DID THE POSTMAN COME YET?

[FRANKIE]

A Simpler Time

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Until 1920, children could be mailed through the US Postal service! They had to be under 50 pounds, and stamps were affixed to their clothes. It was cheaper for many people to ship children than to put them on a train, and the children rode on a train (in the mail car) anyway---being watched and fed by mail clerks. The record distance? Over 700 miles from Florida to Virginia for a mere 15 cents in stamps. It really was "A Simpler Time"'. (courtesy of today's Wall St. Journal)

 

[Z Victor 1]

Cheap, but !

 

[AleNod]

Wow !

Could you perhaps mail the 'difficult child' to an address picked out of the yellow pages ? And 'accidentally' make a mistake on the 'Return To Sender' label, so they can't be returned ?

What happens to lost mail ?

Asking for a friend . . .

 

[andyglym]

I'd love to be a Member of the UK Parliament just to propose it and sit back with a glass of red wine whilst watching everybody go into a flat spin. Genius

 

[gookah]

Will they take soon-to-be 36 year olds, for a lot further than 700 miles

 

[t-tony]

Might be more the 15 cents though Pete. . . . . .

Tony.

 

[gookah]

he's worth it....