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“to skate away on…”

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Peter RorvigJanuary 14, 2020

Man. It was brutal at work yesterday… Rain and a bunch of packages that weren’t designed (or boxed) to fit in a Jeep Cherokee…too long a route….too many dirt roads…too many steep dirt roads…too long a route…TOO LITTLE TIME…. Arghhhhhh. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Joni Mitchell, mail route, packages, river, usps

Ohhhhhhhhhh……SNAP!!

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Peter RorvigOctober 15, 2018

Ohhhhhhh….yuck. I had 8 trays of mail today….168 packages….2 trips to the post office to reload…..7 in the morning to 6 at night….and it was a pretty typical heavy Monday. But….it wasn’t Christmas yet. I was “given” 23 days off … Continue reading →

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Yo-Yo? Yes-Yes!

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Peter RorvigAugust 26, 2018

Ahhhhhhhhhh! Yo-Yo! Now, here’s some GOOD MUSIC! For sure. The Post Office is making me take a whole bunch of time off in the coming month and a half. Like….almost a month and a half. Off. So…I’m going to have … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged forced time off, LWOP, post office, usps, Yo-Yo Ma

Rainy Mail Day…Rainy Coon Dog Day

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Peter RorvigJuly 7, 2018

Here’s some video from last year’s Coon Dog Day. This year, I had to deliver the mail on a Saturday because my sub quit. It poured. Now, rain makes a day of delivering mail pretty rough. So does a town … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Coon Dog Day, delivering in the rain, mail delivery, Saluda, usps

52 years!! 52 years!! What a Mailman!!

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Peter RorvigFebruary 4, 2018

This guy seems like a good fellow. It’s good to have a mailman like this….and good to work with a mailman like this. Of course, I don’t work with a mailman like this. There’s nobody that old working at my … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged mailman, usps

Welcome to the Matrix

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Peter RorvigFebruary 27, 2015

Today is the last day of a three-week “mail count”. A mail count is what the Post Office uses to determine how a route is rated….and the rating determines how may days the driver has to work to make the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged mail count, usps

evaluated

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Peter RorvigAugust 31, 2013

  The USPS is in the process of closing down our mail processing facility in Asheville. It’s a cost saving measure. Even after a big money renovation of the facility in Asheville, it is more effective to have our mail … Continue reading →

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Posted in business, money, Uncategorized | Tagged evaluated time, mail count, mail delivery, post office, usps

rain and the postman

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Peter RorvigAugust 19, 2013

                                My kids enjoy playing a game called Harvest Moon. It’s a game, from the little I’ve seen of it, where you set up a … Continue reading →

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Posted in money, survival, Uncategorized | Tagged harvest moon, mailman in the rain, postal creed, usps, USPS five day delivery

turning

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Peter RorvigAugust 1, 2013

We got everyone ready and out of the house by quarter to 9 to make our 9:30 appointment in downtown Hendersonville to get our passport applications processed. Apparently, at five minutes past 9, they called the house to tell us … Continue reading →

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Posted in environment, family, survival, Uncategorized | Tagged cruises, passport, passports, postal employee, usps

smokin’ cat

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Peter RorvigJuly 31, 2013

I saw a lady come out of one of the trailers on my mail route the other day. I saw her out of the corner of my eye when I stopped to put a piece of junk mail in her … Continue reading →

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Posted in environment, family, Uncategorized | Tagged passport, rooster, smokin' cat, usps

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