Kicker: 1 million perfect miles

NICK EICHER, HOST: A veteran postal worker recently hit a milestone: a million miles driven in that red-white-and-blue jeep, the equivalent of 40 laps around Earth! Jim Schultz is his name …

JIM SCHULTZ: I'm a letter carrier for the post office

Lakewood Washington is where he runs his route. The News Tribune, his local paper, mic’d him up and tagged along for a day-in-the-life piece. That’s where we got the audio.

SCHULTZ: I kinda like the job.

Schultz’s career started when he was barely out of college.

SCHULTZ: I was 25. So I'm 70 now.

And with all that driving, in all that time …

SCHULTZ: 45 years.

… he hit the milestone without hitting anything else, no wrecks in that mail truck.

And Schultz has another big milestone in sight, 50 years on the job.

SCHULTZ: I'm gonna be working for a few more years at least.

With the spotless record intact, no doubt.

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