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In reply to the discussion: The House passes a major financial overhaul of the USPS [View all]SWBTATTReg
(26,002 posts)and women who walk the streets delivering the mail, work in the sorting centers (we have a few here in downtown STLMO), ship the mail between the vast geographic area that makes up the USA (and points across the entire globe), all who do this most important work for all of us.
Many of us depend on the mail being delivered to their mailboxes religiously. One of the most favorite images I have of
my father (gone now) is him walking down our long gravel driveway, followed in single file, by his pet turkeys, his two dogs, and his two cats) to get the mail out of the mailbox. Once the mail was grabbed, they would all turn around, in single file and walk back to the house.
A classic. I think I even have a picture/video of the whole event. Memories like this are a million bucks apiece.