[Coco] OT chit chat with Karl

[Roger Taylor]

At 10:48 AM 6/24/2008, you wrote:
>FWIW;
>
>Photos: How UPS Next Day delivers
>
>http://content.zdnet.com/2346-9595_22-207629.html

Next week I'll be the one arriving at the Shreveport/Bossier airport 
all week, except Friday, watching the jets land and takeoff.  We have 
the biggest and FedEx is a tad smaller but both are huge planes, then 
there's the little DHL jet they converted from a passenger jet (the 
windows are painted over).

What most probably don't know and won't know is that UPS carries (in 
the sky only) the U.S. Postal Service's Air packages, and is working 
Now on a deal with DHL for $1 billion a year to carry DHL's Air 
packages on our planes.  ??? Yes, you heard right.  Both rely on UPS 
to compete with?  Maybe we'll suck up DHL in about 10 years when 
they're worth something.  I think the whole idea is to maintain the 
huge lead over FedEx without ever leaving room for them to catch up, 
but who knows what the main plan is.  DHL is struggling, and FedEx is 
struggling... those two facts have been written for years, but I 
think all shippers are struggling, period.

So for those (Mary, you're one of them) who's casually uttered the 
words "UPS sucks", just remember... no matter what Next Day Air 
service you use, the chances are it is going by UPS behind your back, 
and that we suck SO bad that both the post office and DHL had to be a 
part of it?  :)  Anyway, just some humor.

Here's a few eyebrow crinkling links:

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-147672852.html

http://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressreleases/current/0,1088,5013,00.html