E-mail, of course, is obvious. So is the continual rise in the rate of a first-class tamp.
But not discussed as much is an older technology than e-mail: The telephone. Letters still had their place back in the day when Ma Bell sold long-distance at at least a dime a minute at off-peak rates, 25 cents or more per minute for daytime (and don't ask about making a person-to-person call). Deregulation of AT&T made long distance calls cheaper and then, finally, the "bundled plans" most people have now means that making a call anywhere within North America (other than to Cuba)is no different from calling the woman who lives two doors down.
Why write a letter to your brother in Milwaukee when you can just pick up the phone and call him?
When was the last time you put pen to paper and wrote a letter to someone?
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Birthday cards get notes, and the occasional "this is what happened this year" note gets tucked in the holiday card to those I don't keep in regular contact. Aside from those two instances, I use the phone or email, instead of us mail. I've thought about doing a personal blog, but posting about my cat hacking a hairball on the bed in the middle of of the night and other such cat-owned adventures may not go well for everyone I know.
Honestly, I am cussedly sticking to paper-and-pen letters,written with my fountain pen on good paper, complete with good penmanship.
There's something wonderful about getting mail that isn't an advertising circular or a bill.
I have a whole list of people I write. They think I am amusingly daffy and old fashioned. I hope to spark a communication revolution.
if you want on the list, you can e-mail me!
There is absolutely nothing that can beat a love letter, hand written on good stock and perfumed with one's scent.
Nothing.
Cranky, the problem is then I would been obliged to write back and my handwriting is not much better than a seismograph in a 3.7 earthquake.
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