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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

69


Belfast East DO (BT4, BT5, BT6, BT16)
Brixton DO (SW2)
Clevedon DO (BS21, BS49)
Dundee East DO (DD4, DD5, DD7)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Egremont DO (CA21, CA22, CA23, CA24, CA25, CA27)
Erskine DO (PA7, PA8)
Inverclyde DO (PA14-PA19)
Johnstone DO (PA5, PA6, PA9, PA10, PA12)
Kesh SUDO (BT93)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)
Nottingham South DO (NG2, NG12)
Paisley DO (PA1, PA2, PA3)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
Renfrew DO (PA4)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
South Woodford DO (E18)
St Helens DO (WA9, WA10, WA11)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, CA28)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)
Wigan DO (WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4, WN5, WN6)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

Lake 69, a small lake in the region of Áncash, Peru

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

54


Clevedon DO (BS21, BS49)
Dundee East DO (DD4, DD5, DD7)
Egremont DO (CA21, CA22, CA23, CA24, CA25, CA27)
Erskine DO (PA7, PA8)
Johnstone DO (PA5, PA6, PA9, PA10, PA12)
Kesh SUDO (BT93)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)
Nottingham South DO (NG2, NG12)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
South Woodford DO (E18)
St Helens DO (WA9, WA10, WA11)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, CA28)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)
Wigan DO (WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4, WN5, WN6)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

If the complementary angle of a triangle's corner is 54 degrees, the sine of that angle is half the golden ratio.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

47


Clevedon DO (BS21, BS49)
Dundee East DO (DD4, DD5, DD7)
Egremont DO (CA21, CA22, CA23, CA24, CA25, CA27)
Erskine DO (PA7, PA8)
Johnstone DO (PA5, PA6, PA9, PA10, PA12)
Kesh SUDO (BT93)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)
Nottingham South DO (NG2, NG12)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
South Woodford DO (E18)
St Helens DO (WA9, WA10, WA11)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, CA28)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)
Wigan DO (WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4, WN5, WN6)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

The number 47 has historical implications to Pomona College, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California, and has been incorporated into various aspects of campus life.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

49


Clevedon DO (BS21, BS49)
Dundee East DO (DD4, DD5, DD7)
Egremont DO (CA21, CA22, CA23, CA24, CA25, CA27)
Erskine DO (PA7, PA8)
Johnstone DO (PA5, PA6, PA9, PA10, PA12)
Kesh SUDO (BT93)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)
Nottingham South DO (NG2, NG12)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
South Woodford DO (E18)
St Helens DO (WA9, WA10, WA11)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, CA28)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)
Wigan DO (WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4, WN5, WN6)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

During the Manhattan Project, plutonium was also often referred to simply as "49". Number 4 was for the last digit in 94 (atomic number of plutonium) and 9 for the last digit in Pu-239, the weapon-grade fissile isotope used in nuclear bomb.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

2

Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

Two is most commonly a determiner used with plural countable nouns, as in two days or I'll take these two.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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49 to 2……really.
You cannot make this crap up!!
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It's a Christmas miracle 😄

Well done Whitwood :Applause
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Nowt as strange as the list 🙄
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
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ted_e_bear wrote:
29 Dec 2025, 16:54
It's a Christmas miracle 😄

Well done Whitwood :Applause
Don't worry they'll be back on the list in a few days. This list is nonsense and I don't believe at all that it reflects the company's service.
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I see Londonderry is still on there. The all expenses paid jolly didn`t make any difference then?
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funkflex55 wrote:
29 Dec 2025, 20:33
ted_e_bear wrote:
29 Dec 2025, 16:54
It's a Christmas miracle 😄

Well done Whitwood :Applause
Don't worry they'll be back on the list in a few days. This list is nonsense and I don't believe at all that it reflects the company's service.
Its gonna be skewed even more when the 2nd/4th class mail is left in for longer this year how the hell are they gonna know how long mail has been sitting in the frames for there .list. its so opaque.
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

3


Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Selsey SUDO (PO20)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)



USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

3


Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

The phrase "Third time's the charm" refers to the superstition that after two failures in any endeavor, a third attempt is more likely to succeed.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Poor Londonderry.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

20


Debden DO (IG7, IG8, IG9 and IG10)
Feltham DO (TW13 and TW14)
Hockley SS DO (SS5)
Londonderry DO (BT47, BT48)
Selsey SUDO (PO20)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Wellingborough DO (NN8, NN9 and NN29)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26 and CA28)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

20 is the basis for vigesimal number systems, used by several different civilizations in the past (and to this day), including the Maya.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.