The main worry for the summer mail carriers on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin isn’t the awaiting barking dog. It’s wet piers, poorly-placed lawn furniture or a mai…
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First Person: Mail Jumpers Leap for Delivery
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parkranger1976 says:
August 12, 2013 at 5:51 pm (UTC 0)
They teach them to jump with the forward motion of the boat to get back on so they don’t slam into the side from the momentum ,they should be starting at the front facing backwards and jump/ run onto the dock thus reducing the boat speed in effect to land and reduce the sideways or forward landing effect. I did this a lot as a younger man.
elainekanelos says:
August 12, 2013 at 5:55 pm (UTC 0)
It’s great to see the Mail Jumper has made YouTube – and Neil and Harold as well! Well done! Elaine
Treblinka2012 says:
August 12, 2013 at 6:09 pm (UTC 0)
them old people just like looking at skinny little boys
Fox250R says:
August 12, 2013 at 6:27 pm (UTC 0)
what if he has the runs?
shifttradition says:
August 12, 2013 at 6:58 pm (UTC 0)
if i lived there i would glue my mailbox shut and watch him struggle from the window hahaha
i can just see some rich ass old fart standing out there in his bathrobe waiting for his mail…. oh here it comes, with a boat load of people hahaha
amalgamation25 says:
August 12, 2013 at 6:58 pm (UTC 0)
just wrap the mail in bubble wrap and fire it off with a t-shirt cannon from the boat.
superfuzz says:
August 12, 2013 at 7:41 pm (UTC 0)
jus lovin the crappy plastic chairs on the boat
pubtor says:
August 12, 2013 at 8:28 pm (UTC 0)
can’t they make the mailbox more mailman friendly?
dangermous1968 says:
August 12, 2013 at 8:36 pm (UTC 0)
all of that …to get fastfood coupons and other junkmail…yaaaay!!!
iknewitalready says:
August 12, 2013 at 8:43 pm (UTC 0)
mail in the water
fragile package all in the water
Miguel Carrasco, Jr says:
August 12, 2013 at 8:59 pm (UTC 0)
America is such a pussy country now. I doubt this job will be available much longer because they’ll think its too dangerous.