stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.Kfart got some new Jada in I just wanted this.....
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h9/dinkuare6/2007_11270005.jpg

Nice score! Where did you get it?

Kmart.....Just stocked them today...

That's a crock about the postal workers. We never have mail delivered during hurricanes here in Florida.

Lol I didn't see it cause it said kfart :lol:

Um, I work for the Postal Service buddy... and I don't appreciate that at all...

Kinda hard to deliver mail when your Post Office gets blown apart... We were commended by the Louisiana State Senate and House of Reps for our hard work to restore mail service following the aftermath of Katrina and Rita.

I just wish we had those sweet rims on our trucks...

tamiyatim,
Kudos from one postal worker to another! I carried mail for 10 years and transferred to the garage as a mechanic about 5 years ago. This is a sweet version of the LLV...very realistic, and I can't wait to see the custom one in person!

As far as not getting mail during a hurricane, well... employee's safety is first and foremost. When there is an evacuation or state of emergency in place, the service's main emphasis is to keep all employees out of harm's way. Then the objective becomes moving the mail after things are deemed safe. There aren't too many places in the world where you can receive the kind of service you get from the USPS for under $.50 IMHO.

Um, I work for the Postal Service buddy... and I don't appreciate that at all...

I'm not trying to insult anyone but just stating the obvious. We don't get mail in hurricane type situations so the postmans motto isn't really a truthful phrase. Sounds like you are about a 9 on the tension scale though. :wave:

That is nice-looking! I have a ca. 2000 Matchbox to go with it.

No, no tension here pal... just don't like folks insulting the organization I work for...

Do you go to work during hurricanes? We actually do deliver during them... people need their prescriptions...

peg warmers here. :(

I just wish we had those sweet rims on our trucks...

huh?.. these rims look terrible!... looks like...uh...the Matchbox version!

wasn't there a version of this with the big "bling-bling" style rims on it?

why is the steering wheel up near the roof?

That's a crock about the postal workers. We never have mail delivered during hurricanes here in Florida.

"Snow, rain, heat, night." That's funny, I don't see anything in there about hurricanes. Seems you have no point.

i delivered mail for 2 years on contract work/ appointments. we sure weren't forced out in bad weather, especially snow, or heavy rain/thunder storms. they told us all to go home early or not come in and risk our life. and i mean everyone, they closed the offices all down. and we don't get mail if it snows, and rain usually means the next day.

I've been hoping someone would release one of these...now the big trick is to find one around here.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

These words, inscribed at the top of the James A. Farley building in New York City, are considered to be the motto of the Postal Service. In fact, it isn't a motto at all. The phrase is the translation of an ancient Greek work of Herodotus describing the Persian system of mounted carriers, c. 500 B.C.


http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/postalfacts.htm

The United States Postal Service has no official creed or motto. Often falsely cited as such, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is merely an inscription on the James Farley Post Office, derived from a quote from Herodotus' Histories (8.98), referring to the ancient courier service of the Persian Empire:

It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day’s journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed. (trans. A.D. Godley 1924)