This tax is really another example, and a particularly silly one, of a tax on telecommunication service that once created, never goes away.

A lot of those are still in service a lot longer than we expected they would be.

Impact is one more example of the value the Postal Service places on this important customer. As we continue to serve small business owners, we are looking for new ways to provide the information they need and providing resources to help this entrepreneurial community prosper.

For example, if you're offering a cricket service, wouldn't it be nice to know which of your subscribers is actually interested in cricket?

As services get more sophisticated, they'll be able to arrange things for their service. For example, Bangor Fire [Department] could have their drop-down list with Eastern Maine Medical Center and [St. Joseph Hospital] at the top.

When the child is twelve, your wife buys her a splendidly silly article of clothing called a training bra. To train what? I never had a training jock. And believe me, when I played football, I could have used a training jock more than any twelve-year-old needs a training bra.