[girvo]

> And postmen never stop to chat

I can say that at least where I live (Brisbane Australia's inner-ring suburbs) that's still the case: my postie is super friendly, loves my dog, and always has a couple of minutes to say hi!

And its great, because I live at a house number that is <number>A, and there is a <number>... but no <number>B or anything, which trips up a surprising amount of people/delivery drivers, so having a postie who cares helps