Royal Mail prepares itself

[Mary Ann]

I had a good giggle over this article in The Independent newspaper 
earlier today:

"The eagerly awaited new Harry Potter novel is so large and heavy 
that the Royal Mail is preparing to lay on extra vans to deliver it 
at the weekend.  As each copy...weighs a hefty 1kg, postal workers 
would struggle to carry more than a few of them.

"For safety reasons, postmen are allowed to carry a maximum of 16kg 
of post." [Pure and utter bollocks.  Stu's an ex-postman and he and 
his coworkers were sent out with bags that weren't weighed but were 
definately heavier than 16kg.]

"To avoid any tantrums next Saturday from young Potter fans, Royal 
Mail officials are putting extra delivery vans on stand-by."

Young Potter fans?  Methinks the older fans are much more dangerous 
and have better aim. ;)

The article also states that, since the book is too large to fit in 
most letter boxes, people must stay home and wait for the delivery.

Two of Stu's brothers are still postmen and another brother is a 
Night Sorter, so it'll be interesting to hear what they have to say 
about it.  I promise to filter out the really bad bits.

Mary Ann
(holding out hope for a New and Improved Ron in OoP)