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Tikki

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14. HI davisfamily77..WELCOME to DU

Reply to davisfamily77 (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:01 PM

Jul 2012

Thinking about everyone in the midwest in this Summer's weather...hoping it will cool down soon for you all.

Tikki

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MO Postal Worker's Death on Route Blamed on Heat Exhaustion [View all] KansDem Jul 2012 OP

Though the story did not say, RebelOne Jul 2012 #1

ac in the trucks davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #3

Post office "Modernization" of the 1970s has come back to hurt more people. happyslug Jul 2012 #9

Older models had better air flow jdadd Jul 2012 #18

Postal trucks davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #31

0. MO Postal Worker's Death on Route Blamed on Heat Exhaustion davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #2

It's always been a tough job. They used to deliver twice a day,6 days a week. My uncle did it. virgogal Jul 2012 #5

Urban Areas only, starting With WWII, Urban areas were slowly reduced to one mail drop a day happyslug Jul 2012 #10

Interesting USPS link. Thanks. I'm old enough to virgogal Jul 2012 #12

IT was NOT that abrupt, my father was still doing it in the 1980s happyslug Jul 2012 #15

I was in one of the Boston neighborhoods,but not in the virgogal Jul 2012 #21

15. IT was NOT that abrupt, my father was still doing it in the 1980s davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #22

2x a day delivery davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #32

My son is a postal worker also Welcome to DU gopiscrap Jul 2012 #7

The postmaster general was appointed by bush. Dont call me Shirley Jul 2012 #8

MY HUSBAND WAS ATTACKED ALSO BY A DOG ...AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #23

My Father had a policy on dogs, he kept his old Leather mail bag for years just due to dogs. happyslug Aug 2012 #37

HI davisfamily77..WELCOME to DU Tikki Jul 2012 #14

THANK YOU davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #33

welcome to DU grantcart Jul 2012 #19

lol davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #34

This is heartbreaking. EmeraldCityGrl Jul 2012 #4

Emerald city davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #24

It's unbearable out their for the delivery folks of all sorts Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #6

ITS NOT WORTH A LIFE davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #25

The only thought I can offer is Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #36

Some of the most dedicated workers around. Trillo Jul 2012 #11

SUPERMEN AND WOMEN davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #26

AC is useless in any delivery truck ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #13

vans/ac davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #27

Great thread. Postal workers keep America running. (On my list of heroes.) kickysnana Jul 2012 #16

Heroes davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #28

We are on a truck business mail van route. He goes to the bank next door and then here. kickysnana Jul 2012 #35

One of Mr. Brickbat's colleagues on the railroad came down with heat exhaustion a couple weeks ago Brickbat Jul 2012 #17

investigating the person davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #29

There are cooling vests that might be useful in the open trucks KurtNYC Jul 2012 #20

cooling vest davisfamily77 Jul 2012 #30

Maybe those cooling things that go around your neck adigal Aug 2012 #38

Please everyone Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #39

When I was growing up in Long Beach, CA, during the 1960s... KansDem Aug 2012 #40