THERE is a feeling of inevitability with the announcement of the cutting of postal services to three days a week in urban areas.
The difficulty is a service, such as post, has got to have a demonstrable need, backed up by volume.
When phone and mail were literally the only means of distant communication it was a colossal industry. In the '70s you could leave school and walk into the post office to get a job.
All of us can remember the pleasure of walking home and anticipating something in the mail, preferably with airmail stripes and stamps from exotic locations. Ever had an unrequited love affair by post?
It's awesome (albeit ultimately tragic).