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World's Greatest Letter Carrier...

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    Her name was Kathy. Kathy looked to be in her early 50s. She had thick blonde hair in a pony tail. She looked fit and jogged/ran between houses - taking stairs at a fast pace. She did this every day. While I might have run 60 miles in a week, I don't know that I was as in good a shape as Kathy. And then, she retired. I wish I knew what her plans were.

    We got a new letter carrier this year. She was an older woman. We got a note from her that she's retiring this year. We must have a desired route if people with the most seniority are requesting it. Our latest carrier didn't sprint from house to house. She was slower. Sometimes mail showed up at 8:00 pm - but she got things to the right place. Today's her last day.

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      Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds

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        I tried to be carrier when I lived in San Diego. Thought that would be a great job.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          I tried to be carrier when I lived in San Diego. Thought that would be a great job.

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          @mik said in World's Greatest Letter Carrier...:

          I tried to be carrier when I lived in San Diego.

          Of what, typhoid? Gonorrhea?

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            Mostly we just carried on.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              Her name was Kathy. Kathy looked to be in her early 50s. She had thick blonde hair in a pony tail. She looked fit and jogged/ran between houses - taking stairs at a fast pace. She did this every day. While I might have run 60 miles in a week, I don't know that I was as in good a shape as Kathy. And then, she retired. I wish I knew what her plans were.

              We got a new letter carrier this year. She was an older woman. We got a note from her that she's retiring this year. We must have a desired route if people with the most seniority are requesting it. Our latest carrier didn't sprint from house to house. She was slower. Sometimes mail showed up at 8:00 pm - but she got things to the right place. Today's her last day.

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              @kluurs said in World's Greatest Letter Carrier...:

              Her name was Kathy. Kathy looked to be in her early 50s. She had thick blonde hair in a pony tail. She looked fit and jogged/ran between houses - taking stairs at a fast pace. She did this every day. While I might have run 60 miles in a week, I don't know that I was as in good a shape as Kathy. And then, she retired. I wish I knew what her plans were.

              We got a new letter carrier this year. She was an older woman. We got a note from her that she's retiring this year. We must have a desired route if people with the most seniority are requesting it. Our latest carrier didn't sprint from house to house. She was slower. Sometimes mail showed up at 8:00 pm - but she got things to the right place. Today's her last day.

              Routes are bid on by FT carriers, no part-timers are allowed to bid. In your case, it will be a city carrier, rural carriers cannot apply. And if you lived on the rural route, the reverse is true. The Postmaster will entertain bids during a certain time frame, then will review all bids and award the route. Seniority is usually the deciding factor. Any promotions due to the router are only given after the route is awarded.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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