Ochopee has one 131-mile mail route that serves more than 900 residents. The mail route covers deliveries in three counties and includes delivery on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation. The tiny building used to serve as a storage shed for irrigation pipes for a tomato farm but was pressed into service as post office after the Ochopee general store/post office was destroyed in a fire in 1953.
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“another success is the post office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentiment in mankind; so that the power fo a wafer or a drop of wax or gluten to guard a letter, as it flies over sea, over land, and comes to its address as if a battalion of artillery brought it, i look upon as a fine meter of civilization.”
-ralph waldo emerson
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stand up for the u.s.p.s
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credits: patrick riley, naples daily news, luke franke, orlando sentinel
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It is a small post office to service 900 people. It’s a good thing, perhaps, that the quantity of snail mail is decreasing.
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we are in the midst of a battle to save the post office in the states, it’s important for all of them to stay open, especially in the midst of the upcoming election, isolation, the older and rural populations, and the pandemic
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Can understand that the “number 45 of a kind” is terrifying of what kind of letters the postman delivers in november to the address 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. – so rather abolish the postal service.?
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I’ve heard a little of what’s going on over here. It is incomprehensible to me. Good luck. I hope a positive change comes soon.
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We all need our post Offices, post Masters, parcel sending, parcel pick ups, passport photos, and a secure document mail system, … that cannot be replaced by the greedy, money-hungry private sector…. is nothing sacred from the “Jaws” of ‘Trumpism’…
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Oh, Beth, that’s a lovely quotation from Emerson – thank you š x
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my pleasure
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Great post, Beth! It is an important call to recognize and stand up and fight for the proud members of our USPS. Their safe and timely delivery of our mail has become so common place, that we have grown to take it for granted. Now is not the time to undermine one of the foundations of our proud country with the truculent and childish fears of a self-proclaimed monarch. All while he smiles for the camera and fills out his on mail-in voting forms. We must be unrelenting in our resistance!
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absolutely
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Just down the road. As a retired Postal clerk I thank you for yr patriotism.
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And I think you for your service to so many
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Hereās to keeping the efficiency of the USPS, still the great, reliable, affordable, convenient and equitable means of give-and-get for all.
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Absolutely!
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The meter of civilization is flashing red.
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It sue is!
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Sure
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I must be a dinosaur because I still send all my bills by mail, so I frequent our local post office quite often. I’m sure my bill collectors appreciate my Sesame Street stamps!
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I have dinosaurs! )
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The USPS is incredibly important. Who ever thought that it would be a target?
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exactly
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This country is one of the few places in the world where you can write a letter, put a stamp on the envelope, send it to a specific place on the other side of a continent, and have it arrive in a couple days exactly where you sent it. To call it “a joke” infuriates me.
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yes, me too
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So cool
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⤠usps
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three cheers for USPS!
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yes, here’s to them.
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What a timely post. I urge everybody to buy stamps, make, write and send cards, letters and greetings to all your family and friends….. do it for a functionning future of your country!
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yes, and thank you!
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I hope the best for you guys, who could have ever expected the issues with the postal service?
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I know!
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At least the rent must be cheap.š
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an excellent point
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I hope you are able to save your postal system ~ such a necessary institution. I love this little post office, which is obviously doing such a great job servicing 900 residents!
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it’s become a political football, and hopefully the public will speak up loudly enough to save it
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Sweet!
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I can’t hear ‘post office’ without thinking of our mailman from my childhood. Though I don’t know for sure I think his name was Mr. George. He was tall, lean, impeccably dressed with his black shoes always shining. He was, a word I would use now but didn’t know then-elegant. Classy. He was always kind. And I associate the post-office with this man. (I just wanted to add a nice memory of the post-office service). Oh, and, as an investigator for Adult Protective Services I can’t recount the number of times the post-people would be the ones to report something going on with an elderly adult and call for help.
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yes, they play so many roles in the community, and i love your childhood memory of mr. george
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Yes, to the USPS! It’s insane that this is even happening. Great post, Beth.
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Thank you, and I so agree
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I’m going to share this tomorrow…there is NO reason that the post office is suddenly under attack…well, there is but it’s a despicable one…
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Thank you on behalf of the Usps
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Eager to spread the word…people take their service for granted and they are being dismantled inn the most shameful way
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Yes!
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Beth, I couldn’t activate your “reblog” button, so I pasted the story to my blog, but gave you full credit and linked back to you!
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Thanks and I donāt know why – sorry
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Thank you for sharing this Beth!
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You are very welcome
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Reblogged this on By Hook Or By Book and commented:
As the USPS is under attack, this thoughtful post from Beth is a reminder of how important this is.
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