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As one commenter asked- “how do they measure that?”

Welcome to fall mailing season, home edition

From WGBH in Boston, a nice story about a window clerk who really loves her job. It’s from ‘GBH’s Morning Stories series of podcasts. You can double click the player below to listen online, or click here to download the .mp3 file. Visit the Morning Stories web site to subscribe to the series.

[audio:http://streams.wgbh.org/online/morn/MSPC021006.mp3]

Pointed out by postcom.org: an interesting collection of post office pictures from across the country:

Post Office Photos at postmarks.org

Another interesting Post Office spotted on Flickr- in Kaweah California, not far from Sequoia National Park. There’a also a picture of the same building taken in 1910 at this historic photo archive that shows how little it has changed over the years. Kaweah turns out to be a pretty interesting place- it was founded by a Danish-American socialist as a utopian community in 1886. Click here for more on the community’s history.

Lest we be accused of picking on the South, here’s a retail standardization candidate from Massachusetts. This one is in Middlefield, in the Berkshires.

Middlefield Town Center Post Office_0093 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Another classic post office that could use some retail standardization. I’m assuming there are no murals or bas reliefs on the walls in Louvale.

Louvale, Georgia 31814 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Postal vehicle, Delphos, OH on Flickr

Another way to use the APC (Automated Postal Center)- from Flickr