Show bermuda mailmen add courtesy to speed record in delivery of mail on island the old adage that the postman always rings twice is topped in bermuda by the fact that this col onys postmen frequently deliver mail within 20 minutes after letters are posted furthermore his bajes tys carrier thanks the receiver for accepting the mail not only once but probably twice mailmen in the coral islands in the mid atlantic are an extremely courteous lot the cool white houses that border the winding coral stone highways are visited by islands mailmen who embody typical bermudian courtesy in both manner and speech there are 31 postmen on the islands who know by heart all the family names in bermuda that would confuse the average postman to the point of distraction rarely do the Outer bridges the tuckers the darrells the smiths the coopers and the get the wrong mail the islands postmen know all the initials that go with the old islands names and letters never go astray in bermuda where traffic is confined to bicycles and horse and carriage car ariage although the swiftest transportation of the century air I 1 plane pi ane service is utilized in reaching the islands the post offices have set up quite a few records for speed in mail delivery that american postmen would find difficult to to beat delivery is made in less than six hours over the irea greatest test distance dis on 0 n the islands which extends how from st georges to somerset 24 milo in all |