kinabalu - Hope all goes well for you. (View Post)

BlancheLivermore -Thanks much for your occasional on-the-ground updates on postal service in Britain. In return, here are a couple of tidbits from the US: Abraham Lincoln was a part time post master … (View Post)

Off topic, but I think this latest story about the Loser will amuse most of you: "Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to … (View Post)

Some time around 1976, I acquired a little book by Martin Mayer, "Today and Tomorrow in America". And I have never forgotten this summary observation from that book: "The great advanta… (View Post)

Here's an article for those wondering about who would want to be born in the United States. A better way to put that is: Who woud want to give birth in the United States? And the answer is certa… (View Post)