Saturday, February 27, 2010

Random memory.

I had an aunt who used to write the messages on her vacation post cards upside down. She thought it would stop the mail carrier from reading them.

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  1. My Great Aunt and Uncle had a rural mail route when I was a child. They enjoyed the summer because in the '50s everyone sent postcards. Aunty Kate would read them out loud whilst Uncle Josh drove. Fond Memories.

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  2. Maybe my aunt's fears were justified. Mind you, at the time, I couldn't decide which was greater, her touching faith in her inscrutable encryption method or her pride in thinking that a report on a middle-aged couple's two-week vacation in Frinton-on-Sea made irresistible reading, even for its intended recipient.

    My friend Rhys Bowen, whose first mystery series was about a Welsh detective called Evan Evans, included a local postman who opened and read all the mail as a public service to the householders on his route, giving them a quick summary as he dropped off the letters. She swears this is based on reality.

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