Visited a Post office

@Sreekala (34312)

India

July 5, 2017 4:48am CST

Dear friends, It has been long time now I have visited a post office. There is tremendous changes in our life.A Post office become an unnecessary part in our life is one among them. We are depending only on e-mail, phone calls etc for communication and writing a letter through post almost forgotten by all. Still I remember the days post man visited our house in his bicycle and listening the bell of his bicycle, anxiously reaching him to know whose letter comes. That time my elder sister was in abroad so mostly we received airmails from her. I think those days were golden and no emails can give the happiness like the same way we used to get in the past by post. Now the purpose of visit of post office today is a part of my younger son’s school project. He needed stamps, envelopes and postcard for pasting his project. Have you received letters through post still?

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@prashu228 (37518)

• India

5 Jul 17

Those days are gone...I only remember , we used to receive our grandparents letters.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Jul 17

I remember you stayed different states in your childhood and naturally you get letters from grandparents

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

@prashu228 How about your grandparents, are they healthy now?

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@prashu228 (37518)

• India

5 Jul 17

@Sreekala yeah right .

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@peachpurple (13961)

• Malaysia

5 Jul 17

Yes, bills not letters and bank statements through post

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

Good banks and other institutions use postoffice for their purposes.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

@peachpurple Yes. I know, but in personal life something we lost.

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@peachpurple (13961)

• Malaysia

6 Jul 17

@Sreekala yup, banks and government offices still use mails not emails

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@akp100 (13647)

• India

5 Jul 17

Rarely getting such mail. Now I am more getting parcels of my online shopping.

Its long time I have visited the post office. Good to hear that you able to have sight seeing there.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

7 Jul 17

@akp100 Yes, but some online shopping website deliver good only through post office.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

You received parcels through post office on online shopping?

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@akp100 (13647)

• India

6 Jul 17

@Sreekala Nope, private courier companies. I was just saying these days I am not receiving mail, just parcels. Though one time I received one parcel through post office too.

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@sishy7 (27166)

• Australia

6 Jul 17

I visit post office when I need to post items I had sold on eBay. I see people go there for other purposes too, like processing passport applications, paying bills, and even purchasing travelers checks...

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

That means you are very close to post office?

Glad to know that you sell items in eBay.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

7 Jul 17

@sishy7 What kind of items you sell through eBay?

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@sishy7 (27166)

• Australia

6 Jul 17

@Sreekala yeah, I go there pretty regularly... something like once a week or so... I've been a member on eBay since their early existence back in mid '90s...

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

5 Jul 17

Yes, I still do receive letters from the snaill mail.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

That is really great to know it. I agree it is the snail mail.

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@cahaya1983 (11116)

• Malaysia

5 Jul 17

Not personal letters, but I still do. Visiting the post office is still very common here because they provide other services too - road tax renewal, bill payment, etc.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Jul 17

Yes, post office is providing more services these days. One of my friend visited the nearby post office for getting an atm card but those officials discouraged her to visit the main branch and also said you will face more procedures.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

16 Jul 17

Postcards are rarely sold at Post Offices these days because email, text messaging and social media have decimated the demand for them. In fact, postcards can be very difficult to find in some towns and cities nowadays.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

17 Jul 17

Post cards are easily available in our place.

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

5 Jul 17

Till year 2003, I used to send and receive postal letter. Postal letters are things to remember. It's a long time and hardly anyone sends or receives those handwritten letters.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

You remember the year, I can't remember when I stopped writing letters. Telephone calls replaced letter writing.

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

7 Jul 17

@Sreekala Then mobile calls and SMS, and now facebook and WhatsApp.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)

• Pamplona, Spain

5 Jul 17

From a few people yes and i can understand that they soon might not be able to afford to either as its going up and up the price of postage. I consider it a gift to get a letter or Card through the post. Our Postman was always on foot in England so you had to wait for him a while. Last one I saw in England wore running shoes every day. Good luck to your youngest to post his project whatever it is.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Jul 17

That time the postman comes on bycycle as he wanted to cover many places. Since it is a village it will take much for him to cover all the places. That time the post office was the only place for communication, his work loads was also high. Now ladies are distributing the letters if any and they are coming on scooty.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)

• Pamplona, Spain

5 Jul 17

@Sreekala Its nice he has help to deliver letters then. Work load is also high here and I still intend to send Christmas Cards and such to England whenever I can.

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@FourWalls (86568)

• United States

5 Jul 17

Most of what I get in the mail now are bills (although not many, I have "paperless billing") and what we call "junk mail." I haven't sent a letter or received on other than e-mail in ages. I used to work at the post office, so it is sort of nice to know my bills aren't being subjected to the torture of those machines and uncaring workers. But I do have a post office box, so I go to the post office 2-3 times weekly, just to pick my mail up.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

Here also the government is doing much to make 'paperless' and 'cashless'. Bill are delivering through post office but writing a letter for sending through post office is rarely happens.

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@shaynas (5486)

• India

5 Jul 17

I totally agree with your words, an email can never ever replace a physical letter. I don't receive letters anymore, only the official ones.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Jul 17

Good you get officials letters at least. I am not getting that too.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Jul 17

@shaynas yes, I agree, they don't bring any pleasure like the personal letters can bring. It was warm feeling to get the letters in olden days.

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@shaynas (5486)

• India

5 Jul 17

@Sreekala But they don't bring any pleasure :)

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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5 Jul 17

We still collect mails and bills at the post office.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

Great to know it, you are still using the facilities of post office.

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@manikarnika (3301)

• India

6 Jul 17

Yeah...You're right.Technology has developed and replaced post with E-mail.lt is really rare to see letters from our far away friends and relatives.But l could see some people go to post office to deposit amount as like Bank Saving Account recently

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

Yes there are good saving schemes available in post office.

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@manikarnika (3301)

• India

6 Jul 17

@Sreekala Hmmm...That's true

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@vsai2008 (11794)

• India

5 Jul 17

I received letters till 2009 I guess. We friends used to write to each other. We still have them, its cherished more than the gifts we exchanged :)

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Jul 17

I can understand if you keep those letter then it is worthier than the gifts by friends.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

6 Jul 17

@vsai2008 Take care and have a nice day.

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@vsai2008 (11794)

• India

5 Jul 17

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