# USPS attempts time travel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-attempts-time-travel/692552>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 7, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-attempts-time-travel/692552 "2014-07-07T17:17:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-attempts-time-travel/692552/1 "2014-07-07T17:17:03Z")

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Here is the status update I got from the USPS package tracker

“Your item arrived at the Post Office at 8:18 am on July 7, 2014 in CYPRESS, TX 77429. The Postal Service expects to deliver the item on Saturday, July 5, 2014. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later”

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-attempts-time-travel/692552/2 "2014-07-07T17:31:27Z")

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why would you check later? it’s already there.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-attempts-time-travel/692552/3 "2014-07-07T17:32:44Z")

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I knew they would say that when I checked the historical records thirty years from now.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-attempts-time-travel/692552/4 "2014-07-07T19:18:20Z")

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> [@ashtayk](#):
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> Here is the status update I got from the USPS package tracker
> 
> “Your item arrived at the Post Office at 8:18 am on July 7, 2014 in CYPRESS, TX 77429. The Postal Service \*\*expects \*\*to deliver the item on Saturday, July 5, 2014. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later”

Doesn’t your post belong in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727411) thread? :dubious: