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    I just ordered a generator. It stated it trip from about 2 hrs away in Indiana. (Im in Cincinnati) It went all the way to Los Angles and back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex Zeller View Post
    i think part of the problem with the USPS is that their scanners don't always read the shipping number correctly. I had a package that was in NY on it's way here when all of a sudden it was in Florida. When that happens the system seems to get confused and it takes a few days (or more) to sort things out.
    Sounds like my luggage that was supposed to go from Los Angeles to Tampa. It was sent to and sat in Auckland, New Zealand, with the airline clueless for 29 days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan Lightstone View Post
    Sounds like my luggage that was supposed to go from Los Angeles to Tampa. It was sent to and sat in Auckland, New Zealand, with the airline clueless for 29 days.
    Well, at least it went to a location still on earth....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patty Hann View Post
    Well, at least it went to a location still on earth....
    I'm not sure "Middle Earth" qualifies...
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    There is a mini documentary about A.I. being used to design delivery routes for FedX. It is old, On PBS I think. Economics are the foremost design criteria for the program that plans routes.
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    Sometimes packages just need to see the world before they get buried in a drawer somewhere.

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    I am not certain what is happening ! Going in and out the door ?

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    Oops I did it ...double post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee DeRaud View Post
    I'm not sure "Middle Earth" qualifies...
    HAHA...very good!...bonus points for that
    "What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
    It also depends on what sort of person you are.”

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