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Shipping News

This morning I learned that our postal service doesn't offer overnight shipping everywhere in the continental U.S. Now, I appreciate the post office's willingness to deliver letters thousands of miles for only $.37, but the fact that FedEx can offer a better service more cheaply (and with much nicer tracking facilities, not to mention less hassle to actually ship it) makes me frustrated. Not to mention all the weird classifications the Post Office wants you to make - Express Mail vs. Priority Mail vs. whatever, each of which has their own set of boxes and labels you need to use. Sigh.