Firstly, apologies to Clacher for the insult, and yes that is what it was. However, reading subsequent posts reveals a deeper comprehension of the difficulties faced not only by the Royal Mail employees, but by our rural and urban communities as a whole. The decimation of our postal services, especially the closure of lifeline post offices, will sound the death knell for many a community, and on an even more serious note, will destroy the lifes of many of our elderly and infirmed residents, who depend on these services as more than just somewhere they pick up their pensions. When the mail goes wholly commercial the companies involved will cherry pick the lucrative routes and dump the rest, destroying vast swathes of our culture and our community. The b*stards are still giving us a kicking and we could be too late in recognising it. Fight for your post office, if for no other reason than that you will be old some day too.