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“Nothing mortal travels so fast as these Persian messengers,” marveled the Greek historian Herodotus. “These men will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to do, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by darkness of night. …Do these lines sound familiar? … nearly identical to those..above the entrance of the…James A. Farley Post Office in NYC…opened in 1914.
— Dec 27, 2025 07:25AM
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Yikes! Benjamin Franklin was a RAGING believer in nepotism! He seriously found jobs for his and his wife’s relatives and in-laws in as many Post Office and other Government jobs aa he could and he was incredibly upset when one was ousted by the new US Government, because he felt that he and his son “deserved” the positions! Entitlement was around even then. Not a good look sir.
— Dec 30, 2025 05:03AM
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“But the USPS delivers more items in nine days than UPS does in a year. It transports more in seven days than FedEx brings to its customers in a year.”
That’s insane to me.
— Dec 26, 2025 07:04PM
That’s insane to me.
