THE inscription on the New York City General Post Office promises that "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" will stop its couriers.
A British version would have to include a get-out clause for strikes, which are now sweeping the country. Mind you, the mail did get through to one reader's house. It was delivered to the right house number... in the wrong street.
With delicious irony, the letter was from the Posties' own union, the CWU, and the envelope revealed that it contained "Important ballot material".
Let's hope the intended recipient doesn't feel too strongly, one way or the other, about getting a vote on whether to strike.
