The Pony continues to be the butt of The Universe's unfunny jokes. He has spent a week recovering from a horrific rash that popped up the day after he delivered mail for 8 hours in the pouring hurricane-remnant rains last Friday. It was only on both inner arms, and the front of his thighs, but blistery and painful. The urgent care doctor said it could have come from the friction of the wet clothing, or an incomplete rinsing of detergent. Anyhoo... after being dosed with steroids and skin cream, and one day off, The Pony was back at work.
"At least the pain is going away, and the itching. But now I have those Medicare booklets to deliver. I have three stacks, all of them hip-high. The manager said I can spread them out, that I don't have to do them all in one day."
Good to know! I'm guessing The Pony will have these delivered in several days.
Did you all get your Medicare & You 2025 handbook? They're definitely no treat for the mailman! At least they're not for every house.
If you're like us, it will probably just lie around for a while, and then I'll get a little less lazy and toss it out. Unless you're having an issue, or planning some kind of procedure, you might not have the urge to look inside at the regulations.
This publication is not svelte. Mine feels like it weighs about a pound. Imagine lugging a stack of those around on your forearm while walking various loops of an 11-mile mail route.
On the back, it says this version contains special information for Missouri. I'm assuming each state has its own version. Some thinner, some fatter, perhaps. Same as your mailmen.
I got an email that told me the eHandbook was available. I guess that means my postal carrier won't have to deliver one to my house.
ReplyDeleteOoh! That's good news for the postal carrier!
DeleteWe don't get those here in Australia. I'd suggest reading it before you toss it just in case there is information you might need, then you can tear out and keep those pages. Or just keep the whole book on a shelf somewhere.
ReplyDeleteOf course you don't, because it's a U.S. government handbook, heh, heh! I understand, you mean you don't get anything similar for your medical coverage.
DeleteI suppose it could go on a shelf in the closet, with the phone books we never use.
If I had to carry those Medicare booklets, I would get one of those little carts mailmen used to have. Tommy and I are in the same house, and only he got one. Too bad about the rash.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anyone around here with those carts. Only on TV. I suppose they are used in cities, where a carrier doesn't have a vehicle assigned to haul the mail, then get out and walk specific loops to deliver it.
DeleteOnly Hick got one here. So far...
I saw The Pony's arms yesterday, and only a couple of faint healing spots remain. Must be ones that he scratched too much.
At least he doesn't have to worry about Publisher's Clearing House Day. (Seinfeld reference)
ReplyDeleteI liked the part where Newman was asked, "Aren't you the guys who go crazy and come back with a gun and shoot everyone?" And he replies, "Sometimes..."
DeleteThese days, Newman wouldn't get caught for having Jerry delivering his mail on Sunday, because THERE IS delivery on Sundays! Though only packages.