John Dick
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Dick
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Opinion
Your mailman’s diary: I called him Glovebox
October 1, 2013I met Gregg for the first time as I walking down his street. Orchard Grove is a pretty little street in my town, and when I glanced sideways one day I see this dude polishing his...
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Opinion
Your mailman and the old lady who died alone
June 10, 2013If we don't rethink our strategy, the community will no longer support Saturday delivery, because we did not support them when they asked for our help.
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Opinion
Celebrating my fellow women postal workers
March 14, 2013In honor of Woman's History Month, I would like to share the history of the women I rub elbows with every day on the workroom floor; the female letter carriers of the United States Postal Service.
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Opinion
The mailman learns from Bob Moore the whole grain guy
January 7, 2013I did not start my career as a letter carrier until I was 41 years old. Before that, I spent the majority of my working life as a self-employed small businessman.
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Labor
See what your greed for money has done?
November 15, 2012I know this is not the Christmas story you were hoping to read, but it is one that must be told.
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Opinion
The mailman wonders: Whose history are we taught?
September 25, 2012It's funny what you don't learn in school. Funny is the wrong word. Actually it's quite sad.
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Opinion
The year 2047: a postman’s nightmare
May 15, 2012I often wonder how this could have happened to this once great nation.
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Opinion
An ode to snail mail and a pledge
April 4, 2012When the envelope is opened, this grand flourish of penmanship jumps out at us in true southern hospitality.
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