!
No… just desperate — and cheap!
Desperation and thriftiness are the bedrock of that good ol’ American ingenuity! Well done, Kate!
Dearest biscuit – you get a paid week off because of an ice storm, and you’re thinking of making ICE CREAM? You are an original, that’s for sure.
It was good ice cream, too.
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