Comments on: ALA is Annoying Me or Creeping Me Out–Take Your Pick! http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/#comment-2965 kgs Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:40:04 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/#comment-2965 ALA membership called me, so I called back and they adjusted my profile. Apparently, word up is that this problem is not new, and not unique to me. ALA membership called me, so I called back and they adjusted my profile. Apparently, word up is that this problem is not new, and not unique to me.

]]> By: Michael http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/#comment-2964 Michael Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:36:16 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/#comment-2964 A reliable system for receiving mail from an old address is to provide the new residents with two or three post-paid priority containers--the ones that have a fixed rate no matter how much material is inside. The envelopes ship for $4.05 and the boxes for $8.10. The folks at the old address can just stick your mail into the pre-addressed box and leave it at the mailbox out front. This is much better than waiting for mail forwarding, which has questionable reliability. See: <a href="http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate" rel="nofollow">http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate</a> A reliable system for receiving mail from an old address is to provide the new residents with two or three post-paid priority containers–the ones that have a fixed rate no matter how much material is inside. The envelopes ship for $4.05 and the boxes for $8.10. The folks at the old address can just stick your mail into the pre-addressed box and leave it at the mailbox out front. This is much better than waiting for mail forwarding, which has questionable reliability. See: http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate

]]> By: Miriam B. http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/#comment-2963 Miriam B. Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:24:49 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/10/18/ala-is-annoying-me-or-creeping-me-out-take-your-pick/#comment-2963 ALA sent me an email today that told me "your membership in ALA, the American Library Association expired on November 30, 2006. " It's a little thing, but you'd think they could train their email robot to know what today's date is. Miriam B. ALA sent me an email today that told me “your membership in ALA, the American Library Association expired on November 30, 2006. ”

It’s a little thing, but you’d think they could train their email robot to know what today’s date is.

Miriam B.

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