That is what I love about Britain. In Scotland , in the Lodge we stayed in, the
postman always got a full breakfast and a cup of tea when he came around. He
drove a 73 or 74 landrover and his name was "Jock" surprisingly!!!
Frank Elson wrote:
> You write: > need to grab letters and packages with your left hand, open the
> mailbox
> > door with your right, shove the stuff into the box with either hand,
> > close the door and move on to the next mailbox, anywhere from 50 feet to
> > a mile away. How complicated can shifting and mail-delivering be?
> >
> > One of the standard rural mail delivery vehicles in the UK has for years
> > been a Land Rover, currently a Defender 90. They mostly use a small
> > panel truck over there, but in Scotland, for example, I've seen a number
> of Defenders
> > used for mail delivery. So it's no big deal. What you describe is
> child's
> > play as far as shifting and sticking mail into a box.<<<
>
> true the P/office uses a lot of Land Rovers - the only vehicle that CAN
> deliver mail where I live. Locally, the Police, telephone company,
> electricity company, gas company, most local traders etc all use Land
> Rovers.
>
> However, in the UK we don't have outside mail boxes as a general rule. The
> postman gets out of the vehicle & goes to the back door, walks in, throws
> your mail on the table and asks if the kettle is on! In the village he stops
> at the end of the street and walks 'round pushing the mail through
> letterboxes in front doors.
> A couple of Christmases ago me and some neighbours finished the mail run one
> day while my wife sobered our postwoman up!
>
> Best Cheers
>
> Frank
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