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I’ve lived in a few countries. Not all that many have Saturday deliveries. The UK’s Royalmail ended ended 2nd letter deliveries on weekdays a few years back. Still deliver on Saturdays though; for now.
Scan text and a voice synthesis speaks the words. Speak the words and voice recognition writes the text. . “What’s a letter?” is not that far away. . Conji based writing functions well other than needing 3000 key keyboards. And when keyboards are gone so will the shortcomings of not having letters. Letters will be internal to computers and words will no longer be broken down into parts.
Is communication really necessary? Are interstate highways vitally important? Won’t local toll roads do? How’s about clean water and bacteria free food? Shouldn’t government just get out of the way and the fabled Free Market take over? Won’t we all be better off in the ‘long run?’
“what’s a letter?” It’s like a Hallmark card, It’s one of those things you send when you give enough of a damn to send the very best. Emails are great, but they don’t take much effort or thought. Skype and other video chats are wonderful too, but they don’t replace the warmth and caring of putting pen to paper. If you truly care about the other person, you will write a letter, put your thoughts and emotions in an envelope, stick a stamp on it and place it in a mail box. When the recipient receives it they will see how much you cared.
Not that any of the little instant gratification brats with their narcissistic farcebook and twits give a fat rat’s rear.
Take all of those lame duck CONgressmen who voted to make the post office fund 75 years worth of pensions in 10 years, put them on a boat headed for Somalia.
I think the post office has not gone far enough with quitting delivery on one day. Congress has the power to create a post office, not regulate delivery schedule, but delivery should be only to those that want letters and such. I have asked that a system be made to opt out of mail delivery to anyone that wishes to or has no need for anything but package delivery.
@Lonecat is right – pi is a letter in the Greek alphabet. Those of us in most of the rest of the world see it as equal to 3.14159 (and on to infinity).
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omQ R said, 4 months ago
I’ve lived in a few countries. Not all that many have Saturday deliveries. The UK’s Royalmail ended ended 2nd letter deliveries on weekdays a few years back. Still deliver on Saturdays though; for now.
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago
/facepalm … was reading it as a letter (a b c …), and was thinking “they can´t be that dumb?”.
Stipple said, 4 months ago
Scan text and a voice synthesis speaks the words.
Speak the words and voice recognition writes the text.
.
“What’s a letter?” is not that far away.
.
Conji based writing functions well other than needing 3000 key keyboards.
And when keyboards are gone so will the shortcomings of not having letters.
Letters will be internal to computers and words will no longer be broken down into parts.
wmconelly said, 4 months ago
Is communication really necessary? Are interstate highways vitally important? Won’t local toll roads do? How’s about clean water and bacteria free food? Shouldn’t government just get out of the way and the fabled Free Market take over? Won’t we all be better off in the ‘long run?’
Clark Kent said, 4 months ago
A is a letter, so are B and C. You are typing letters. This message was brought to you by the letters Æ, µ and π.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
“what’s a letter?”
It’s like a Hallmark card, It’s one of those things you send when you give enough of a damn to send the very best. Emails are great, but they don’t take much effort or thought. Skype and other video chats are wonderful too, but they don’t replace the warmth and caring of putting pen to paper.
If you truly care about the other person, you will write a letter, put your thoughts and emotions in an envelope, stick a stamp on it and place it in a mail box. When the recipient receives it they will see how much you cared.
Not that any of the little instant gratification brats with their narcissistic farcebook and twits give a fat rat’s rear.
Rockngolfer said, 4 months ago
Take all of those lame duck CONgressmen who voted to make the post office fund 75 years worth of pensions in 10 years, put them on a boat headed for Somalia.
Jon Ormsbee
said, 4 months ago
I think the post office has not gone far enough with quitting delivery on one day. Congress has the power to create a post office, not regulate delivery schedule, but delivery should be only to those that want letters and such. I have asked that a system be made to opt out of mail delivery to anyone that wishes to or has no need for anything but package delivery.
Colonel Claus
said, 4 months ago
@Clark Kent
Actually, pi is a number. (I dunno how to change fonts here, Im sometimes technologically illegitamate)
lonecat said, 4 months ago
@Colonel Claus
Long before pi was a number pi was a letter. And it still is a letter. It comes just before rho.
Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
said, 4 months ago
@Colonel Claus
@Lonecat is right – pi is a letter in the Greek alphabet. Those of us in most of the rest of the world see it as equal to 3.14159 (and on to infinity).