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Bricks too! https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/ https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/
by thecosas 1y ago
Bricks too! https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/ https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/
- amccollum 1y agoThe story of the bank built from bricks sent through the mail reminds me of the time I completed a move from Austin to Boston by packing all my possessions into rubber tubs and sending them by parcel post. The delivery date was a range, and I wasn't there on the day of the first attempted delivery. When I called the post office about it, their response (in a thick Boston accent) was, "oh, so you're the tub guy, huh?" All in all, it was a really convenient way to execute a cross-country move, assuming you don't have a lot of stuff!
- mopenstein 1y agoThat's how a lot of military personal move their belongings. Just slap an address on their suitcase or duffle bag and mail it.
- barnas2 1y agoOr a TON of checked bags. Ran in to a guy in the airport once checking 10 bags. He bought the cheapest suitcase sets he could find, packed what he could, and sold the rest.
- m463 1y ago> I wasn't there on the day of the first attempted delivery. oooh, ouch! I wonder if they have to unload and reload the truck.
- wileydragonfly 1y agoBack in that brief window when Amazon was bribing USPS to deliver on Sundays and I could get 50-75lbs of bird seed for $12 shipped I had lots of fascinating Sunday mornings watching postal service workers swear at me and heave bags at my front door.
- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoI don't think that stopped: my neighborhood gets lots of USPS deliveries from Amazon on Sundays.
- bombcar 1y agoMy cross-country move was * Sell all furniture * Shove everything in my car * Put all my books in boxes and send media mail
- jrmg 1y agoWhen I moved internationally, I found out about the ‘M-Bag’ service. The post office gives you real mail sacks (hefty, expensive seeming things!), which you can directly fill with books and printer matter (and nothing else!). They’re then tagged after sealing the drawstring, and shipped internationally! I’m sure the USPS wants those sacks back, but the post office in the UK, where I had them sent, was just perplexed by them and told me to keep them. https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-M-bag-Service https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-M-bag-Service
- drunkonvinyl 1y agoFlail and flail, it’s just another brick in the mail.
- shoo 1y agoThat history of the bank of Vernal was fascinating, thank you for sharing. Parcel post offered for packages of up to 50 pounds + price charged to post parcels from Salt Lake City to Vernal being less than half the cost charged by private carriers ==> lots of freight to Vernal starts getting sent by post! Then, bank director wanting pressed bricks for the front the new bank building in Vernal + closest pressed brick manufacturer to Vernal being in Salt Lake City + post still the cheapest freight option to Vernal ==> 37.5 tons of pressed bricks packed into 50 pound crates and posted! Anyone interested in the history of freight & trade may also enjoy reading Marc Levinson's book "The Box" about the shipping container. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/the-box https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/th...
- josephscott 1y agoLooks like the bank built with bricks via the mail is still there - https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4555831,-109.528633,3a,75y,251.56h,96.72t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFjd1-FMQJRtRbdZ_NbEZBQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-6.719999999999999%26panoid%3DFjd1-FMQJRtRbdZ_NbEZBQ%26yaw%3D251.56!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4555831,-109.528633,3a,75y,2...
- uticus 1y agogoing up one level in url to facts.ups.com, then navigating to fun, lots of quirky stuff there.