Email Credited With Public Mailbox Deaths

Email is being credited with the murder of the sidewalk mailbox, joining cell phones in a plot to destroy public communication hubs. The United States Post Office has removed 42,000 street mailboxes in the last six years, and nobody's really noticing.

The USPS said that if a mailbox gets fewer than 25 pieces of mail per day, it's pulled. If enough of the public complains about the removal, it'll be put back, they say.

One has to wonder what other industries have been affected. The envelope industry? The companies that make that terrible tasting envelope glue? The cool pen industry? Post-its? No, we'll always need Post-Its, right?

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