"The postmaster general of the United States, John E. Potter, has gone to Congress and officially asked for permission to do away with Saturday mail. His reasoning is hard to argue with. In the e-mail age, usage of the U.S. Postal Service is plummeting. Just about everyone claims to love the look and feel of a handwritten letter, the giddy anticipation of seeing the mail carrier strolling up the sidewalk and wondering what he has inside his bag for you, the orderly, set-your-watch-by-it routine of mail delivery to your home every day of the week except Sunday." - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet

The only physical mail I really care about anymore is Netflix and I suspect in a few years from now most of that may end up online anyways. The new Netflix "Watch Now" upgrade for the XBox 360 is awesome. - Thomas Hawk

Seems that a more nuanced way would be to do away with daily mail in those locales where it is not profitable...go twice weekly or something...part of the USPSs issue is its flat rate pricing. And the Netflix on demand service IS indeed awesome! - jeff hammond

so much for low income households with no Internet access that have to pay bills via post, eh? - Joe Silence is not Santa

gosh. we (canadians) haven't had mail on Saturdays in... forever! - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

I heard that once mail was delivered twice a day. Before my time personally, but I have a hard time imagining that. The folks I feel bad for are the Netflix folks. Monday they will be overwhelmed with weekend returns. Well, it might be Tuesday but the idea is the same. - CAJ, somewhere else

Daily delivery may actually be more important in the rural and low population areas because those areas probably are not as well served by internet service providers. Restricting delivery to only a few days a week could represent a substantial hardship. I could see cutting back on Saturday delivery, though. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

I don't mind that, but I'm urban. In the country would be a different story. It would be like that weekly trip to the city for food. I can definitely imagine nothing via mail. every bill payment I'm able to make is notified/paid online. - SolidSmack

I've always thought they should cut at least 2 days from the delivery and perhaps even 3 or 4. I'm not saying shut the offices down, but just think about all the gas that could be saved as well as wear and tear on the vehicles. Yep. Mail delivered on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday would be plenty. - Becca