Yes, some things still come by post, as many people will no doubt be reminded if all the postal workers go on strike in coming days.
Today, for instance, arrived this letter -
As you can see, it says 'What Historical Records Reveal', and 'See back for details'.
Inside is the torn out front page from the Daily Telegraph of Friday Oct 2. However, in spite of evident abundance of highlighters, there's no indication of which article is of interest. Could it be 'Action Man back from dead' or, from the inside page, 'Lollipop lady foils bald avenger'? Or even 'A problem with wind? You need a digester'.
Sadly the answer will probably never been known, and may have been quite elusive in the first place . . . (however I do now notice some strange marks on the paper which are probably left unmentioned and in the bin).
Also in the post is a book which could be of interest to two boys I know - 'The Lightning Key' by Jon Berkeley, 'the witty finale to this magical trilogy' for children aged eight and upwards.
A letter from a regular correspondent from the city, Neil O'Donnell, disapproves of the views of another reader on the city's famous Halloween celebrations -
" . . the fireworks display she talks about is part of a festival that, not too many years ago, and even today, was and is still celebrated by witches and Satanists . . "
The DPP news, the quarterly magazine of NI's District Policing Partnership, has a screamer 'Introducing the New Chief Constable'. Sadly a gripping personal portrait of Matt Baggott is missing from the pages inside. However by way of compensation we do get the shocking tale, 'New Chief Constable Commends Work of DPPs'.
The best laugh comes from a letter from the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys which is headed - "What's in a name? - Find out in Londonderry on Thursday 5th November 2009."
There are other letters, but perhaps we'll finish with a startling revelation - another regular correspondent has moved on to yellow paper.
Some would say - 'Roll on the postal strike'. Here, of course, we wouldn't miss the post for all the world . . .
The postal strikers have chosen an extremely bad time to act. Whilst I sympathise with their cause to some extent, I wonder if they realise what affect this is going to have on the organising of the administration of the "swine" flu vaccine which began last week and is set to continue for the foreseeable.
ReplyDeleteEven though e-mail and texts are great ways of communicating expediently, I don't think they will ever replace the warm fuzzy feeling of receiving a handwritten card or letter in the post!! february fi