{"id":39668,"date":"2013-08-21T16:45:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bloomberg_fantastic_portrait_article-mailman_at_72_with_americas_longest_r\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:45:50","slug":"bloomberg_fantastic_portrait_article-mailman_at_72_with_americas_longest_r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=39668","title":{"rendered":"(Bloomberg) Fantastic portrait Article&#8211;Mailman at 72 With America\u2019s Longest Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 36 years with three school districts, Bull counts his sick days on one hand &#8212; five &#8212; and tallies just as many in 13 years as a carrier, first as a substitute in 2000 and then as a full-timer in 2007. The temperatures he works in can swing 120 degrees Fahrenheit, from 115 (46 Celsius) in the summer to below zero in the winter\u2019s wind.<\/p>\n<p>Five years ago, the snow and ice were so deep on the road that his power steering gave out. He zigged and zagged and tore through an electric fence, leaving a hole for 50 head of cattle to roam free. He pushed on the gas, nudging the truck out of trouble and on to the nearest farm for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just never know what might happen,\u201d\u009d Bull says over rib-eye and potato salad at his favorite steakhouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-08-20\/mailman-at-72-with-america-s-longest-route.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 36 years with three school districts, Bull counts his sick days on one hand &#8212; five &#8212; and tallies just as many in 13 years as a carrier, first as a substitute in 2000 and then as a full-timer<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=39668\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,49,50,103,209,149,597,108,191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-general-interest","category-international-news-commentary","category-aging-the-elderly","category-americau-s-a","category-economy","category-laborlabor-unionslabor-market","category-religion-culture","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}