With Mr White’s nine-day wait for a letter, at a distance of two kilometres, I have calculated that the letter has travelled at a pace of 0.22222222222 metres a day. I won’t pretend I did the maths myself, I used a calculator.

But, speaking of hand-held devices … it got me thinking. Maybe we could put those idiots walking around looking for Pokemons to good use. We could strap a mailbag on their backs, and put Pokemons at addresses where mail is to be delivered. 

From what I gather, you don’t even have to pay these people who willingly roam about the streets looking for imaginary animated characters.

There is considerable energy being devoted to the religion question in next week’s census with conservative Christian spokesmen, apparently not yet seduced by gender equality, urging people to exercise their option in favour of traditional Christian adherence. 

The debate surrounding George Pell, revelations from the diocese of Newcastle and the tome-wielding opposition to Safe Schools and marriage equality from the majority of churches inspire many viewers to reach for the remote or boil the kettle whenever the church appears on the screen, despite privately holding Christian virtues of acceptance, compassion and mutuality.

Beyond voting with their feet, society has few real options to express displeasure at the range of “captain’s picks” or “star chamber” decisions made by religious institutions but the census seems a heaven-sent opportunity and not just for atheists. 

When the religious right feeds politically on statistics widening the gulf between evolving social attitudes and legislative inertia many will ask to what end the tick of the box or click of a mouse in the census will be used by institutions more committed to "marking the papers" than affirming a range of possible responses,and click accordingly. 

If you have enjoyed the recent photos and memories of old Wodonga that have been appearing in Tuesday’s editions of The Border Mail, why not come to the Historical  Society’s Rooms at 19 South Street this Sunday from 1pm to 4pm and look through more of our 3000 photos.

Show your support to the Wodonga Historical Society and take a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

We also have a Facebook page with more old photos of yesteryear with comments.

I agree wholeheartedly with Natalie Griffith (“A law unto themselves”, The Border Mail, August 5).

I wonder what other businesses in Australia would be allowed to get away with conduct that could be considered to undermine the Australian economy?

It’s difficult to see what could be achieved by a Royal Commission into the behaviour of banks – surely we’d just be finding out what we already know.

There is one thing we can do though. We can vote with our feet. We can take our money and put it somewhere else, into building societies and the like.

We all want the money we earn and save to be safe, and having a strong banking industry is a good thing. But it’s becoming obvious the banks have got it a bit too much on their own terms now.

Leonie Featonby, of Wahgunyah, is this week’s letter of the week winner.