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I send letters to a precious few loved ones, but all the rest of you sucka's can wait in line for a friggin' email, with the rest of the SWINE! BWAHA!
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I had to send a letter to order a gift subscription to 'Quilter's Newsletter' for my mother's birthday. Their stupid website refused to accept her address. When I emailed them to complain, they said that 'yes, it sometimes does that for American addresses too.' Helpful types, to be sure.
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I send snail mail to my grandpa. We tell each other about the books we are reading. I love it. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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I adore snail mail! Saudade actually got me started on this back years ago when she was banned from the internet once for a month. Also when she went to Italy with her high school class. Saudade's letters sparkled so much with jokes and little cartoons all over the place. They were simply a delight.
Mine are not nearly so interesting as that, but I really enjoy writing them. Anyone who wants snail mail should send me some and I'll write you back. Email me for my snail mail address.
Actually I love email as well, but it seems both snail mail and email require for the person to be out of touch by conventional means (i.e. instant messaging) before I can get whatever it takes together to write them a letter.
Raia, I too seem to write about 3 times as many snail mail letters as I receive. Apparently that's typical for anyone who writes. Posts: 2843 | Registered: A Long Time Ago!
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Bob first asked me out in a "snail mail" letter.
Of course, since I kept forgetting to go to the post office and actually pick up my mail he got tired of waiting for me to respond and told me what was in the letter over the phone.
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I usually only use snail mail for birthday cards, thankyou notes, graduation, etc. because it seems more personal when it's in your own handwriting. If I'm just writing to catch up or something, though, then I'll use e-mail.
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I could google it tomorrow and pretend I know, but hey, I'm in the 'stupid' mood again, so I'll ask here.
And by the way, why would you want to pay for snail mail (whatever that is) when you've got e-mail ?!
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Corwin, snail mail is just letter writing the old-fashioned way... sending them in the mail, with stamps, and mailmen, and everything... handwritten. It's just a fancy term, I guess, it's really not anything that exotic. Posts: 7877 | Registered: Feb 2003
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If I get around to writing a letter, I will send it... and if I get one, I most ertainly write back! But, no one hardly sends me anything, so it's okay.
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Hmpphh - not only do I write real letters and send via the USPS, I have retained ALL the correspondence I was involved in with family and friends back to second grade letters to and from great-grandma Mary in Bothell.
With all the grandparents gone, I rarely get real mail any longer.
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Oddly enough we've started using USPS to send notes from my 4-year-old son to his grandmother. It's a great way to get him to practice his letters and draw.
Grandma is a geek, though. She writes back using a word processor and digital pictures. Posts: 270 | Registered: Apr 2004
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"Snail mail" is a retronym, a term that had to be coined to distinguish an old thing from the new version thereof. Other examples include "conventional oven" and "analog watch". Can anyone think of any others? I think this is a cool category of word.
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