I just received a postcard. It confused me at first, since this
local friend is more likely to phone that write. Even more confused
when I saw what city it was from, on the opposite coast. Did she
very suddenly (i.e. since Tuesday) decide to take a trip she
didn't tell me about? Uh, no, it was a trip I did know about ...
in June. The postcard is postmarked 29 June 2006,
and it just arrived this morning.
The USPS as a whole has a pretty good record. Some individual
post offices and sorting centers ... not so much. I don't know
where this postcard got hung up for three and a half months, but I
know which way I'd bet. *sigh*