I Stand Corrected

Phyllis Fieg has advised me that her Buick (see "Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines," Aug. 22, 2011) has over half a million miles on its frame, not one-quarter of a million (I wondered what all the hoopla was about!).

Phyllis, who is employed by the U.S. Postal Service, has been working six days a week lately, her only day off being Sunday.  October 1 is the first day of the government's fiscal year and once that day dawns the coffers of the Post Office are replenished and they can pay the overtime needed to catch up on the backlog caused in the previous months by the laying off of employees and the closing of various facilities.  Thus she is making the big bucks, but having to cram two days' chores into one.

On Sunday Phyllis washes and irons all her clothes, does her grocery shopping and fixes food for lunch for the week, cleans her bathroom and bedroom and even has a few minutes to chat with her sisters Judy and Diana when they make their regular weekly calls to the home on Knightwood Dr.

The department where Phyllis works is responsible for misdirected mail. PLEASE PRINT.