A pen, a piece of paper and

[SeaCat]

Okay so I tend to be old fashioned about some things. I feel strongly about some things.

I still write letters and thank you notes on paper and send them through Snail Mail.

I pay extra for tight weave paper and I still use a fountain pen. I even, (gasp) write in cursive script.

Not too long ago I was bitten in work. I had to under go medical testing to make sure I wasn't infected with any of a multitude of diseases. I was cleared. I sat down and wrote thank you letters to all of those involved in my testing and thanked them for the work they did.

Much to my surprise I heard back from several of them. They thanked me for the nice letters and several of them commented on the fact that I did it the old fashioned way. (Not via E-Mail.)

Have we gone so far into the electronic age that the simple act of receiving a written note is worthy of note? Have we gone so far from the old ways that writing and cursive script are worthy of notice?

Your thoughts please.

Do you still write?

Cat

 

[penandpaper]

Still write about ten times a year, my wife constituting five of them. I handwrite Christmas cards and such, but eventually end up typing them in their final format.

Yes, notes are nice to get, and I do think they warrant a response or acknowledgement.

A few years ago I bought a boat and was going to do some sailing for three months. I sent each friend a different hand-written poem about adventure and fun. It illicited a huge response (the notes I mean). They shouldn't have, but they did.

Ah, life in the e-age.

 

[slyc_willie]

Have we gone so far into the electronic age that the simple act of receiving a written note is worthy of note? Have we gone so far from the old ways that writing and cursive script are worthy of notice?

Sadly enough, yes. With cell phones and email, it's a lot easier to connect with someone. Add the fact that electronic correspondence is endorsed and largely preferred by business, and the old-fashioned notion of a hand written note stands out like an 18th-century gentleman at a hoe-down.

I open doors for my SO. It took her a while to get used to it, and she commented how unusual it was. She appreciates the gesture, but she had never known a man who would do that.

Our society has become very casual and relaxed, to the point of laziness. Anything that takes effort is given a cross look.

Do you still write?

Cat

Haven't had much reason to lately, but I send cards at Christmas and birthdays. Until recently, I had a pen pal, a third cousin who lives in Canada. We wrote each other for over a year.

ETA: I hand write poems to my SO. But I still can't write in cursive. I'm an all-caps kind'a guy. Always have been.

 

[Verdad]

I have an old Mont Blanc fountain pen which I dearly love because I've inherited it from my grandfather. I haven't used it in years.

In fact, think I'm nearing the point where I won't know how to handwrite. My handwriting has always been pretty illegibe but elegant and pretty to look at. (Or so I flatter myself!) As the years go by of doing everything on the computer, though, when I have to scribble up something, it turns out illegible even to me and the act of doing it feels increasingly odd.

 

[vrosej10]

I still write about two dozen letters a year via snail mail. I write to my grandmother, aunt, sister in law (who is quite elderly) and various nieces and nephews. I do enjoy writing on paper, but my handwriting sux so i often type, print and post.

 

[Teloz]

Okay so I tend to be old fashioned about some things. I feel strongly about some things.

I still write letters and thank you notes on paper and send them through Snail Mail.

I pay extra for tight weave paper and I still use a fountain pen. I even, (gasp) write in cursive script.

Not too long ago I was bitten in work. I had to under go medical testing to make sure I wasn't infected with any of a multitude of diseases. I was cleared. I sat down and wrote thank you letters to all of those involved in my testing and thanked them for the work they did.

Much to my surprise I heard back from several of them. They thanked me for the nice letters and several of them commented on the fact that I did it the old fashioned way. (Not via E-Mail.)

Have we gone so far into the electronic age that the simple act of receiving a written note is worthy of note? Have we gone so far from the old ways that writing and cursive script are worthy of notice?

Your thoughts please.

Do you still write?

Cat

I never write, and haven't done since I first got my hands on a typewriter. I then moved on to a word processor and haven't looked back since.

Why? Simply because my handwriting is so atrocious I can't even decipher what I wrote myself if I leave it too long after I wrote it. Anywhere beyond the range of my short term memory and I'm struggling! I tend to jot notes in capitals, but if I need to write a proper letter I word process it, often using a cursive font, and handwrite just the greeting and closing.

I wonder if there's such a thing as 'handwriting dyslexia'?

 

[amber03]

I still write (the old fashioned way!) but not so often anymore. I still hand write Christmas cards and thank you notes, and force my eldest daughter to do the same now that she's old enough. It's just respectful.

 

[CharleyH]

Okay so I tend to be old fashioned about some things. I feel strongly about some things.

I still write letters and thank you notes on paper and send them through Snail Mail.

I don't know about the rest, Cat. However, I think that putting pen to paper is a beautiful experience for any writer and receiver. Kudos to you for making such an effort. I do handwrite as well, but my writing is often lost because those I actually write to have dementia, or Alzheimer, or short term memory because of strokes.

 

[kimbalee]

I hand write everything I can. People tell me I have nice writing, so I want to keep in practice. I make all of my Christmas cards from start to finish and always write a special message to each family. I also send thank you notes because it's rude not to thank a person for something the have given you, or when they pay you a kindness. It took me a very long time to accept texting because it is so much more impersonal. <shrug> I guess I'll keep sending snail mail cards until the stamps cost more than the cards themselves.