To my friends "across the pond" in the UK:
Perhaps I live under a rock (well, I don't have a TV) but I've only just learned, through reading a postal-related blog, that postal workers in the UK are having strikes all over the place that are affecting mail delivery. My sympathies! What a predicament. I am reading up on the whole backstory now.
I do hope folks in the UK have not experienced significant delays or difficulties, though it seems inevitable...
