Yep I remember my mother sending tapes back and forth to her mother and her sister who both lived in Europe. Small open-reel tapes, not cassettes. They later st

Yep I remember my mother sending tapes back and forth to her mother and her sister who both lived in Europe. Small open-reel tapes, not cassettes. They later started doing voice calls once a month or so, when the costs had dropped some (or their income had gone up -- maybe both). Lots of letter writing also, on very thin paper to reduce weight and postage costs.