The super world of communication

Hi savypat, This is something to which I can really relate. When I was a young boy, we lived in isolation and mail was delivered by boat and this happened just once every two weeks. I was probably twelve or thirteen when we started getting the mail once every week, and I will always remember my father's comment that it should be "good enough for anyone". I would especially think of it when I was working in the nineties and later, and would send a fax to another province or city, only to see that it had taken just twenty seconds! There was something special about letter writing though, that I don't think will ever be replaced. Perhaps our technology has progressed beyond our ability to handle it and we need to learn more "people skills". Blessings.

Even though writing letters was once the normal, things have changed and we just follow suit it technology. We don't really realize it because it was gradual. I love the fact that communication is at the point it is today. No more waiting to talk to someone. The phone itself came a long way, we now carry them with us. I love the internet as well, that is what made places like MyLot possible.

I couldn't have ask for more but this latest technology of the internet that has made great changes in today's communication. We are indeed fortunate to be still around to witness this great invention. I can still recall when I used to have penpals from around the globe and it took me weeks to receive replies from them. Now we have all these new technologies at our disposal and we are only a screen away from each other. How great is that!

Communication has evolved from the days when you rely on pen and paper in order to communicate remotely. Now we have emails, text messaging, and calls. Thinking about how far we have come, you just can't help but feel astounded at how a big a step human kind has taken when it comes to communication.

What a great topic! I still remember the first TV on my block coming when I was about six, in 1949. It was a really big deal. We didn't have private phone lines back then, either, and mail came twice a day for only two or three cents a letter. Then we got private phone lines by the time I was ten and we moved, and mail started coming only once a day. I had many pen pals in high school and college, and getting a letter was always something I looked forward to. Anything important was sent in writing -- letters, cards, etc. So are we better off now? In some ways, where speed is essential, yet. OTOH, how many people will whip out an email without much thought , and come to regret it later? Writing letters used to take a great deal of thought on how to word things, what was worth mentioning, etc. Mistakes still happened, but probably not as often. Also, letters were more private. You could secret them in your pocket until you had time to be alone and savor every word. You could put your love letters in a box and read them over whenever you wanted to. There's a good chance an email won't be as private. And it still isn't as exciting as getting a snail mail letter. I remember the anticipation of waiting for a letter, and what a thrill it was to see it finally in your mailbox. It was also an event if an unexpected letter from someone arrived among your bills and junk mail. I kind of miss those days. Even though email is great for sending urgent information to a large group of people at once, and is a great improvement on the old prayer chain and phone tree calls, for non-urgent personal communication, I prefer phone or snail mail.

I moved out from hometown first time [1977] only after I secured a seat for a professional course in a bigger city. Being the only son and never having stayed away from parents, I was terribly home sick the first few months. The mode of communicating feelings to parents and sisters back home were just the letters. It would be quite a session writing about things that were okay and not so okay. In fact, sometimes it would not be over in a single session because many details over several days between letters had to be written. And then waiting in anticipation!! Even after I finished degree and secured a job, for talking to people at home, we had to book a trunk call. And since there was no land phone [it was not common that every one had one at home], I had to wait for someone to arrive after message was conveyed from the telephone department and then we could be connected on a trunk call. This was about a quarter centuries back. What a radical change the electronic communication has brought about during the later of my life span. This is truly overwhelming and fascinating! Video calling on mobile is like fantasy even for a guy like me who is not in youth but not octogenarian either. :