The Royal Mail was once a fabulous organisation. Dare I say it, they once provided the best postal service in the world. However, in latter years they have become something of a pariah

They have removed the convenience of the local post office, once the heart of every community, by closing them all down. My local post office used to be a 5 minute walk away. They closed that one down. My nearest post office is now a 5 – 10 minute car drive away.

And they have reduced the once great postal service to a single delivery per day whilst increasing the cost of  that reduced service. How does that work ??? Oh and quite often there are days when I don’t receive any “legitimate” mail but the postman still comes to my house just so he can deliver pamphlets advertising Pizzas, Double Glazing, 2 for 1 Spectacle offers, Car Insurance, Mortgages and so on.

Now they intend to deliver more junk mail. <— Click Here

WHY ??? Don’t I have a say in what gets delivered to my house ?

Am I the only person in this fast deteriorating country who doesn’t want the endless flow of special offers that spew forth from my letter box.

I’m sure, like me, many of you have opted to take the paperless billing route.  All of my utility bills are available on-line. My bank accounts and therefore my statements are accessible 24/7 via the internet. So I am doing my bit to save the forests, reduce the energy consumption and therefore my carbon footprint.

When it comes to shopping I do my grocery shopping on-line. If I need to buy a new household appliance or spare parts for the car I do it on-line. When the grand-kids come round and we hold a pizza party we select and order on-line. Same thing when us adults have a curry or a chinese delivered home.

I have just registered with the MPS and hopefully that will reduce the flow of unwanted junk mail  through my letterbox. I won’t be holding my breath though.

Our lives are already blighted by the number of nuisance telephone calls we receive. I registered with the TPS to try to stop the unsolicited calls but that doesn’t work very well.

I want freedom of choice.

• I want the freedom to choose to “opt – in” to receive marketing mail.

• I want the freedom to choose to “opt – in” to receive marketing telephone calls.

So listen up Royal Mail & The British Governement

• I want the default option to be that I “opt – out” !!!

Can somebody explain to me how our governments cost cutting & expenditure slashing activities is helping.

All I keep reading is how many jobs are being cut as both private industry and the public sector react to the reduction and in some case total removal of government subsidies.

Who is going to support all the families who cannot support themselves due to job losses ?

Won’t all these folks end up on the dole alongside all the current lead swingers and benefit cheats ?

So the government will have to pay out additional benefits in place of the subsidies.

Wouldn’t it be better to keep these folks in employment so that we get a return for our taxes. In addition the folks that still have jobs won’t join the millions of disheartened people currently dependent on benefits ?

So Richard Keys & Andy Gray made comments, “off air” which were inappropriate.

I agree they should get their knuckles rapped but should they lose their jobs ?

This is typical of the overreaction that is forced along by media hype. The media hype foists these people on us in the first place and makes then into celebrities. And then the first sniff of some wrong doing and that same media hype pushes them off the pedestal.

Talk about a self fuelling debate. Now the media turns this crappy discussion into being a newsworthy item. It is now being shown, dissected and discussed on all TV news programs and most of the radio news broadcasts too.

To be quite honest I am sick of it. This debacle has already taken up too much of my life.

Nuff said

Sorry about the heading but I couldn’t resist it.

It seems that there has been a bit of flack aimed at Redditch Borough Council who have proposed that the excess heat generated by the local crematorium be used to heat the local swimming pool.

This innovative idea will potentially save them, and the tax payer, over £14,000 in heating bills each year.

It is being said that some folks might find the idea of  heating the pool due to the death of a loved one as being a “bit eerie”.  What is it with this country. We seem to go out of our way to be squeamish about the one sure thing in this life…..or rather out of it. I am sure that most folks would only be too pleased to think that their last action is going to benefit other people.

So come on Redditch Borough Council, full steam ahead. Be the first in the UK to implement this scheme and hopefully lead the way to other councils using this wasted energy.

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