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gnarfler t1_j17k0vq wrote

Reply to comment by passinghere in Philadelphians welcome first free public phone as a small way to resist big tech by Sorin61

This got me thinking about last leg delivery where mail is delivered via pony.

It’s sent over normal mail but literally a truck drives up and parks around the block and unloads a pony for someone to deliver the mail.

There’s a market for this somewhere

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CreepingTurnip t1_j17kbhj wrote

Would mules work for you?

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gnarfler t1_j17kle7 wrote

You know it all started off as a laugh but the more i think about it the more it makes sense for some communities

•better for the environment

•creates jobs

•would never be funded literally ever

Sure is funny to imagine though

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CreepingTurnip t1_j17ktxy wrote

Yeah I sorta felt bad about ruining the joke thread but I just think it's so neat that using animals is still better than technology for the last mile in this circumstance. I suppose helicopter would work too but the cost would be ridiculous.

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SC487 t1_j18v0xi wrote

My stepson’s grandfather had a job delivering mail via mule when he was like 11. They gave him a mule, a mail sack and a revolver and told him to protect the former with the latter.

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gnamp t1_j1aae88 wrote

Is the former the mule or the mail sack?

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SC487 t1_j1ab4zw wrote

Probably more so the mail sack, but probably the mule too.

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