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written letters are asynchronous but people expected timely (relative to snail mail) replies even back then.
by squeefers 8mo ago
written letters are asynchronous but people expected timely (relative to snail mail) replies even back then.
- nmcfarl 8mo agoI am pretty sure this is not true. I recall my mother’s family conversing via mail in the early 80’s - and she would write one 10 page letter a month as a reply (max) - that would 3 or 4 mails a year with any particular sibling (and probably 1 phone call - but phone calls to alaska were expensive, and you wouldn’t say all you wanted to).
- squeefers 8mo ago> I recall my mother’s family conversing via mail in the early 80’s im talking about business not grandma