Before emoticons ....
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
March 5, 2018 3:01pm CST
Before emoticons, there were these cool stamper markers!
As a tween/teen I had a lot of pen pals. And by this I mean the kind you would literally take a pen and some paper (sometimes fancy paper called stationery) and physically write a letter, and mail it.
Of course part of the fun was decorating your letters with stickers, stampers and the like.
I was thinking about this set of markers I had. They were the size of markers and would leave imprints in the form of - hearts, kissy lips, 4 leaf clover, feet, dog paws, lightning bolts, and, of course - smile faces.
And it dawned on me, these were the emoticons pre-emoticon days.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
14 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 Nothing wrong with those 2.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
14 Mar 18
I still prefer text emoji like this :-) on most platforms
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
7 Mar 18
@FayeHazel So true! I still do it once in a blue moon.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Mar 18
Nothing quite like a "Real" handwritten letter :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
8 Mar 18
@DianneN Every once in a rare while I will write... cards and sometimes letters
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
7 Mar 18
@FayeHazel writing letters using no pen and only the alphabet stamp markers took an eternity but was fun.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
7 Mar 18
Woah cool! I don't think I knew there were alphabet ones. That would have been amazing!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
8 Mar 18
@shaggin I imagine it looked cool too!
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
5 Mar 18
I use to love those markers! They may actually still sell them.. But if not then I feel bad for all the now kids.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Mar 18
Oh cool! Nice to know someone else enjoyed them too. I might have to go get a set of them again :-)
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
6 Mar 18
@FayeHazel im sure ebay has them if stores dont
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@dgobucks226 (34348)
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13 Mar 18
What was once old and out of style becomes "new again." How cool is that 
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
13 Mar 18
I love when that happens. I think...
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@dgobucks226 (34348)
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14 Mar 18
@FayeHazel I guess it depends on what is being brought back from the land of "retro." 
@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
6 Mar 18
There are of course pros and cons to today's technology but I admit the way it was used to be in the past, as for communication was a lot better more personal feeling
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Mar 18
I know, right? It isn't as instant or as easy but there is nothing quite like a hand written letter
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
13 Mar 18
@FayeHazel Still to these days for people whom important for me I will write a personal letter for BD important events and etc
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Mar 18
Oh that is cool to know that today's kids still like them :-)
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Mar 18
I think I'm going to have to go check if they do. :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Mar 18
Oh cool, now I want to go see if I can get some
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