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Remember the USPS is rumored to have recently dismantled hundreds of sorting machines. Entirely possible that some old mail was jammed in there somehow. Also,
by golem14 6y ago
Remember the USPS is rumored to have recently dismantled hundreds of sorting machines. Entirely possible that some old mail was jammed in there somehow.
Also, cf. "Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett.
- organsnyder 6y agoI had that initial thought as well, but there's no way those machines are anywhere near a century old.
- akiselev 6y agoThe sorting machines themselves are certainly not, but the general infrastructure around them sure can be. The World's Most Mechanized Post Office video [1] was filmed circa 1959 and it shows a crazy level of industrialization in the DC facility. Conveyor belts were invented in 1901 or so and such systems can run for a very long time with proper maintenance - for centuries even, replacing everything but the frame. Given how slowly government usually moves, they must have built up to that scale over decades. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvwoBb7gs4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvwoBb7gs4
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agothe card is old enough to have been considered an antique in 1970, reinserted into the postal system, then gotten stuck in a "modern" sorting machine for another 50 years until ... TADA !!
- dstick 6y agoGNU Terry