Handwritten on binder paper, stuffed, addressed, and snail mailed, a fond memor?

The only personal items I receive in the mail from family or friends nowadays are greeting cards for special occasions. I used to send and receive snail mail all the time back in the day. My uncle in the airforce would write occasionally, along with friends who either moved away or were on a trip out of town. When my grandfather used to go out of town in the winters, I would always receive mail from him, handwritten letters (I know that killed his arthritis) often came solo or with gifts in order to make up for my missing him at Christmas time.
I cannot remember the last time I received a handwritten letter in the mailbox on my porch.

Hey Sharone,

It is sad to think of it, but it does seem like snail mail is a thing of the past. The last time I sent a letter was because I was going out of range of the Internet on an archaeological dig, and I wanted so badly to stay in touch with some on-line friends that I asked for their addresses. When I got back home we still sent a few letters, but because e-mail was so much faster (they lived in other countries) we ended up reverting back to it which was sad because I did get a buzz from sending letters to them and getting some back. I still have their addresses and do get the addresses of newer friends so that if the Internet were to vanish for whatever reason I could snail mail them instead so we wouldn't lose touch.

It would be nice in the future to find someone I could exchange snail mail with but I honestly don't see that happening with the Internet still around, sadly. It is just too damn efficient lol

All the best,
Dranz

Wow, what a thought! I remember those days! Going to the mailbox and getting something with your name on it was special, even as a kid, if it was just highlights magazine or a weekly reader during the summer when I could go get the mail.
I think maybe I'll start doing that again, writing letters to my nieces and nephews and grandbaby (she's only two, I might wait a couple years) but it is exciting as a kid.
I always let my kids check the mail around their birthday, they always were excited to get birthday cards in the mail.
Doing this might even save a couple of jobs, I've heard that they were thinking about closing a few post offices because of the slow down of mail. Stamps aren't all that expensive.
I used to type a lot of letters and I don't see a big difference if I print a letter out on the printer from the computer, as long as it's personal.
thanks!

It is a bit of a pity to lose personal touches like letter writing. Even emails seem to be getting too time consuming these days.
I still send and receive cards, and I usually write a few lines to go with them. There's only one person I know of who still writes letters these days, most people wouldn't even know that many.

It does seem to be a thing of the past. I used to love to get cards and letters in the mail but I never get them anymore. Everything is email now. I think the post office is really feeling the pinch with more ppl turning to the internet...I do think though that you have more privacy with the snail mail then with internet...after all you never know who is watching you online.

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