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Judith Whitehead is back guest-blogging on this Inspirational Monday talking about good old snail mail verses our fast paced drive through mentality... Judith lives in Amherst N.Y. She has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for almost 30 years... To Mail or E-mail…that is the question….. Recently, I read an article that was so disturbing and sad to this generation. The US postal service is in great financial trouble; they are millions of dollars in debt and could become obsolete some day. What has this generation done to the mail service? Between e-mails, electronic payments, text messaging and face book we have begun to phase out a great part of our history. I can remember back when there were even no zip codes; back in the 1960’s our address would have a zone number such as Buffalo 23 New York. I remember the excitement when we had a full zip code that would get mail to us even faster than ever before. When my husband and I were dating, we lived miles away for several months. We would actually sit down and write letters to one another. Phone calls were too expensive and we would save that luxury for the weekend rates. Each day we would check our mailbox for a treasured letter from each other. Does anyone even write letters anymore?? Now the preferred way to communicate is with e-mail or texting. Cell phones and computers have put the postal service out of business; something we tried so hard to make International in the 1950’s is about to become history in a matter of years. I know we all have to go along with progress, but I never thought that the U.S. mail would become a part of history that our young children will learn about only in history books. I for one do still send real cards through the mail, not e-cards and like to pay my bills writing a real check at my desk. If computers all crash some day we will be s-o-l……Hang on to this piece of Americana and send a letter to someone once and a while. It may shock them and you may enjoy actually sitting down with pen in hand for a change. |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
"To Mail or E-mail…that is the question..."'Judith Whitehead' (Inspirational Monday)
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So true, It's the drive through mentality, everyone wants it now, snail mail is like fine dining, emailing is the McDonalds of communications! And it really felt good actually getting a Chanukah card in the mail from you, mahalo nui loa...
via facebook;"Douglas wrote: "Ah yes, I remember when I was in college and had a sweetheart attending a different college in different town, 80 miles away, when "toll" calls were expensive (especially for students) and no one had "nationwide calling."
We would get together on weekend, but during the week we would actually exchange hand-written letters.
It was romantic, intriguing and made anticipation of each day's mail delivery so exciting. Did a reply come today?
Today we still send birthday cards and seasonal holiday cards via the snail (at least those in our generation), but on the plus side, we no longer have to wait days at a time wondering if they got our letter or what the reply would be; the exchange (and the confirmation, favorable or not, occurs within minutes or even seconds).
The world changes. It is not always for the better -- there are pluses and minuses -- it just changes. The challenge is to preserve that which is most beautiful in the old ways, and embrace the best of the new, regardless of how challenging it may be for old Dougs to learn new tricks."
Maybe someday we will be able to receive merchandise via some machine like a time machine and some day will come the ultimate travel machine, just go into a big thing that looks like a telephone booth and it will break down your molecules and you will re-appear any-where in the world with-in seconds, just like email, but for people, stay tuned for the next 20 years...
via facebook;"Beam me up, Kimo!
The technology of today would have seemed impossible to those of us growing up in the 1960's if we hadn't seen it phased in gradually.
The idea of molecular transport seems far fetched today, but considering what we have witnessed in just our own lifetimes, nothing seems beyond the grasp of possibility any longer."
"3-D" I finally figured out ("3-D") I thought it was a nickname, short for 3 dimensional, like far out, but I realize now you have 3 D's in your name, with that said if you are "3-D", Doug should be "2-D" Therefore you are 3 dimensional and Doug is two dimensional... Dam!
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