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	High Seas Postie

bigjulie_chc

4-1-2007 1:12 AM

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The kind of job I would like.

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A Postman's Life on the High Seas
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<DIV class="picBoxDetailTop"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_lupe/0,,2419157,00.html" set="yes"><IMG border="0" decades="" for="" postman="" aquatic="" alt="Fide Nissen (r.) has been an " src="http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,2397729_1,00.jpg" /></A><DIV class="captionBox"><I class="caption"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_lupe/0,,2419157,00.html" set="yes"><SPAN>Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: </SPAN><SPAN class="symMagnifier"> </SPAN>Fide Nissen (r.) has been an "aquatic" postman for decades</A></I></DIV><DIV class="clearing"> </DIV></DIV><H4 class="detailContentTeasertext">
Fide Nissen has delivered the mail for more than 30 years. Instead of using a car or bike, Nissen sets off each day in a boat. The 57-year old brings mail to the northern German Halligen Islands.</H4>
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</P><P class="MsoNormal">It's around 9 a.m. and like almost every morning for the past 30 years, Fide Nissen can be found with his cargo at the ferry station in northern German Schlüttsiel. His job is to deliver mail to approximately 160 residents of the Halligen Islands. </p> <P class="MsoNormal"> </p> <P class="MsoNormal">Everything -- letters, newspapers and packages -- gets stashed each morning in the boat's waterproof cabin for its journey from the mainland. The group of 10 small islands, unprotected by dykes, sit off the North Friesland coast near Denmark.</p> <P class="MsoNormal"> </p> <P class="MsoNormal">There's not much about the operation that looks like a traditional postal service -- least of all its captain</P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ED6E9E63-F986-4ED2-9B6B-BD261BCDF19D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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