Leosghost - 2:22 pm on Aug 2, 2009 (gmt 0)

And the old folks who live on their own and dont drive ..or the disabled or blind who live on their own would get their mail how in this bright new world ..

For some of thses the mailman or their voice is the only actual face to face contact that they ùmay have all week or all month ..you really begrudge a few cents more on a stamp to keep this contact available ..

When I was student ..over 35 years ago ..I worked the mail routes in the UK to help pay my college ..even at xmas some families just sent a card to their old folks and didnt visit ..we were the only contact some of them had with a human for days on end ..

Same still applies here in France ..mailman or woman also has social role ..