Originally Posted by cmac2012

Oh sorry. Here, let me drop everything and try to track down every bit of knowledge I've heard someone closer to the story opine on in years past.

Do you really think UPS or FedEx wants to take a letter up to Fool's Creek Holler outside of Bethcawannaland, Kentucky for the princely sum of $.42?

The information I presented stands on its own pretty well. Common sense.

Most of the business that UPS has taken from the USPS was the cream.