To whom it may concern

for p. Only joking.

That's a bit scary.

I think (with many others) it's bl...y appalling.
It's shocked me.

Just got home, thank you all so much for your support, it is appreciated.

Charleygirl , re the postmark, yes, the city was identified, let's just say it was North of the border.

Hope everything went all right at work

A Scottish gran? Well it wisnae me. I'd be black affrontit to dae sicca thing!
Just hope all OK at your work.

The "incident" happened more than a week ago, and all is fine, thanks.

In case anyone is wondering, the letter was given to me, and after much deliberation, I decided to keep the envelope.

The contents are currently helping to line the cat's litter tray

best place for it under the shit litter

Wisnae me neither, phoenix. I can't imagine any of the Scottish grans that I have met would have done such a thing, or any whose posts I have read. It must have been someone completely outside Gransnet, one of those trolls who occasionally appear and stir up trouble.

Lining the litter tray is the best place for it. Put it out of your mind.

Was there a letter as well, then? I thought it was just a copy of a thread.

And isnae Perth Granny either

When I say "letter", I mean that it was sent in the post.

There was an additional page with a typed comment.

Well, it is only fit for the litter tray, but it is quite scary all the same.
Big Brother (or Sister) and all that

Oh I see. Sorry, I'm too damn nosy for my own good!

The postmark is only proof of where the missive was posted, though.

Crikey! (north of the border) I dunno why. Just so far away. It's weird.
Why?!!!

Glad all is ok though. (Might have done some good. Got a cerain message across!)

Thanks jings, although I think the "why" is pretty obvious, as in wanting to jeopardise my job, although the other "why" as in why would anyone want to do something so nasty, is still a bit beyond me

Still, as they say "nowt so queer as folk"

What a horrible thing to do to anyone. Hope you're ok.

There are 4 cities north of the border, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perth. I have been a member here for nearly 3 years and I have noticed that there are many who live in and around Edinburgh- surely not?

What disgusting behaviour. The perpetrator must have a miserable little life - and serves them right. Chin up phoenix

Gosh! and bloody hell! How awful!

Pheonix

I must admit I am struggling to understand how somebody knows how to do such a thing. I also fail to comprehend why somebody has such an obvious nasty streak they do something so 'targeted' against you? B----y hell that was personal.

I agree with Anna the postmark only proves where it was posted from and whoever sent it might have thought they were being clever using a red herring. Then again they do sound as though they only have one miniscule brain cell and even that one brain cell is tinged with nastiness.

I hope it was not a gransnetter we would all feel miserable thinking we might have engaged with him/her ourselves and he/she obviously has a problem.

CharleygirlThe grans who post from around Edinburgh wouldn't do something like that. We meet up frequently so we all know one another, and it would be completely out of character. Neither would any of those from other parts of Scotland.

I think the "north of the border" postmark is a red herring - it may have been someone passing through. Either that or it is someone who read the thread without joining, or just joined briefly then left (with a flea in their ear?)

POGS It would have been easy enough to do it, if they copied the thread before it was deleted and just paid attention when phoenix told us the good news of her job.

Not as easy to be nasty enough to try to disrupt someone's life with such a mean trick though. Definitely a sandwich short of a picnic, or a screw loose.

I'm not sure which thread it was, but wouldn't it have been a while ago? Why on earth would someone copy it before it was deleted then hang on to it for so long?

I'm sure all our amateur sleuthing isn't helping, but it's such an odd thing to have done...