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So true, nostalgia doesn't stop us from keeping pace with new technology
I still like snail mail though...:) Books, paper and pencil are the things I'll always hold onto, no matter how obsolete they become. Interesting post, Dear Kabu - enjoy the day!
posted by
Raye09
on July 28, 2011 at 8:40 AM
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I am sad about the PO's closing. Some of these rural communities don't have much, and it's really nice to have a Post Office to send packages. Some people, usually older people, still like to write real letters. I haven't written one for a very long time, but I use the PO to send out packages frequently.
posted by
mariposa75
on July 28, 2011 at 8:36 AM
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Internet has changed my life style
To me the Internet is much like a multiple image mirror where we can see the many angles of life – – like it or not. Good post. J
posted by
joab6
on July 28, 2011 at 8:08 AM
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it's a cyber-post office :-)
posted by
Straightforward
on July 28, 2011 at 7:50 AM
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I do prefer to send a real card for people's birthdays, somehow instant solutions feel like they lack the charm
posted by
lionreign
on July 28, 2011 at 6:58 AM
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I use the postal service very little these days too, so I guess I am your partner in crime as it were! I think we have had a lot of small post offices in towns that served as an identity but that day has passed! It will be different but in my town, the UPS store has partnered with USPS and I can get either service depending on my package so now UPS is a partner with us, too! lol sam
posted by
sam444
on July 27, 2011 at 9:30 PM
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I appreciate your prayers & well wishes 
posted by
GypsyButterfly
on July 27, 2011 at 9:20 PM
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Kabu, many moons ago when I worked at the distillery...
I worked for a couple years in the mailroom, and part of my job was to pick up the Canadian mail at the Can. post office (now closed) and the U.S. mail at the U.S. post office in Detroit. That P.O. is massive, and is still open.
Now they have outsourced that job. I used to look forward to doing it because it got me out of the office here (Hiram Walker, although now it is owned by a French Company, Picard).
Now with so much email being used, I'm sure whoever is doing that job probably gets by with one or two bags, not the 5 or 6 that I had daily.
Ahh, sweet memories!....
posted by
Rumor
on July 27, 2011 at 3:09 PM
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Kabuiepie-;)
I miss the mail actually but then having you close by is more convenient for sure love.Anyways if you had sent me letters they'd all be Dear John letters and we would never have got together.
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 27, 2011 at 2:58 PM
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It's good to be able to see distant loved ones online,
but you do have to think about wearing the good pajamas if you're gonna Skype. I miss the hand-written letters, Mom used to doodle little art things on her letters, in the corners -- kind of an illustrated journal.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 27, 2011 at 1:25 PM
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It's amazing how much the world has changed. I wonder how different things are going to look in 5, 10, etc. years.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 27, 2011 at 12:31 PM
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hello precious Kabu! I still enjoy the old fashioned card in the mail. It helps to balance out when I get our monthly bills! The internet is nice for as you said, "instant communication".
I think Alexnader Graham Bell never dreamed this would replace his invention! take care and hugs! 
posted by
Inspired7211
on July 27, 2011 at 12:28 PM
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It's true, internet takes a toll on post office business. Still, there are a few folks, including my son and his wife, who think emailed greetings are not meaningful and personal enough, so they always mail birthday and seasonal greetings.
posted by
reasons
on July 27, 2011 at 10:38 AM
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Good post!
I remember a TELEX machine at one of my places of work - never did work out how it worked but remember the endless printouts. I also remember acoustic couplers which preceded modems. Very often noise would creep in and the resulting pages would be littered with noise such as ?????????????????????????????????????
posted by
malcolm
on July 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM
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Kabu...
It makes me wonder how things will change 20 years from now?
posted by
food4thought
on July 27, 2011 at 9:54 AM
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