In this age of communication how necessary is snail mail? It has some use in business but how often do you write a letter? Would you rather send greeting cards or eCards?
I ordered some copies of my novel from the US when it was first published. The airfreighted them to Oz as part of a much larger consignment and they were mailed on to me at Ausrtralian postal rates. Didn't take long. They were well organised.
I read an article, a couple of years ago, about a man who fueled his furnace, in the winter time, with the "junk mail" he received during the year. He lives somewhere on the Eastern Coast of the U.S. and he deliberately got on every list he could find.
We no longer get door to door delivery, but rather have a bunch of mailboxes a block away. The old mail box at the house is only good for ads that are hand delivered.
Interesting. We might come to that, too. The Australian post office is now making fewer deliveries and is charging more for them. The need is no longer as great.
Happening in new subdivisions here in the states too. I hope it doesn't change here. The good thing is that the mailboxes lock but they are teeny tiny.
I started a project back about the time all the Millennials were too young to be a nuisance, and went letterboxing to promote it. I was surprised at how small so many of the mail boxes were, especially in blocks of home units/apartments. How people got anything other than small envelopes in them is a wonder to me.
I write letters and send birthday and thank you cards. It isn't antiquated. It's classy. Classy people don't invite people to weddings via text or email nor do they send email thank you notes. I have friends in the European countries with whom I have written letters for years. I also pay my bills with checks via mail.
This post was edited by Thriftymaid at January 17, 2017 1:18 PM MST
Yes it is, Thrifty. I've gotta confess that I've been switching my Christmas Cards to email (well, JibJab which is quite clever) but I may go back to snailmail next Christmas. It's a lot more personal and, as you say, classier.
I live in a tourist town where the population is a few hundred in the summer and almost twenty thousand in the winter. Quartzsite, AZ (spelled with an 's') is another town like that: maybe three thousand permanent residents, but in the winter the town turns into a rock show and flea market with three hundred thousand participants. Most of those winter visitors rent p.o. boxes so they can get mail. http://www.desertusa.com/cities/az/quartzsite.html
BTW I get cat food sent to my p.o. box -- 65 pounds a month!
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