[PB2K]

I haven't sent one in at least 3 years. My handwriting has deteriorated significantly, also, because I got too used to sending short electronic messages I have lost confidence in my correct usage of ë, è, é..

[Sage]

I always write thank-you notes by hand. But that’s about it.

[SirCastor]

It's been several months for me. I have a few friends that are in situations where they just can't receive email. I don't write as often as I should though. I think the hand-written letter has lost it's value as quicker and quicker communication has taken it's place:

first the letter was replaced by the telegraph,
then the telephone,
then the email,
then the IM...

I think it will grow from there. I'm not sure where though...

[PB2K]

..But people really appreciate handwritten letters. maybe emails and IM are just too easy to send.

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I also have friends in Thailand, Sri Lanka, who don't have daily access to the internet. It's easy to send them a txt by cellular but it's a horribly decayed form of communication. Actually I like to put some effort in a letter. I find some handwritten letters really personal belongings to read again some time, some people have beautiful handwriting, especially the elder. A letter holds lots of possibilities to show your mood, without having to resort to a smilie.

[Philip J. Fry]

The other day actually, thank you cards for my birthday gifts. I also send handwritten letters those that purchase things from me off eBay.

[Dakar²]

God, I don't write emails let alone handwritten crap.

[ghporter]

It's been a LONG time. My handwriting tends to be "doctorish" and my composition skills are MUCH improved through editing. The last handwritten letter I sent, I composed on a computer first-it was important.

I do handwrite cards and notes, but full letters? Nope. I don't have time-and it's not a 'email is so much faster' issue. It's an "I don't have time to properly blow my nose sometimes" school-related issue.

[slpdLoad]

Thanks yous and cards, but everything else is email.

[Doofy]

I've been using a keyboard so long I've actually lost the ability to use a pen properly. I mean, I can scrawl some stuff using a pen but five minutes later even I wouldn't be able to decipher what it says.

[SSharon]

Does signing my name on a check count as a letter? It took me longer to find an envelope and stamps than anything else. As with others, I still send handwritten notes as thank yous and for birthdays, but not much else.

At camp I always remember writing letters to my grandmother though. That was years ago.

[brokecollegestudentF04]

Ive got a 4th cousin whos paying a 5-20 year visit to the state of michigans hotel in jackson, I write every other week, i handwrite most times because the prison doesnt like to have typed stuff inside of it, reason being they say the ink could carry drugs..

its hardly legible, i cant hold a pen right, and ive developed mouse hand