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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Sep 2011
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A lot of us live in the country, or a small town.
Our post office is in a town of maybe 500 people. We are on the farm in Iowa.
Like to share thoughts on you neck of the woods?
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Remote village. Everyone lives in a P.O. box.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Two miles from a small village.... Nearest neighbor is 1/4 M away, and invisible from here... Close enough.. 
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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We live in town, have a street address, but our mail comes by rural carrier.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Tracker
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I have a rural mail carrier and the service is terrible .
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Campfire Tracker
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10 miles from town and the mail box is 2 miles from us. The rural mail carrier goes to church with us so he will deliver packages to us so they don't have to stay at the post office or as the previous one did, put them on the ground next to the highway.
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Campfire Ranger
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I live 2 miles out from a small village. The village consists of a small group of houses built around a crossroads with flashing light, a convenience store/gas station, a general store, a garage/mechanic, a church, a concrete business and just recently a General Dollar. My mail is delivered by rural mail carrier to my mailbox at the foot of my drive.
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4 miles from the nearest village. Nothing but family owned gas station/convenience store, a mechanic, a body shop and a blinking light.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Sep 2011
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It's told there is a post office in the Grand Canyon, the mail comes, and goes by pack mule, the winds make using a helicopter impossible. Know that is rural delivery.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Regular
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3 miles from a town of 2500. Rural carrier. Delivery on Saturday is very unreliable.
Society of Intolerant Old Men. Rifle Slut Division
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PO Box only. No delivery here. PO is about 2 miles away.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
3-7-77
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2001
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P.O. Box here no delivery. When we moved here in 1982, one could simply list the name and town and stuff would show up. Without zip codes today though, I doubt the larger mail handling centers would take the time to hand sort and route things.
Last edited by 1minute; 07/14/20.
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Live in rural AK with no home mail delivery
PO Box only with weather greatly effecting delivery
B.C. don't matter.............Laffin!
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Live a mile and a half from a small town of 375 people. Mail comes to a P.O. Box in town. House has a street address, but we just tell folks we live across the road from June and John. The town has a small credit union, and one reasonably stocked grocery store, a bakery and a restaurant.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23)
Brother Keith
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30 miles from town. 1.5 miles to mail box. can see a neighbor 3 miles across the valley. can see Creston BC. and Porthill 5 miles across the valley.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Sep 2011
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Keith, it's a small town indeed if you can't buy beer. 
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Ranger
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I can see my dog running away from home for the first three days.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23)
Brother Keith
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Campfire Ranger
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Nearest town of 2300 is 6 miles away. Mailbox at the end of the driveway for normal mail. Weird looking mailman. For packages, a smoking hot brunette delivers to the house. 
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Campfire Outfitter
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Live in an outer suburb of a large megalopolis.
Over the decades, most of the people here moved out of the central city because of....(it's "raciss" to say why).
Mail is reliable. 1/2 hour to 45 minutes to major league sports (if I ever go again), first class plays, symphony orchestras, museums, skiing, a national park, a 300 yard rifle range, and several Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays venues. Also an hour from the walleye capital of the world, the largest Amish community in the USA, and a 1000 yard rifle range. No BLM.
City dwelling done right, IMHO.
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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No mail here. If need be it gets sent to a neighbor up the road.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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