http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspxThe band sheds light on why the "Snail Mail" Box is temporarily closed.en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 60217.2664)http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100686Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:34:39 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100686kati1267Gee, nice to know that the U.S. Postal system isn't the only one with bizarre practices! &nbsp;I think it's just their gross insecurities due to the existence of email, faxes, fedex and any multitude of information deliveries that don't involve a post office. <br /> <br />Stand your ground, boys. <br /> <br />Cheers, <br /> <br />Kati <br />(Who is greatly looking forward to seeing you in Ridgefield in August)http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100695Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:42:52 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100695JackieAnother awesome move from Canada Post. &nbsp;Good luck to you, and whenever you're ready to start the letterwriting campaign, just let us know.http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100696Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:45:53 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100696seuss13classic, absolutely classic. &nbsp;Who in their right mind gave the boys a key to anything and didn't make a copy! &nbsp;Good lord, can you imagine where that key might be now????? &nbsp;Holy moly it could be (quite literally) anywhere. &nbsp;Isn't it funny how the true story (as it often seems with GBS) is much funnier than the imagined!!http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100713Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:49:05 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100713WilliamYou're asking people not to send stuff period for now or to send stuff to the Ontario box the web management company will forward to you? It's cheaper to forward mail and packages from Ontario for how long instead of paying to rekey the current box? http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100741Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:51:47 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100741BonnieRemind me not to deal with that particular branch! &nbsp;I've known for years that Canada Post is screwed but that is a first for me. &nbsp; <br /> <br />Sorry for being so harsh and critical about the closure of the original snail mail box. &nbsp;Just goes to show that nobody should assume anything...it makes an ass out of you and me! <br /> <br />Good luck on freeing your mail, lads. &nbsp;Maybe we should start a campaign for 'Free GBS's Snail Mail'....GBS Snail Mail Liberation Army?http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100795Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:01:16 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100795NorthernSpyThe government bast@rds, they've done it again! let common sense prevail! Oh silly me , it's canada post, they have no common sense. Wishing you all the luck, or a lock pick! <br />Audrey;)http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#100871Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:11:32 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:100871GerriFunny thing....I called to see how I could get a duplicate mail key and they told me to go to any hardware store!! Thats in Alberta! Must be different elsewhere! <br /> <br />Looking forward to seeing you guys in Calgary at the Folk Festival this w/e!!http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#101059Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:44:09 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:101059Speaker tooI was curious to hear what happened. <br /> <br />Of course, I can understand the sanctity of Canada Post. This is the organization that delivers our tax payments and utility bills so faithfully. Thank god someone is looking out for us. <br /> <br />'Course in this age of email, facebook, MySpace, instant messaging, and online financial transactions, it makes complete sense that Canada Post clings tightly to control of your peanut brittle and fan photos. <br /> <br />I love this one: &quot;As this seems really dumb to us&quot; ... LOL! Would that be the understatement of the year? <br /> <br />In someone's universe this makes sense. Truly though, it's a shame your local St. John's branch is so huge and your identities are so obscure that local staff cannot possibly vouch for you themselves -- as a doctor or lawyer does on your passport photos after knowing you just two years, for example. Oh wait! As of October 1st this year most adult Canadians who hold a valid passport will now be able to act as guarantor. <br /> <br />Right. <br /> <br />I'm stumped. <br /> <br />Guess you'll have to pay their locksmith's rates. I'm sure his fees aren't inflated! Of course in this age of email, messaging, and online financial transactions, Canada Post gets points for finding creatively stupid ways to siphon new money to maintain their very excellent staff and customer services. <br /> <br />*cough* ;) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#101073Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:23:21 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:101073ZandolitGerri, I live in St. John's, and it is different here from what you describe in Alberta. This is actually the second time this summer I've heard of someone having this key issue. They seem to be real sticklers about it for some reason... apparently for Great Big Sea as well as for us ordinary folks. <br /> <br />(I may be biased because I'm still rotted with Canada Post for sending my Mother's Day card for my grandmother back to me for having too little postage. Yes, I know it was oversized. That's why I brought it to the desk to have a Canada Post employee measure it and put the postage on. How they managed to screw it up still is beyond me.) <br /> <br />All this to say, I am sympathetic but not surprised.http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#101078Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:27:14 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:101078WildchildHA! &nbsp;sounds like another humorous and very enjoyable song coming on........http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#101438Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:04:41 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:101438katfairyYour tax dollars at work. &nbsp;Guess bureaucracy gets everywhere- kinda like cockroaches. <br /> <br />I try not to think about the Post Office here in the States; it makes me too depressed.http://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#102032Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:38:17 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:102032CharlesGBSBoys that's just a kick in the pants eh? Lordy, it will be awhile before we can send them mail again folks, so let's write Canada Post and to tell them to give GBS a key! <br />All the best Lads and lasseshttp://www.greatbigsea.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/07/25/100682.aspx#102208Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:47:53 GMTc529ea8a-a564-43a1-bd66-0e146d8d38af:102208Brenda I agree with Wildchild - <br /> <br />This would be a GREAT song, they could call it (in traditional GBS fashion) <br />The &quot;Canadian Post Customers Lament... <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;An Homage to Useless &nbsp;Bureaucracy&quot; <br />... there could be dancing cockroaches playing at the bottom of the video : ) ... With a scene in the vein from the &quot;Stumblin' In&quot; video ... the part with Sean &amp; Darryl doin' the cops with their donuts schtick : ) <br />Can you see the rows of - other lonely &amp; abandonded - post office boxes reflecting the bright red flames from the torche of the lock picker with that great black ski mask accessory - that is set on freeing all that peanut brittle &amp; fan photos... the pile must be enormous at this point! &nbsp;... there could even be a shot of the employees munching down on the peanut brittle boxes torn open in a fit of hunger with the B'ys names on them ... gives a new meaning to &quot;going postal&quot; : ) <br />Could the mermaid having a cameo role? <br /> <br />I think Bonnie has a great idea - I second the motion - <br />Loyal GBS's should start a campaign for <br />'Free GBS's Snail Mail'....GBS Snail Mail Liberation Army? - <br /> <br />Yes, and I suggest we do it with pennies - from all over the world - shame the post with kids dumping their piggy banks to pay for the overpriced locksmith - housewives throwing in their pennies from the coupons they used at the grocery - etc <br /> <br />Wow, that would be a labor of love... where do I send my pennies - this could be a fun weekly thing till the mail is freed... and then we can have a GBS day of liberation! <br /> <br />And the Canada Post's very excellent staff would then not feel so abandoned - we could boost their gross insecurities al right! &nbsp; <br />Yes, that would be &quot;a kick in the pants&quot; &nbsp;... <br /> <br />Where do we begin- What is the address ?