{"id":3839,"date":"2019-08-14T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hps.gr\/?page_id=3839"},"modified":"2019-08-24T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T11:11:14","slug":"editorial-717","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/index.php\/en\/editorial-717\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial 717: What did you say? Philately? (II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/717_cf-700.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"with-shadow alignleft wp-image-3862\" src=\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/717_cf-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/717_cf-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hps.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/717_cf-700-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>I am copying here an email I received a few days ago from one of our members. The short story unfolded in a bank while he was paying his annual dues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remembered your editorial of a few months ago, while I was finishing the transaction and was ready to leave, when the charming lady in her forties behind the counter asked me all of a sudden \u2018and what is this society all about?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She had already pressed the new customer button, so, I just managed to say \u2018philately, that is, the study of postage stamps and postal history\u2026\u2019 but I couldn&#8217;t go any further.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Oh, with stamps\u2019 she said, so I hurriedly replied \u2018it&#8217;s more, much more interesting than it sounds&#8230;\u2019. I received a beautiful, wide and warm smile, but I had to leave. I promise next time I&#8217;ll do much better&#8230; \u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Three numbers back, in this particular column, we wrote for the need of convincing answers of more or less twenty seconds. Here, the time available was very limited, a breath or two, and worst of all, the question came fast, unexpectedly. We will never know what our friend&#8217;s casual encounter understood. He, however, should not complain. After all, had he done better, what would he have earned more than a beautiful smile from a charming lady? Wasn&#8217;t that enough?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am copying here an email I received a few days ago from one of our members. 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