I don't know where you live, submitter, but seeing all the couriers 'braving' 2cm of grey slush a full week before Royal Mail postal deliveries resumed suggests to me that postmen are more than happy to be stayed by pretty much any excuse, however feeble.

FTA: ROYAL Mail has stopped posties delivering letters on private unpaved roads over health and safety fears.

So put in mailboxes at the junction of the public and private roads, problem solved.

What about Ms. Cake?

Witchyman: What is a cm? Is that some form of measurement?

Yes, it's one of the ones we use here in the 21st century.

Subby, it's "Neither rain nor snow nor glom of nit ...". Try to keep up.

cbackous: Witchyman: FarkinNortherner: Witchyman: What is a cm? Is that some form of measurement?

Yes, it's one of the ones we use here in the 21st century.

So... it's like what... a furlong?

how many parsecs does it take for your cm to do the kessle run?

Twelve hogsheads.

"The roads aren't made up as we're on greenbelt land."

Let me see if I can translate this from British to American.


The roads aren't made up paved as we're on greenbelt landland within a zone that has environmental regulations that prevent paving roads.

So....it basically goes something like this?


1. Ban paving roads.
2. Ban delivering mail on unpaved roads.
3. Reject requests to pave roads due to #1.
4. Profit?

Benjimin_Dover: Let me see if I can translate this from British to American.

Don't bother, it's total bollocks. Not only can you pave any unadopted road which leads to a dwelling, the road in question is, in fact, metalled.

"and then she shat on a turtle."