In its early years, what was the most unusual type of package delivered by the US Postal Service?
Correct answer: Children up to 20 pounds of weight
Jonesy
A head of a dead.....what?
Wannabe Vulcan
Gives a new meaning to delivering a baby.
Bonnie
What a fascinating story! I bet they were more reliable than our Postal system today! Anddd a lot less expensive!
Angie
Player Say what!?, used to deliver mail. It is a hard job in all weather and they deserve our respect
Player Say what!?
Player #5817850, I agree and I don't work for them, nor do I know anyone who does. But if you look, really look at what it takes to mail a letter across even just one state, it's an amazing process and actually inexpensive. Some people rag on them only because they think they're supposed to.
Liz
Player Say what!?, I completely agree!! It is truly fascinating. To be honest, I still wish people took the time to send more personal letters like they did in the past before email came about. To me, an email does not express the emotional side of a handwritten letter.
Snance
This mailing babies is really weird. But I don't want to judge...
Julie
I asked my husband this question. He is a retired letter carrier. He knew the answer without hearing the choices!
Katie
I'm stuck on the part where the 8 mo. old baby was under 11 lbs.
LillySparrow
Angie, yes, I did work for them for about 2 years but couldn’t get a regular route so moved on . . . It is the most physically challenging job I’ve had (I’ve also worked in the airlines on the ramp sometimes and that THAT was easy compared with the Postal Service!!!) God Bless the Mail Carrier’s!
ABBAsDtr
I would have loved to have shared this with my late husband. Unfortunately, I blame the Post Office , his former employer for overworking him. They were one of the triggers to his bad health. So please be patient with your Mail Carriers. They are overworked and unappreciated. The Post Master has no clue the hardships they endure because he’s never delivered mail.
Troglodyke
Bonnie , slimy MAGAt
Valencia
So did the postal worker feed and change the baby too? I’m curious!!
scarlett
Echoes, I don't know
BellaLatte
Bonnie , can you believe the postal system LOST billions of dollars last year?
Byrde Alpha Bitch
nanster, The same could be said of anyone having to answer questions about a country they are not that familiar with or have not studied the history, or even the present for that matter.
nanster
unfortunately for australian players American questions are often more difficult
Souljah Gal
Bonnie , more like a deranged story
sofiya
very hard que to discuss this😔
Addam
Katie ,
I imagine that's the reason why the parents gave him up to live with relatives someone who could afford to take care of him
Artie
Montana, God I hope you're right. I mean I haven't ever heard of anything so reckless. I mean we're babies back then considered life stock?!
Artie
I'm sorry, even though I learned that this was so, it just seems so ridiculous and absurd. I mean I could see the Little Rascals, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges involved in something like this.... but, really!
Lionessa
Player #137846770, I remember. The event spawned the expression, "Going Postal."
ravi
a head of dead
Player #137846770
I remember the first mailroom murders in Edmond Oklahoma years ago. 14 people killed,I think
Rufus
Wannabe Vulcan, Brilliant play on words :-)
joepla
Have a friend who is a postal worker. They work so hard that when I pass postal workers on the street, I thank them and wish them well.
LillySparrow
Snance, it was an inexpensive way to send their children to other relatives.
LillySparrow
Wannabe Vulcan, hahaha and the USPS still delivers mail via donkey 🫏 on foot in the Grand Canyon!
Violet
Why does it say a kiss well im down
Cat Mom
joymarch016, back then maybe, before all the machinery & such
Cat Mom
Montana, did you Google it or what?
Cat Mom
Wendy, that's what the story just said..
Player #80120905
Jonesy, the dead
dato
Jonesy, yah it seems weird
Hoda sadat Hosseini
Always longest words are correct
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Hoda sadat Hosseini
Always longest words are correct ✅
Anya
please, someone explain the reason they sent a kid!!
Elenora
I'm astonished 🤔 wow