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When you go to the post office and the clerk knows you by name and address.
You know you live in a small town when..
1.) You call up the local post office, George (really his name) answers and you say, "Hey, It's Paul at the old AM radio station in town" and he knows EXACTLY who you are and where you!
2.) You get a package from Vienna, Austria (from another radio station) addressed like this:
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WABV-AM 1590 Abbeville
South Carolina, United States
Sure, it had to pass through several other places first.. but the local post office still got it to me no problem!
3.) When you get a package and the mailman calls youi on his cellphone to tell you he has a package as he heads down the road in the other direction and will be by your place in a few minutes.
One of my friends lives in upstate NY, Finger Lakes region. Her town is literally a bend in the road with not much more than a tavern and a village hall. The tavern has hitching posts out front, and she says she often drives by and sees three or four horses tied up out front, passing time while their riders are inside havin' a brew.
True...this just happened to us the other day: A letter came to us from Canada, no address, just our name, town, state and zip code. We have lived here for only a year and the people at the Post Office already knew just who our letter was for. They wrote in our address and put it on our mailbox. Love it!!
You know you live in a small town when the UPS driver calls you up on his cell phone to let you know he has a delivery for you but can't make it up your driveway because of the snow and ice, so you go down and meet him at the end of your driveway.
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Livewire When you go to the post office and the clerk knows you by name and address.
You know you live in a small town when..
1.) You call up the local post office, George (really his name) answers and you say, "Hey, It's Paul at the old AM radio station in town" and he knows EXACTLY who you are and where you!
2.) You get a package from Vienna, Austria (from another radio station) addressed like this:
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WABV-AM 1590 Abbeville
South Carolina, United States
Sure, it had to pass through several other places first.. but the local post office still got it to me no problem!
3.) When you get a package and the mailman calls youi on his cellphone to tell you he has a package as he heads down the road in the other direction and will be by your place in a few minutes.
cynwldkat True...this just happened to us the other day: A letter came to us from Canada, no address, just our name, town, state and zip code. We have lived here for only a year and the people at the Post Office already knew just who our letter was for. They wrote in our address and put it on our mailbox. Love it!!
ptsum You know you live in a small town when the UPS driver calls you up on his cell phone to let you know he has a delivery for you but can't make it up your driveway because of the snow and ice, so you go down and meet him at the end of your driveway.
Oh, my gosh, these are so funny! What is with the postal workers? It just happened to me yesterday! Last night our postmaster called me...at work...to say, "I have a package here for you from Japan, and didn't know if you wanted me to put it in your PO Box, or if you just wanted me to hold it for Danny to give to you tomorrow...." I was a little surprised, as I was just on my way out of my office, so I just told her I'd be in during the morning and would sign for it. I guess she figured it being from another country that she ought to call me on this one! How funny!
You know you live in a small town, when you answer the phone and the guy says....."yeah, got a load to dump at your place...Camden Medal...... how do I get there" ???
TRUE STORY
Response:
"Well, this is not Camden Medal, but it's 2 blocks from me......where are 'ya? see the Burger King? Turn Right, Turn Left, go over the RR tracks, see my house with the Delaware flag wavin'? How 'ya doing? >>>> waving to the guy in a big truck as he sails past your front porch>>>> O.K. take a right, and it's on your left" Have a nice day!
You know you live in a small town, when the letter carrier puts your neighbors mail in your mailbox by mistake and the next day you take the mail with you to give to your neighbor, who works at the local diner, only to pass the sheriff on the road coming the other way and give the mail to him to give to your neighbor.(True story) my neighbor's father is the local sheriff.
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