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When is the last time you wrote an actual letter?
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Not an e-mail, but a letter on paper with a stamp and sent via the postal service. I don't think I've written a letter on paper within the last 10 years. It's a shame...I guess.
I think I'll write to a couple of relatives tomorrow. If I can find some paper. And an envelope. And the post office.
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5 years, as long as we don't count birthday cards.
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A couple of "Get Well" cards in the past year. Not real letters though.
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I typed a quick letter to a medical company the other week, concerning the sorry state of my insurance company, and their lack of desire to pay the medical company for what they were rightfully owed under the terms of my insurance plan. The last time I hand-wrote a letter was fan mail to Kurt Vonnegut back in 1999. He didn't answer.
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We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.
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I really don't remember. I was never much of a letter writer even before the interwebs. I had huge phone bills.
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Last week and did it on style, a nice papyrus-like envelope and expensive Garda Cartiere (italian) paper.
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if you looked up CUTE chances are a photo of ^^ would be right next to the definition
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On Wednesday. Wasn’t hand-written, but it was in an envelope with a stamp and stuff. Actually, it was just a cover letter for sending out a death certificate. But still a letter.
Last time I’ve sent out a ‘real’ letter from myself, rather than from work, is about six months ago: my application for the IT University.
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I can't remember. And I am a little disappointed by that. Either my memory is failing or I am losing the personal touch that a letter emits.
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בְּטַח אֶל-יְהוָה, בְּכָל-לִבֶּךָ; וְאֶל-בִּינָתְךָ, אַל-תִּשָּׁעֵן.
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A few months ago. My printer was defect.
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All the time for business purposes, almost never in my personal life.
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Given the immense scale of the universe, could it be that bananas exist on other planets?
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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15 years ago?
Even then, it was printed on a dot matrix. I can't even read my handwriting, so I don't expect other people to be able to.
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Straight down I'm swirling around ~ Blinded and bruised by the strain ~ There must be some way to see ~ Diamonds out of the rain
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when I helped someone write their DNR
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Yesterday. I have older friends, 70+ years old, who prefer getting physical mail.
It's wonderful, really. I love getting snail mail correspondence, more care seems to go into it.
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not all those who wander are lost
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 
when I helped someone write their DNR
They weren't satisfied with the quality of their state parks?
I sent several of my friends handwritten cards on Valentine's Day. Before that, I can't remember.
(Last edited by Laminar : Apr 19, 2008 at 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
Yesterday. I have older friends, 70+ years old, who prefer getting physical mail.
It's wonderful, really. I love getting snail mail correspondence, more care seems to go into it.
Ah! Thanks for triggering my memory. It is my memory going bad.
I wrote my Great-Aunt a hand-written letter just before Christmas. She replied with an email.
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בְּטַח אֶל-יְהוָה, בְּכָל-לִבֶּךָ; וְאֶל-בִּינָתְךָ, אַל-תִּשָּׁעֵן.
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I can't remember when I last wrote a letter.
I'm with Doofy on this one... my handwriting has gotten so poor I can hardly read it myself.
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1.8Ghz C2D MacBook Air, 64GB SSD, external SuperDrive, 23" Cinema Display, Apple Aluminum Keyboard, MS Laser Mouse 6000
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Originally Posted by mduell
Thursday.
What YEAR ? 
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Once every few months. Most of the time its just random stuff. The last one I got was my friend trying to prove a correlation between the size of a person's chin and whether or not that person makes a good leader. Its almost always random crap. I refuted from the office of beards (i.e. return address) that it is in fact beards that make a good leader, and therefore this study of chins is in violation of beard code 26893-D. And that all studies should cease immediately pending "bad stuff." Uhmm. lets see, another was a Ray Johnson inspired "Moticos" letter to my friend Melany.
It's just more flattering to see that a person went through the trouble to mail something to you. Even if it's only like 42¢ It's garaunteed to bring a smile anyway.
Facebook is so... blah.
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Astronomy has discovered the schnapps in space. Someone, he or she, had hidden it behind intergalactic clouds, probably marked for safety by a creative hand, so the space cleaning lady will not take delight in it. Sometime the clouds will breakup for me, and the beautiful women waiting behind feed me with truthful truffles. Finally water me with the essence of their heavenly appearance, until everything glows ruby red around me.
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I write to my grandmother pretty regularly. She's deaf (as in since birth) and I really don't like calling her through the relay system.
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I never was much of a letter writer before the internet and now with email I basically never write letters anymore. It's been several years since my last paper letter.
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
I write to my grandmother pretty regularly. She's deaf (as in since birth) and I really don't like calling her through the relay system.
My family is deaf too, uncle and dad. Since I learned sign language I figured I'd work for the relay guys. I work for Sorenson, they pay well and have a great work environment. Plus I only have to work a few hours a week.
Back on topic... I think I wrote a letter to some girl that I met at church camp when I was about 16, that would be 16 years ago. I do write handwritten thank you cards to people quite frequently, but those aren't "letters". My handwriting is going downhill very quickly.
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