Attention Chicago postal customers: We don't have the slowest service.
In Oberlin, Kansas, a Christmas card dated December 23rd, 1914 just arrived to its destination. It was mailed to Ethel Martin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska.
Ethel isn't alive anymore. So, the US Postal Service tracked down a relative; Ethel's sister-in-law Bernice.
She says it looks as if the card ended up in Illinois and then mailed on from here--with current postage attached. For being nearly a century old, it's in perfect shape.
The postmaster in Orberlin says he's boggled by this mail mystery.
Okay, I admit that this is a cute story. That's why I wanted you to know about it.
It does, though, illustrate a lesson I recently learned. Christmas cards are okay to be late but you should always certify your important mail, folks.
According to the United States Postal Service website it's an extra $2.65.
I wish I would have done that a few months ago while sending in a gym membership cancellation. According to them, they never got it. Because of that, it's costing me an extra $223.50 in past dues.
That's a lot of extra lifting. Unfortunately, it's my wallet that's feeling the burn... not my muscles.
