More about Cornish Flat Post Office

We can't say enough about how disappointed we would be to lose our post office. There are so many reasons we can list.
First and foremost is that it would deprive us of the daily trip to the PO to get a little fresh air, see some people, stay connected.

Some say that postage is expensive. We find it to be an outstanding value. What else can you get in the way of service for 45 cents or whatever a stamp is going for? Whenever someone tells me, "It was lost in the mail", I can bet they are fibbing. There are few things more reliable than the NE Postal Service. We get 24 hr delivery of mail to all our neighboring states. Put a bill or letter in the mail to someone in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, or Massachusetts at 4:59 pm and they will probably receive it on the following morning. It's a good value. Given a choice between flashing our account numbers across the internet to pay bills, or sticking a stamp, we pick the postal service for safety and security. Postal rates have risen along with the cost of everything else. Postal workers need to eat too. They need a liveable wage and health insurance for their families. We don't understand the adversarial and complaining attitude that many people express for the postal service. You can bet it hurts the feelings of postal workers.

The thing we don't like is having a mail box in front of the house where our mail is exposed to weather, whim and bad intentions. We help our senior neighbor keep the way clear for her postal deliveries in winter. It's a big chore, way beyond her abilities. The inevitable muddy rut forms in front of many a mail box in spring, a dust bowl in summer. We don't want one of those. The inevitable plow boo boo tears the mail box down. We don't want to deal with that trauma. A mail box has to be mowed around, trimmed around. It does not enhance the appearance of property. Try a PO Box, you'll love it. When we are out of town, we know our mail is safe and dry in the post office where it belongs, no calls or special arrangements necessary.

A PO Box is also another layer of defense and insulation against aggressive marketeers and persons with bad intentions. We hope that we don't lose this valuable resource.

Rick and Rae Melloh
Harrington Road, Cornish