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Ptah

(33,973 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:14 PM Thursday

I received a letter today mailed from about 60 miles away.

How long do you think it took to arrive?

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I received a letter today mailed from about 60 miles away. (Original Post) Ptah Thursday OP

Not a fair question to ask True Dough Thursday #1

It traveled 270 land miles. Ptah Thursday #2

Also depends on the airspeed of a laden messenger pigeon. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #4

hint: It was not by pony express Ptah Thursday #3

Depends whether the address was handwritten or typed. Doc_Technical 18 hrs ago #5

Normally, I'd say 3 days tops... malthaussen 16 hrs ago #6

True Dough

(25,413 posts)

1. Not a fair question to ask

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:18 PM

Thursday

until we know whether those were 60 land miles or nautical miles.

Ptah

(33,973 posts)

2. It traveled 270 land miles.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:22 PM

Thursday

LudwigPastorius

(13,941 posts)

4. Also depends on the airspeed of a laden messenger pigeon.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:10 AM

Yesterday

Ptah

(33,973 posts)

3. hint: It was not by pony express

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 10:03 PM

Thursday

Doc_Technical

(3,721 posts)

5. Depends whether the address was handwritten or typed.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 11:15 AM

18 hrs ago

The Post Office optical character reader has difficulty
reading the former.

malthaussen

(18,350 posts)

6. Normally, I'd say 3 days tops...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 01:32 PM

16 hrs ago

... but these are not normal times.

A friend of mine lived in the middle of Nowhere, Kentucky one summer in the '50s. There were still two mail deliveries a day then. She put a request for a song from the local DJ in the morning post one day -- and the song was played that evening.

-- Mal

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