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Hello, my dears!

I don't know if I've told you yet, but as of late I've been on a bit of a history 'kick'. I've been finding myself seeking out articles and videos about different periods in history, and doing Google searches about random facts. And the other day, while messing about on the Internet, I had an idea – I decided to look up some things relating to the history of the courier business!

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Well, you've done it again. You reminded me of why I find myself running reader interactions so often (and why I like them so much) despite the fact that I have to read hundreds of emails. It's because almost every single one of those emails is worth reading! You lot are the best readership an old lady could ask for, and as long as I keep getting responses like I did this week, these little back-and-forth games will never end!

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I hope you had fun last time with Stevie at the helm of the blog. I'm sure you did, but now it's time for Aunt Gertie to make a triumphant comeback!

And what better way to do so than with our favourite activity – a good old reader interaction?

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So – you guys finally decided to start interacting with me, huh? Sure, it was only one letter so far, but we all have to start somewhere, and I'm now feeling a little bit more qualified to follow in Auntie Gertie's footsteps!

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Right, let me start by saying I'm not much of a blogger. That's more my aunt Gertie's cuppa tea! I do help her out sometimes though, and when she told me she wanted to talk about what it was like to be an independent courier, I just had to take her up on her offer!

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Well, it seems as though we have been blessed with a late spell of summertime weather – and I, for one, am not complaining! In keeping with the lighthearted, relaxed spirit the warm weather tends to bring, I thought we might do something a little different – but equally as fun – to see out the summer.

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I'm afraid August is turning into a bit of a serious month – I mean, we haven't had one of our fan interactions or anything, and here it is the last week already! But I also think, now and again, it doesn't hurt to be a little more serious, wouldn't you agree?

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The other day, going through some archival posts, I noticed a glaring hole in our article pool. I noticed that, while I talked about some variation of the words owner driver almost every other week, I had never actually bothered to define where the limits of this professional title begin and end. That is to say, I had offered plenty of advice to this type of contractor, but never given my readers any way of checking whether or not they fell under that umbrella!

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I have to admit, today is an entirely impromptu post (I just had to look up that word, by the way to spell it correctly). I am not the most organised person at the best of times, and I usually do not schedule what I will be writing about anyway, but in this case, the topic just appeared in front of me – and I could not let it get away.

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Now, before we start, hear Aunt Gertie out. I know it is August and the middle of summer and the last think we want to think about is work, but I have something important to discuss with all of you. Something, in fact, which is likely to help those of you who are about to return to work, or who never really started.