tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post5258617896394373685..comments2024-02-16T03:40:44.797-05:00Comments on The Letter Writing Revolution: Field Trip #1: Ottawa Mail Processing PlantJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144122216662029672noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-80811393156339162252012-11-02T12:27:29.051-04:002012-11-02T12:27:29.051-04:00People say mailman have a easy job. How would you ...People say mailman have a easy job. How would you like to walk in the freezing forty below cold delivering mail? Didn't sound so easy now does it?<br /><br />-Zane of <a href="http://www.rawhoney.ca" rel="nofollow">ontario honey</a><br /><br />Zane Wooderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234994003865045370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-8878758051777159602010-10-15T03:23:58.034-04:002010-10-15T03:23:58.034-04:00I worked at the Edmonton Main PO many years ago - ...I worked at the Edmonton Main PO many years ago - city sortation, midnight shift - not long after we adopted postal codes - as I drive around the city now, I amaze myself by remembering the first part of the postal codes for the areas I am in. As I left that job, the sorting machines were beginning to be installed ... it was a nervous time for the employees who were still there, and there was a lot of training scheduled to teach them how to use the machinery.Jenni in Edmontonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-33309746908521105022010-10-08T18:02:16.200-04:002010-10-08T18:02:16.200-04:00Great post! So fun to see the mail sorting innards...Great post! So fun to see the mail sorting innards up your way.The Missive Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790938574232320476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-78781209064170872132010-10-07T21:47:06.360-04:002010-10-07T21:47:06.360-04:00i worked a couple holiday seasons at a mail-sortin...i worked a couple holiday seasons at a mail-sorting plant in toronto way back when. i was part of the hand-sorting crew for all the mail that didn't get sorted by the machines.shebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458476339701063947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-47587868724283980892010-09-30T15:45:46.047-04:002010-09-30T15:45:46.047-04:00Loved it. I marvel at how machines can be that sma...Loved it. I marvel at how machines can be that smart and efficient. Very cool read. And here I thought letters were hand delivered by Fairies....Thanks Julie!Emmanuelle Louise Goodierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257414763440907658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-33523906056522623742010-09-30T10:16:32.013-04:002010-09-30T10:16:32.013-04:00GREAT post! And Lisa's legs are BUFF.GREAT post! And Lisa's legs are BUFF.Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592532417364025009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-37248598078556673162010-09-30T09:36:31.077-04:002010-09-30T09:36:31.077-04:00I am travelling to NYC this fall and I thought it ...I am travelling to NYC this fall and I thought it would be very cool to check out the NYC Mail Processing Plant but I am going to assume they have even stricter guidelines when it comes to allowing non-US Postal workers into their facility :-)<br />Any Us Postal workers out there??? Hook me up!!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144122216662029672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-49695157726588239412010-09-30T09:17:41.171-04:002010-09-30T09:17:41.171-04:00Wow! What a fun opportunity to see all that's ...Wow! What a fun opportunity to see all that's involved in that process! I wonder how similar or different the US Postal Service is.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13664420408805037046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-59271428628157963552010-09-30T09:03:56.929-04:002010-09-30T09:03:56.929-04:00Wowzers! Really interesting. Good work, roving rep...Wowzers! Really interesting. Good work, roving reporter Julie!! Still amazes me that a letter posted in Cobden on a Friday, before a long weekend, can be in a rural Kars mailbox the following Tuesday afternoon.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187124060268319664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-6070696649744134392010-09-30T08:42:36.382-04:002010-09-30T08:42:36.382-04:00Yep....everything goes to Ottawa or one of the oth...Yep....everything goes to Ottawa or one of the other processing plants across Canada depending on where you live........Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144122216662029672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119548544666358256.post-32746075857953798612010-09-30T08:21:57.157-04:002010-09-30T08:21:57.157-04:00Amazing, Jule! What an incredible operation. So if...Amazing, Jule! What an incredible operation. So if you send a letter from Cobden to Pembroke, does it go to Ottawa first?dannoreply@blogger.com