do you still use snail mail?

I very rarely if ever use "snail mail" and right now I have a great reason why. I ordered a textbook offline on August 26th. As of today, September 14th I have yet to receive it. Mind you my class started on September 1st. I have classes that are 1month long. So now, I have gone a little over two weeks of class without a textbook and the postoffice cannot even guarantee where it is or when exactly it will get here. My classes cost me $1500 each and I am going to be really ticked if I have to drop one because someone can't do their job correctly.

I use snailmail for a few things still but most of the time I use email to send letters and most of the time I just pay my bills online but their are still a few places I have to send the stuff via USPS though. I do like using hte computer better though.

I still do. I pay all my bills online, but sometimes I still write letters to friends and family. No email can ever compare to the feeling of getting a letter in the mail from someone. Letters just seem more thoughtful than an email. People also seem to say more in a letter than they ever do in an email. People usually just write a paragraph or so in an email, while letters tend to go for at least a page, sometimes more. And it actually only takes a few days to get mail. It's just not as instant as an email. But it's not like it takes weeks or something.

Plus if my hubby goes into the navy, I will definately be writing him in boot camp and when he's out to sea. The email on a ship isn't always reliable, and it's non exsistant in boot camp.

Then there the military over in Iraq. I guarentee their day is 100 times better after they get a letter from family, friends or even strangers(there are websites and such that let people write to a milatary member overseas even if you don't know any over there personally). It's a huge moral booster, an effect that email will never be able to reproduce.