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Laura - Dec 18, 2006 4:05:11 am PST #9816 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2006 4:23:52 am PST #9817 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2006 4:33:58 am PST #9818 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
First implemented in 1963.
Huh. I did a very brief google but couldn't find anything. I had thought it was around 1970. But looking at the site:
In 1967, these were made mandatory for second- and third-class bulk mailers, and the system was soon adopted generally.
So I was probably thinking about the general implementation. I have vague memories as a child of the Postal Service having an ad campaign to convince people to use Zip codes - this would have been in the early '70s.
In recent years I remember noticing old ads for companies that had an address but no zip code - I think the latest I've seen this is '72?
Anyway, pro'lly no one else cares, but I find the widespread efforts made to get people to use Zip codes somewhat interesting - they had to change the habbits of most people in the US.
beth b - Dec 18, 2006 5:48:09 am PST #9819 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Born in 1963 - never didn't use a zipcode. But the zipcode of my childhood house, no longer exsists.
DXMachina - Dec 18, 2006 6:27:05 am PST #9820 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I remember having to use zone codes when mailing to biggish cities.
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2006 6:31:33 am PST #9821 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, when did they start requiring everyone to use two-letter state abbreviations? Some states used to have three-letter codes, like 'FLA' for Florida.
Holly came from Miami FLA
Hitchhiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She said, "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side"
See, the first rhyme wouldn't work with the 'FL' abbreviation....
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2006 6:34:34 am PST #9822 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I remember having to memorize the 2-letter codes in 7th grade, which would have been 1974-75.
Also spent a lot of time learning the metric system in math class that year, because we were expecting to switch over in the near future. But that's another matter.
DXMachina - Dec 18, 2006 8:01:31 am PST #9823 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Some states used to have three-letter codes, like 'FLA' for Florida.
Some even had four letters, like Tenn. for Tennessee. It was a different, more verbose time.
Sean K - Dec 18, 2006 11:38:20 am PST #9824 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
In recent years I remember noticing old ads for companies that had an address but no zip code - I think the latest I've seen this is '72?
I have memories of growing up in the early 70's and seeing ads on TV from the USPS strongly encouraging the use of zip codes.
le nubian - Dec 18, 2006 12:10:48 pm PST #9825 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
All, whenever I search google from my office computer I get an "unresponsive script" warning during results of the search. Any way I can fix this problem? I'm using Firefox 2