Quote - @Jacomina....I was a distribution clerk at Hilo Post Office assorting mail.  I also worked in the mark up section...forwarding and undeliverable mail.    Altho I have not seen anyone delivering mail with a bicycle here in Hawaii before, I think its a good idea.  Drop everyone at the top of the hill and let them work downwards.....With the hard times the post office is having, they should think about it....I had suggested this before.    Aloha

Thank you Sharky, to tell us about your work at the postal service, it's very interesting for me to know.
I had a great giggling. Because I understood you said, that in your country Hawaii, they had to throw the mail, or letters, from the mountain top to bottom.
I saw this happened for me: All mail whirling down, and the addressees had to figure out which letters were intended for them. :)

A big 'Aloha', to you and to Hawaii, my friend.

A more unusual postal vehicle : the promo-bus. Outfitted as a small post office. Another 1/87th model but the real thing is usually parked near those trucks I showed before. If it hasn't been scrapped meanwhile. The contest will have ended but maybe I can get you a picture next week or so.

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" Drop everyone at the top of the hill and let them work downwards " 

Actually some of our post(wo)men have become rather athletic because they have to work upwards. Even beating professionial cyclists in small contests. They have to use a bicycle because mopeds couldn't take those hills, they would soon wear out and break down.

 

 

Very nice, this moving post office DarthJ.
So nice to know, the postmen in Belgium have such good condition.
It saves out, visiting a sports studio.
Bravo!

@ Jacomina:  I'm glad you and Karel have found a way to handle your neighbor!  :)  We haven't fallen in a cactus yet, but have had to fix two flat tires on Mandy's stroller because we ran over sharp thorns.  :(  Fortunately it's an easy fix.  Right now she's outside with Bill.  He's sitting in a lawn chair reading a book, and Mandy is lounging in her stroller enjoying the view from "way up high."  :P

Quote - @ Jacomina:  I'm glad you and Karel have found a way to handle your neighbor!  :)  We haven't fallen in a cactus yet, but have had to fix two flat tires on Mandy's stroller because we ran over sharp thorns.  :(  Fortunately it's an easy fix.  Right now she's outside with Bill.  He's sitting in a lawn chair reading a book, and Mandy is lounging in her stroller enjoying the view from "way up high."  :P

Hi Tara, I'm impressed with what might happen in the desert.
And now I see you before me, I see Bill lazy reading, and that little Mandy, enjoying the view. Well, and.. ..... .what does our Tara? This you didn't tell, my friend!
But I have to think of the good old avatar from our friend Helle. Do you remember, Tara?
:D

I do remember!  She said I was sneaky.  LOL!  :)  Is that what you are remembering too?  No, dear one.  I was sitting in front of the computer, talking to YOU!  :D

Quote - I do remember!  She said I was sneaky.  LOL!  :)  Is that what you are remembering too?  No, dear one.  I was sitting in front of the computer, talking to YOU!  :D

What a cheeky monkey that dear Helle-friend of us is :ohmy:. I'm not quite sure I've seen this, but I guess so.
Knowing that you wrote to me, I saw before me the older avatar of Helle, the one with that face, always like typing with her nose, and then squinting at the monitor. :lol:

I love you(r sense of humor), dear one :)

Oh yes, I did like that avatar of Helle's.  :) 

The sneaky thing was a very long time ago, I think.  I used to take a lot of flower macros, and would walk around my neighborhood with my camera looking for pretty blooms.  If I thought I could get away with it, I'd go into my neighbor's yards and take pictures of their flowers!  LOL!  I would put a "sneak factor" on my post.  You know ... like ... "Sneak Factor High" if I'd walked up their driveway to the rose bushes or something.  If it was my own yard, I would say so, and say, "Sneak Factor Zero." 

One time in one of the threads, someone asked to see a picture of something sneaky, and Helle did a copy/paste of my avatar and posted that as the sneak picture!  :P  I laughed for a week.

I'm glad you told me you were thinking of Helle's old avatar!  I always enjoyed seeing it, and now I can see it in my mind quite clearly.  Thank you!  :)

LOL! Oh I like it so much what you're told.
I think you and Helle can make extra income as a therapist. Help people who suffer from depression.
With you two, this phenomenon would be out of the world in no time.

And laugh a whole week ( hahaha, without having a tummy afterwards ).
You will have been on cloud nine, I suspect.
:biggrin:

I'm so happy you think Helle and I are good for that!  :)  I'll drop her a note and tell her to come read all this.

:D

Quote - I'm so happy you think Helle and I are good for that!  :)  I'll drop her a note and tell her to come read all this.

Oh, Yes!
Please, my friend, sent Helle a note, otherwise she will never know how famous she is!