@Gurre@futurebird Kinda offtopic, but looking at that image I was suddenly struck by the realisation: is the reason Americans have those roadside postboxes so that the postman can deliver the post without leaving their vehicle, as pictured? As a European this had never occurred to me, and it […]

@caesar@futurebird Fairly common in rural Sweden too iirc. Some villages with houses on one or two side-roads have all the mailboxes in one location, so the postman can get the whole village done with one stop :)

@caesar@Gurre@futurebird We have those mailboxes in Canada too. The mail can also be delivered without leaving the vehicle. But, as far as I know, they are only in rural areas where houses can be hundreds of meters apart.