Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for March 25, 2014

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    hsawlrae  about 10 years ago

    Tell him you’re older than internet. That will blow his mind forever.

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 10 years ago

    I wonder how long it takes to send a piece of snail mail form South Africa to the United States (though I know it depends which of the 50 states).

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    Phapada  about 10 years ago

    just confusing a bout Andy

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    Dean  about 10 years ago

    50 years ago I recall my big Sis had to use “onion paper” (because it was lighter then regular paper) to write to her beau in the air force in Spain then by airmail.

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    Destiny23  about 10 years ago

    As a child, I loved getting cards and letters (hand written of course) from my Grandmother whom I saw just once a year. Now that she’s dead, they are cherished keepsakes. Even if you kept some of the e-mails you’ve received, they wouldn’t have the same emotional connection or contain some of the sender’s personality like a handwritten letter does.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  about 10 years ago

    To the door? How about a communal box a half mile away.

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    Olddog1  about 10 years ago

    To a box on a stick at the edge of the yard. No door delivery except for packages too big for the box.

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    jeanie5448  about 10 years ago

    I still enjoy getting letters from friends and family. Only one cousin still writes letters, the reason being no computer in her home. I get to keep the letters and re read them anytime I want. My computer seems to do away with things after a while, especially saved e-mails. =(

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    Mark Jackson Premium Member about 10 years ago

    A teenager not knowing about postal delivery just isn’t credible. He must know those hundreds of pre-approved credit card offers didn’t arrive by email.

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    LightWarriorK  about 10 years ago

    As far as I’m concerned, the current internet didn’t get started until around 1996, but didn’t take off until 1998. I know it was around before then, but IMHO it was Napster and the proliferation of the “new” .mp3 audio compression format that is responsible for that “big bang” to get everyone online. That’s just my view on it. In any case, to me the internet is a teenager….and it scares me to death that the current level of human civilization relies on a technology not yet old enough to drink.

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    graham177  about 10 years ago

    Here in Canada our postal system has decided to end home delivery within 5 years. Enjoy it while you can.

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    MeGoNow Premium Member about 10 years ago

    Next, we’ll show him the miracle of the watch that runs without electricity. And the telephone that works where there’s no cellular service nor WIFI. And the mysterious television that works, even after you unplug the cable and Internet connection.

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    IndyMan  about 10 years ago

    My question is: Why is Andy getting the pictures and the letter not Alix, she would really appreciate them. It would be a waste of time and effort to send anything to Holly(personally, I not even sure she has made the effort to even learn to read) !

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    Gokie5  about 10 years ago

    Probably because Alix wouldn’t be so dense as not to know about the postal service. (Andy wouldn’t be that dense, either, but we have to have it this way to make a comic-strip gag.)

    @Jean, We live in a regular house with a regular yard, but it’s a (non-gated) subdivision. We have to hike over two blocks to the community mail boxes. Well, at least it’s in St. Petersburg, FL, not Wisconsin (where the mailbox is at the end of the 200-foot sometimes icy or snow-filled driveway).

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    lightenup Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I’ve tried to make handwritten letters part of my kids’ lives (ages 8 & 11). I hope they continue writing, or at least cherish the letters that they have received.

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    luvdafuneez  about 10 years ago

    I don’t get a lot of mail (mostly junk), but I LOVE our USPS and they deserve more respect. We could survive without weekend delivery to keep it alive… (I’m not a postal carrier).

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    Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago

    Or is it?

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    bobdingus  about 10 years ago

    Says the guy posting on a web site.

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    Kathy M T M Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I must live in a great district (NYS). My kids are in 6th and 7th grade and they learned how to write and address a letter. They also did a pen pal program in school. Aside from that most people still send cards and packages so the kids have been to the post office many times.

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    dawnk777  about 10 years ago

    I mailed a get-well card to someone in Australia and it took about 3 weeks to get there. This was just a few months ago.

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    dawnk777  about 10 years ago

    Also, our mailbox is on our house, so our mailman comes right to our door. We barely have to go outside. My friend has a long driveway and her mailbox is down on the street, so she has to walk a ways outside to her her mail. We are pretty spoiled.

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    ORMouseworks  about 10 years ago

    Andy hasn’t a Clue about the niceties of snail mail… ;)

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    ORMouseworks  about 10 years ago

    We have a Post Office Box, so our letters, bills ( :P) , magazines, etc. never get wet or require a hike down to community boxes. Isn’t that far away that we are guzzling gas to get there!

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