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Smudger

Smudger

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Do you remember " the old days " when if you needed to post a letter all you had to do was stick a stamp on the envelope & stick it in the post box. Nowadays posting Christmas cards is a chore. the letter has to be checked for size to make sure it will go through a letterbox, then it has to be weighed to make sure it`s not too heavy for the postal person to carry & to top it all you have to take out a 2nd mortgage to pay for the stamps. :cold_sweat:
 
Smudger said:
Do you remember " the old days " when if you needed to post a letter all you had to do was stick a stamp on the envelope & stick it in the post box. Nowadays posting Christmas cards is a chore. the letter has to be checked for size to make sure it will go through a letterbox, then it has to be weighed to make sure it`s not too heavy for the postal person to carry & to top it all you have to take out a 2nd mortgage to pay for the stamps. :cold_sweat:
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I might have put in a recent post a few months ago i asked our Postman the difference between first and second class delivery and he said none. So they will not arrive the next day.
Eric Gibson said:
Still too cheap to be profitable though with the costs all around on the increase, back in the 'good old days' a postman out in all weathers earned a fiver a week and rode a bike, they all now have minimum wage paid holidays a pension scheme and a van.
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I know Postman Pat has a van helicopter and a boat . I know all this because i watch it sometimes with the grandkids.
 
Back in the 80s i had to be in work for 08:15
it used to take me 10 mins to walk to work
the post used to come just before 8 every
morning once the post came i used to
leave for work without checking the time
i was never late for work
 
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