[dp0622]

the only person I know that still depends on physical mail as their primary means of receiving mail is my 87 year old mother :-)

I don’t recall the last piece of physical mail I received that I didn’t also get in an email. I could live without physical mail

“So you didn’t get that physical letter from your uncle with the $50,000 check he left you in his will?”

I paraphrased that from a comedy :-)

[jimfree]

My 87 y/o mother pays few bills in the assisted living center, but through last summer she did most of her business online. We got her started when she was still in her 60s.

[Sacajaweau]

At least cut out Saturdays. No reason for a 6 day work week. Years ago, people wrote letters. I bet my mom did ten a week. People use email. Duh...

It's not 2000, it's 2020.

[SkyPilot]

God bless your mom. My dad is the same age.

[Chickensoup]

I love the US mail.

I am no where near 87.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I just mentioned to Mr. GG2 that when my Mom’s generation passes the P.O will be obsolete. Most people pay bills online and send email. Fed Ex and UPS could take over the Post office business. The last time I used the mail was Christmas cards.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I bought 6 packs of “forever” stamps 5 years ago as a hedge against future cost increases.

These days, I use 1 stamp a month. ONE stamp. That is it. Everything else is electronic or automatic pay. For the very few bills I mail in such as utilities, I tend to write a check covering 6 months of bills, so I only have to make 2 payments a year. At 0.9% interest rates, I am really not worried about losing the interest over 6 months, which amount to almost nothing.

1 stamp a month. LOL.

95% of my mail is simply junk mail. I would really welcome USPS insolvency and dismantling if it meant no more junk mail.

Does anybody else remember life 30 years ago when there was almost no junk mail at all, or Infomercials, or reality TV, press 1 for English, etc.

Life is not getting better. Technology is, but life isn’t.