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For me even more interesting is that people found incredibly fun abuses of early mail. For instance using the postal services to deliver heavy goods such as bri
by the_mitsuhiko 1y ago
For me even more interesting is that people found incredibly fun abuses of early mail. For instance using the postal services to deliver heavy goods such as brick. The transported all the brick for an entire bank building in the early days [1].
[1]: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_2022.2007.1 https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_2022.2007.1
- nighthawk454 1y agoYou can even still mail a brick! As long as it’s addressed. Apparently other things too including flip flops, inflated beach balls, and potatoes. They do call out that you can no longer mail enough to build a building haha. https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/#:~:text=Individual%20bricks%20can%20be%20shipped,weighed%20and%20add%20the%20postage. https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/#:~:text=I...