EVLN(USPS delivers $2,499 Electric Scooter)
[The Internet Electric Vehicle List News. For Public EV
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'Even Though Fall Has Just Arrived, It's Already Beginning
to Look a Lot Like Christmas at the U.S. Postal Service ...'
The U.S. Postal Service Has Just Completed Processing the
Heaviest Single Mailing for the Upcoming Christmas Season
- The 2002 JC Penney Christmas
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service
is utilizing approximately 300 trucks to deliver the
19,700,000 lbs of JCPenney Christmas catalogs to more than
7,000 post offices across the country. Approximately
300,000 letter carriers will be used to help deliver the
2002 JCPenney Christmas catalogs
FUN FACTS:
* Most Expensive Item: $2,499 Electric Scooter.
* Least Expensive Item: $7.00 NFL Sheets.
* Total Catalog Weight: 1.9 pounds.
* Total Print Run Weight: Is as heavy as: 39
Statues of Liberty or 25 fully loaded 747-400 jumbo jets
or 27 Empire State Buildings or 4 space shuttles.
* Catalogs Placed End-To-End: Would equal the distance from
New York City to Chicago and back again.
* Catalog Pages Placed End-To-End: Would circle the earth 40
times over or would be equivalent to the distance of two
round-trips from the earth to the moon.
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SOURCE JCPenny CO: JCPenny ST: New York SU: VNR MAV
http://www.prnewswire.com 09/27/2002 16:15 EDT
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