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A postcard sent to a freshman Ruth Webber at Farmington State Teachers College, currently the University of Maine at Farmington, took 64 years to reach the campus mailroom. After receiving the card Monday on the Farmington campus, Ruth Webber McGary holds the card above her college yearbook photo.


1 posted on 10/21/2010 8:08:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

I recently received an email that was sent in 1964. I guess it got tangled up in some mailserver. [/jk]


2 posted on 10/21/2010 8:11:24 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: JoeProBono

Neither rain, nor sleet nor massive rip in the space-time continuum....


3 posted on 10/21/2010 8:11:38 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: JoeProBono

Was it addressed to a B. Hussein Obama Sr. in Kenya? :O)


4 posted on 10/21/2010 8:11:47 AM PDT by library user
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To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv

It wasn’t airmail


5 posted on 10/21/2010 8:15:02 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: JoeProBono

Newman!!!


6 posted on 10/21/2010 8:16:13 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: JoeProBono

Hope they find out where it’s been. I’m missing a lot of socks.


10 posted on 10/21/2010 8:33:32 AM PDT by Leg Olam (A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.)
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To: JoeProBono

Probably arrived with a “Postage Due” sticker on it.


14 posted on 10/21/2010 8:40:20 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: JoeProBono

Wonder if the post office charged the school for the extra postage due.


15 posted on 10/21/2010 8:44:16 AM PDT by badgerlandjim
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To: JoeProBono

It was sitting next to a lone shoe on the side of the road.


16 posted on 10/21/2010 8:45:49 AM PDT by albie
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To: JoeProBono

I guess the increase in postage rates is to cover the cost of storing the mail . . .


18 posted on 10/21/2010 8:59:56 AM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: JoeProBono

I’m curious what was written on it.

Was it sent by her lover from 1946, who probably figured she didn’t want to see him anymore?

From where was it sent? Is the sender still there?

Is he/she having a great time?

Does he/she wish she were there?

Did it say, “I’m staying for a few weeks more, can you feed my dog?”

Was it a request for more $$ to get home?

Important stuff.


19 posted on 10/21/2010 9:28:15 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows

McCain’s absentee ballot votes should be delivered by Dec 23rd, 2079.


20 posted on 10/21/2010 10:40:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: JoeProBono

If you like the Post Office, you’ll darn sure like government healthcare.

I once mailed a letter across Houston. It arrived a month later by way of Tennessee, according to the post marks.


23 posted on 10/21/2010 12:50:34 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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