😝National Mail Order Catalog Day! / ¡Día Nacional del Catálogo de Pedidos por Correo! 😎
Published on HivePostify by @thealliance · Wed Aug 19 2026
Mail-order catalogs were once one of the most popular ways to purchase goods and services. All it took was sending in an order form or placing an order by phone, and the products would arrive by mail shortly thereafter.
> Los catálogos de venta por correo fueron en su día una de las formas más populares de comprar bienes y servicios. Bastaba con enviar un formulario de pedido o realizarlo por teléfono, y en poco tiempo se recibían los productos por correo.
Nowadays, people still shop by mail, but most purchases are made through websites. This means the era of mail-order catalogs has passed. It is a shame, but we can still remember that there is a holiday celebrated on August 18th: National Mail-Order Catalog Day.
> Hoy en día, la gente sigue comprando por correo, pero la mayoría de las compras se realizan a través de sitios web. Esto significa que la era de los catálogos de venta por correo ya pasó. Es una lástima, pero aún podemos recordar que existe una festividad que se celebra el 18 de agosto. El Día Nacional del Catálogo de Venta por Correo.
In the past, various mail-order catalogs were regularly sent to households across the United States, making mail-order shopping very popular.
Some facts: - The United States Postal Service did not offer parcel delivery services until 1913. - The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906 in response to patent medicines that often contained opium or cocaine; these medicines were frequently shipped by mail. - The first Neiman Marcus catalog was mailed out in 1926. Although catalogs are no longer printed or mailed as frequently as they once were, people can still shop using them. Furthermore, websites can function as digital catalogs, so nothing has truly disappeared. In fact, an increasing number of people receive their packages via USPS, FedEx, and UPS.
> Antes, en Estados Unidos, se enviaban regularmente varios catálogos de venta por correo a todos los hogares, por lo que comprar por correo era algo muy popular. Algunos datos: -El Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos no ofreció el servicio de paquetería hasta 1913. -En 1906, se aprobó la Ley de Alimentos y Medicamentos Puros debido a los medicamentos patentados que a menudo contenían opio o cocaína. Estos medicamentos solían enviarse por correo. -En 1926 se envió por correo el primer catálogo de Neiman Marcus. aunque ya no se imprimen ni se envían tantos catálogos por correo como antes, la gente todavía puede comprar a través de ellos. Además, los sitios web pueden funcionar como catálogos digitales, así que en realidad nada ha desaparecido. De hecho, cada vez más personas reciben sus paquetes a través de USPS, FedEx y UPS .
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Family Time!
Well hey there, did ya miss us? We missed you! So much, in fact, that we have rescheduled our 'Family Time' to Fridays and we hope to see you there! Join our lovely band of outcasts, normies, goofballs, pimps, degenerates, professionals and all things within and without and betwixt and between starting 6 pm CST/ 7 pm EST. We always try to have a little fun and and if you're paying attention, a few smiles might just be shared. We like to smile. We like to laugh. We realize that life isn't all about the important things like #politics, #religion and #sex, no, it's about the time spent, the experiences had and memories made. Memories get passed on, experiences are shared and time - time is the currency we spend to acquire them.
> Bueno, hola, ¿nos extrañaste? ¡Te extrañamos! De hecho, tanto, que hemos reprogramado nuestro 'Tiempo en familia' para los viernes ¡y esperamos verte allí! Únase a nuestra encantadora banda de marginados, normativos, tontos, proxenetas, degenerados, profesionales y todo lo relacionado con dentro y fuera y entre y a partir de 6 p.m. CST/ 7 p.m. EST. Siempre tratamos de divertirnos un poco y, si estás prestando atención, es posible que compartamos algunas sonrisas. Nos gusta sonreír. Nos gusta reír. Nos damos cuenta de que la vida no se trata solo de cosas importantes como la #política, la #religión y el #sexo, no, se trata del tiempo invertido, las experiencias vividas y los recuerdos creados. Los recuerdos se transmiten, las experiencias se comparten y el tiempo... el tiempo es la moneda que gastamos para adquirirlos.
It just may be worth your time to [visit the Castle](https://discord.gg/EpyXNyh) and come check us out. Unlike the 'Addams Family' shows, all of this is live, unrehearsed and not recorded before any audience. Funny things happen. Sad things happen. Smiles and tears get shared. Worries and hopes are passed around. Sometimes, we even eat #pizza, cake and ice cream. Sometimes, we watch movies. Sometimes, giant insects attack the microphones and we have to get out our silly swatters and smack 'em up so we have something to snack on because the popcorn got eaten already by little slugs that left slimy trails everywhere and made the sidewalks slippery so that the pancakes didn't get enough traction on our canoes to steer the spaceships. Exactly.
> Puede que valga la pena dedicar tiempo a [visitar el castillo](https://discord.gg/EpyXNyh) y venir a vernos. A diferencia de los shows de 'La Familia Addams', todo esto es en vivo, sin ensayar y no grabado ante ninguna audiencia. Suceden cosas divertidas. Suceden cosas tristes. Se comparten sonrisas y lágrimas. Se transmiten preocupaciones y esperanzas. A veces, incluso comemos #pizza, tarta y helado. A veces vemos películas. A veces, los insectos gigantes atacan los micrófonos y tenemos que sacar nuestros tontos matamoscas y golpearlos para tener algo de comer porque las palomitas de maíz ya se las comieron pequeñas babosas que dejaron rastros viscosos por todas partes y dejaron las aceras resbaladizas para que los panqueques no tuvieran suficiente tracción en nuestras canoas para dirigir las naves espaciales. Exactamente.
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