The past is a foreign country, they do things different there. 02 Nov 2013 08:37:54pm
Warning: not recommended for stamp collectors in search of a life.
Collateral damage inflicted by my passion for stamp collecting is my arcane collection
of photographs related only tenuously to philately. Recent travel has expanded
this collection to include the following, which I am not forcing anyone to view and
which Stamporama's steroid-inflated censors may delete at their pleasure.
Located in Arles, France, and filed with my collection of vintage mailboxes.
Parked in Sarlat, France. Although the letter-carrier
declined to pose with her bicycle, she admitted it was
the perfect vehicle for navigating the narrow, contorted
streets and alleys of the old inner city.
The only PO in Monaco.
The only mailbox I could find in Monaco
and it was attached to the only PO. From this vantage point I was able
to confirm the universal observation that, "In Monaco, no one drives
a bottom-of-the-line Ferrari."
Let me tell Stamporama members what they already know; mail boxes are
an endangered species, as are post offices (which have already disappeared from the
Netherlands landscape.)
John Derry
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"Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything. "
letter boxes remain a constant in the States. Outside my office, within the span of 50 feet, are three, which, depending on the time, are often filled beyond capacity.
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"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin 03 Nov 2013 10:23:33am
re: Philatelic Psychoses Photographed
"...which I am not forcing anyone to view and which Stamporama's steroid-inflated censors may delete at their pleasure."
Wow, John, that's a good one. Never thought of myself that way, but if that is how I am perceived, so be it, I'll try to live up to that high standard in the future.
Bobby
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke"
Hi John,
Nice pictures and wow, that is a fancy bike. With auxiliary electro motor which comes in handy when going uphill.
Mailboxes are also on the decrease here in the Netherlands, because the amount of mail is decreasing. They are removed under the euphemistic slogan "to improve our service to you", which is a way of putting it that goes far beyond my capability of logical reasoning.
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 05 Nov 2013 11:22:18am
re: Philatelic Psychoses Photographed
I have no problem believing that if any of our members are taking steroids, it for valid geriatric medical reasons and not to inflate anything at all.
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
To error is human -to really fowl things up takes a computer 05 Nov 2013 11:39:51am
re: Philatelic Psychoses Photographed
"I have no problem believing that if any of our members are taking steroids, it for valid geriatric medical reasons and not to inflate anything at all."
just finished a 4mg 7 day dose pack and boy do I feel better. Actually nothing inflated but deflated!!!!!
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