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When someone goes on vacation I always ask them to send me a postcard from wherever they go. Many young people don't even know what a postcard is. In three years I have received two. I get a lot of strange looks when I ask.
Last week I took a trip to Nashville and I sent a postcard to the store telling them what I was doing and how the trip was going, typical postcard banter. Today was my first day back. The postcard beat my return and has been posted by the time clock. I have received so many positive comments that I am a bit overwhelmed. Nearly everyone I have encountered has mentioned it. The comments have been very positive. I have gotten Thank You's. I have been told "That Was Cool". My favorite comment was that it was like Facebook or Twitter that went through the mail! It even sparked a conversation with someone that seemed interested in my rambling on about collecting Postal History.
It certainly made my day, possibly my week.
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It will be interesting Pat, to see if other vacationers follow your example.
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That is one of the funniest things I have heard ! Facebook through the mail.
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That is a wonderful idea, one I'm going to adopt this at my store. I work at Dicks Sporting Goods and have about 40 co-workers. The young ones barely know what a postage stamp is, much less a post card! They know I collect stamps so this will be fun. They also know I have a "dumb" phone so I can add you can twitter via snail mail. I'm on FB, but not twitter. They will giggle about that.
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Great idea..... Interesting comment about young people I collect pictorial cancels and volunteer at the Red Cross I asked my boss (40+) to go into the Banff post office and get the new cancel for me when she was on a recent trip to the resort. She went into the PO and asked The PO mistress who wanted to know what she wanted it stamped on as I had neglected to give her a stamped address envelope. Needless to say she returned with a scrap of paper with the cancel on it I asked her if there were any postcards available as I would have paid for her purchase. She hadn
t thought of that....and asked how do you use a post card?
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As the young people would say, "OMG"!
This story makes me very glad about what my husband and I did for the four grandkids when we traveled cross-country 5 and 7 years ago. We bought each of the four of them a photo album just the right size to hold a postcard in each sleeve. In every state through which we passed I bought 4 different picture postcards, and wrote a different message on each one to each child. We still never receive postcards from them when they go someplace with their parents, but at least we've had a hand in educating them about the virtues of a picture postcard....vs Facebook!
PS We are two of the few holdouts in the Facebook arena!
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First, a little history. After decades as a general contractor I took a position at the Home Depot for my "wind down into retirement" job. Instead of working with a couple people in the office, I have over 100 co-workers. I am one of the oldsters in the store and I work in operations.
When someone goes on vacation I always ask them to send me a postcard from wherever they go. Many young people don't even know what a postcard is. In three years I have received two. I get a lot of strange looks when I ask.
Last week I took a trip to Nashville and I sent a postcard to the store telling them what I was doing and how the trip was going, typical postcard banter. Today was my first day back. The postcard beat my return and has been posted by the time clock. I have received so many positive comments that I am a bit overwhelmed. Nearly everyone I have encountered has mentioned it. The comments have been very positive. I have gotten Thank You's. I have been told "That Was Cool". My favorite comment was that it was like Facebook or Twitter that went through the mail! It even sparked a conversation with someone that seemed interested in my rambling on about collecting Postal History.
It certainly made my day, possibly my week.
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It will be interesting Pat, to see if other vacationers follow your example.
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01:05:50am
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That is one of the funniest things I have heard ! Facebook through the mail.
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29 Oct 2014
06:30:19am
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That is a wonderful idea, one I'm going to adopt this at my store. I work at Dicks Sporting Goods and have about 40 co-workers. The young ones barely know what a postage stamp is, much less a post card! They know I collect stamps so this will be fun. They also know I have a "dumb" phone so I can add you can twitter via snail mail. I'm on FB, but not twitter. They will giggle about that.
Thanks for sharing
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06:48:28am
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Great idea..... Interesting comment about young people I collect pictorial cancels and volunteer at the Red Cross I asked my boss (40+) to go into the Banff post office and get the new cancel for me when she was on a recent trip to the resort. She went into the PO and asked The PO mistress who wanted to know what she wanted it stamped on as I had neglected to give her a stamped address envelope. Needless to say she returned with a scrap of paper with the cancel on it I asked her if there were any postcards available as I would have paid for her purchase. She hadn
t thought of that....and asked how do you use a post card?
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As the young people would say, "OMG"!
This story makes me very glad about what my husband and I did for the four grandkids when we traveled cross-country 5 and 7 years ago. We bought each of the four of them a photo album just the right size to hold a postcard in each sleeve. In every state through which we passed I bought 4 different picture postcards, and wrote a different message on each one to each child. We still never receive postcards from them when they go someplace with their parents, but at least we've had a hand in educating them about the virtues of a picture postcard....vs Facebook!
PS We are two of the few holdouts in the Facebook arena!
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