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Re: Ridgewood chain snatching |
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Posted by pragmatist on Thu Aug 5 12:14:22 2021, in response to Re: Ridgewood chain snatching, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 5 11:47:54 2021. local designators were much more important prior to zip, and the subsequent automated processing of most mail... distribution clerks had to study and memorize where mail was sent for next level sort/distribution it was called "scheme" you got a box of cards (like business cards) with the name of a place, and the clerk had to call out where the mail went...my father sorted outgoing NY mail, so an example might be skaneateles, answer syracuse sectional center... the exams were every couple of years, the examiner picked 100 out of the pack, you needed a pretty high score to stay qualified as a clerk. if you couldn't do it you could be dropped to "mailhandler" a lower paid craftback then I was Fresh meadows 65, NY |
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