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There’s a person here in Calgary who has been mailing our newsletters for years.  She worked at the post office near the VTI<\/a> office when we were there, and when we joined CAM<\/a> she started working near our apartment where we now mail our letters.  Her name is Faye.<\/p>\n

Faye was visited last week by a reporter who wanted to interview her regarding the raise in the cost of stamps here in Canada.  I just read the article today.  She didn’t think a lot of people were going to be complaining about the increase.  For me, it was expected – it happens every year or two.  But part of the point of the article was that fewer and fewer people actually write letters, or even pay their bills through the mail.  Faye said in the article that her older clientele still write letters and pay their bills through the mail.<\/p>\n

Only a minute or two after the reporter left, I came in with three or four handwritten<\/i> letters.  Yes, handwritten<\/i>.  So I guess that means I’m “older”.  Well, I don’t write as many letters as some people, I’m sure.  I’m not a letter purist or an email purist – I think both have their place.  But when it comes to getting mail, some things like bills or newsletters I still prefer to get via snail mail.  What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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