I read a fascinating story (on-line for free) about a Missionary couple that lived there about a hundred years ago. A tough life on that island then to be sure!
Tristan da Cunha may not have received a postal code until 2005, but according to this site they already had a post office. They started issuing stamps in 1952.
jasonsnakelover about 5 years ago
Do the people on that Island go on the internet so they can read Ripley’s Believe it or Not?
Take care and may God bless.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
So the Tristan da Cunha islanders only pay their monthly bills once a year along with junk mail in the mix?
Bilan about 5 years ago
Tristan may be further away from any type of land; but if you don’t include other islands, Hawaii is much further.
Gent about 5 years ago
So, Peter the great was a great torturer, eh..
Gent about 5 years ago
What, they don’t have internet yet?
Gent about 5 years ago
I thought piloerection meant… um.. er.. I’ll just shut up now.
Breadboard about 5 years ago
That’s because all the other ships are female ;-)
Space_cat about 5 years ago
Man, getting a whole year of bills at once must really be a bummer!
J Short about 5 years ago
I’ll bet Peter didn’t worry about malpractice insurance.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 5 years ago
Horrid inbreeding.
joeatwork212 about 5 years ago
Did Pete’s subjects want their teeth worked on or was he just another royal weirdo?
ChessPirate about 5 years ago
“Is it safe?”
ekke about 5 years ago
As I understand, Peter the Great’s practice of dentistry wasn’t always voluntary. That is, for his subjects.
WCraft Premium Member about 5 years ago
I read a fascinating story (on-line for free) about a Missionary couple that lived there about a hundred years ago. A tough life on that island then to be sure!
craigwestlake about 5 years ago
And he kept right on practicing until one confessed where they hid his candy…
pearlsbs about 5 years ago
Tristan da Cunha may not have received a postal code until 2005, but according to this site they already had a post office. They started issuing stamps in 1952.
https://www.tristandc.com/postoffice.php
The Pro from Dover about 5 years ago
PatsyL.Paul about 5 years ago
I’ll bet the telemarketers still bother them.
[Unnamed Reader - 34f329] about 5 years ago
But does Amazon Prime deliver?
oakie817 about 5 years ago
I had to take Viagra to get a piloerection