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Yeah, I recieved a letter today from a friend who lives several states away, and it made me extremely happy.
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James, so what would be a "good part" to visit? Not that I see a visit anywhere in the near future, but you never know. . .
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Well, the city is fun. There are places that have nothing to do, like small towns and stuff. Buffalo has Niagra Falls and you can go to Canada from there but the city itself isn't much.
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Good to know, I'll keep that in mind if I ever am able to get enough money to make it up there. At this point it seems highly unlikely that such a trip will ever happen, but hey a girl can dream. *sigh*
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Australia is another place on my "if I could I would visit" list. So, how are we going to set this pen pal thing up?
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I would be interested in something like this, but I have this problem about remembering to buy stamps. I hardly ever use them so I just never think about it.
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I'm also interested! I live in the US (Indiana to be specific), but I'm from Israel originally. Yay I want to do this with someone! We should pair off or something.
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I live in the UK, though, and I have no idea how much it would cost to send letters to America. It's been so long since I used anything but e-mail. *sigh*
I do have some really nice, perfect-for-letter-writing stationary, just waiting for an excuse to be used.
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Is it ok to type up the letter and print it and mail it? I don't know if I can write with those stick things anymore. Posts: 1209 | Registered: Dec 2003
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I'd say you should strive to write it by hand. Maybe include a typewritten copy for the sake of clarity.
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I've always wanted a pen pal! I send an obscene amount of letters to family and friends, but they always respond via e-mail or phone. I'd love someone who would write back...
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I wanna!
On a related note, anyone have kids that want pen pals? My seven year old daughter and eight year old son could use the reading and writing skills practice...
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quote:Originally posted by jennabean: I've always wanted a pen pal! I send an obscene amount of letters to family and friends, but they always respond via e-mail or phone. I'd love someone who would write back...
Ahhh - I feel SO much better knowing I am not the only one!
I LOVE this "pen-pal" idea . . . *grin*
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I love the pen-pal idea too, but unfortunately, I'm convinced I would make a very lousy pen-pal. I don't even return e-mails when I haven't talked or chatted with the person in a while. It's not malicious, I'm just not very good at the long-distance thing...
*sigh* Too bad, because having a pen-pal would be a cool idea.
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I'd love to have a pen pal, but I'd never have anything to write. In fact, the best anyone would probably get out of me is a brief note and a sort of crappy drawing.
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I'm right on the Hudson river in NY, near Highland Falls, if you know where that is. Who is gonna organize this stuff? Again, i'm definately game.
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quote:Originally posted by pfresh85: I'd love to have a pen pal, but I'd never have anything to write. In fact, the best anyone would probably get out of me is a brief note and a sort of crappy drawing.
What's wrong with that, pray tell?
I still have the peice of string my smart aleck sister mailed me when we were teens in response to my complaints that no one seemed to write back.
Get it? *eyes alight with eager anticipation* I told her to "Drop me a line" and she mailed a piece if string.
*ignores the groans*
See - it's not just me that can't pun. It's a genetic thing! Posts: 5609 | Registered: Jan 2003
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Well nothing's wrong with it. I just didn't want to get anyone's hopes up if they got tagged with me as pen pals.
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Ok, I have thought and come up with a (mildly) clever plan. Fell short of fiendish, I'm afraid.
Everyone who wants to:
Email me (imogen.saunders AT gmail.com) with your name and postal address and let me know: - How many pen pals you would like - Whether you would like a domestic (US) / international pen pal or whether you don't mind - Your age(ish) - Whether you want someone close in age to you or you don't mind.
I will then pair people up, and send out the pairs early next week.
Of course, if you have seen someone on this thread you really want to write to, you can just email them directly. Posts: 4393 | Registered: Aug 2003
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Hey, Imogen, I want to participate, but I can't right now because as you probably know, I'm moving from where I currently live at. I'll let you know in about two weeks.
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Hmm, I've NEVER done this. Also, I think I haven't written more than 5 lettes in my life. I'm a computer's child. :le sigh: So... why not? And I'm with human_2.0 on this, I'll have to annex a printed copy of what I write.
And I just sent imogen an email with this.
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