Letter from freed slave to former master. *1865

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

The post offices of the world thank you

Does the post office thank Amazon? (or hate them?)

[missdpuck]

BTW, did you guys have the post card cut-out on your Cheerios box? It was pretty cool. Noticed quite a few of them in the mail stream.
I love when the DIY folks send their handmade postcards and envelopes. So interesting and unique. I guess there is a certain percentage of younger people in the Etsy crafty crowd that appreciates it.

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Does the post office thank Amazon? (or hate them?)

I love Amazon!! Man, some days 90% of the parcels on my route are from Amazon. I hear lots of bitching from other carriers. Ebay and Mr Bezos are keeping us in business, guys.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

I love Amazon!! Man, some days 90% of the parcels on my route are from Amazon. I hear lots of bitching from other carriers. Ebay and Mr Bezos are keeping us in business, guys.

Interesting. You don't mind carrying around big/heavy parcels? I do 99% of my shopping on Amazon. I think I've been to a mall 2x in the past year... all my shopping is done online. I'm waiting for the day I can do my grocery shopping online, and then set a date/time I go to (Safeway) to pick up my groceries.

[shermanator]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

The sad thing to me after going through that website, is that I came to the realization that the art of letter writing is either dead or close to dead.

It really was an art form, and in the day and age of emails, LOL LMFAO and instant communication through social media that its a skill that is never going to come back.

to me its a big sad.

I received a thank you letter from my nephews for the Christmas Gifts, and I was surprised that instead of sending me email thank you's that my sister had made them sit down pen or pencil in hand and write me a letter telling me about what exciting things were happening in their young lives.

It was actually really awsome.

Read this quote today that I thought applied to Captain's comment:

"What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.”

[fundmark19]

You can if you have illegally/legally recorded it then converted it using a computer program to then give you a written text history of your call!

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Does the post office thank Amazon? (or hate them?)

We thank them. They are one of our largest customers.

[DementedReality]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

to me its a big sad.

.

sad? for real?

give me a break ... why should you care that letters are rarely hand written anymore? it should generate no emotion actually, hardly something to be sad about.


sounds like grandstanding on a message board.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

sad? for real?

give me a break ... why should you care that letters are rarely hand written anymore? it should generate no emotion actually, hardly something to be sad about.


sounds like grandstanding on a message board.

grandstanding?

What the hell?

[trumpethead]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

sad? for real?

give me a break ... why should you care that letters are rarely hand written anymore? it should generate no emotion actually, hardly something to be sad about.


sounds like grandstanding on a message board.

[Jagger]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

sad? for real?

give me a break ... why should you care that letters are rarely hand written anymore? it should generate no emotion actually, hardly something to be sad about.


sounds like grandstanding on a message board.

Grandstanding? No, I don't think so. I understand his point completely.

I had a long distance relationship with my future wife (I was in the UK, she in Canada) in the late 80's. We wrote each other every day the old fashioned way as there was no internet or instant messaging and the phone calls cost $1.50 a minute. There was actually something a little special about receiving letters in the mail from each other all of the time. We actually got to know each other this way as we had only spent a total of about 50 days together when we got married. We've been married over 20 years now. Funnily enough my wife and I may actually be one of the last couples that communicated extensively this way. That to me is a little sad.

Sappy? Maybe, but I really don't care. I really doubt that it would have felt the same if we had been able to text each other every day. It's just not the same.

I'm completely on the iphone/ipad/laptop bandwagon now. I text and email for work every day and it's very convenient but the Captain is right, there is something very sad about the lost art of letter writing.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

sad? for real?

give me a break ... why should you care that letters are rarely hand written anymore? it should generate no emotion actually, hardly something to be sad about.


sounds like grandstanding on a message board.

I don't need to grandstand on a message board, it doesn't benefit me at all.

And if you don't understand the emotional attachment that a letter can generate, then I feel bad for you.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Of coarse you could put thought into writing like this in your posts, rather then use thousands gif's / reply in movie quotes / attempted witty one-liners et al.... which really aren't discussion at all, in what should be a discussion message board.

I put thought into the discussion points that matter, my as you call it one liners attempts at wit, gifs etc are replies to posts that merit it.

In other words

[pylon]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

Sad? For real?

Give me a break. Why should you care, that letters are rarely hand written anymore? It should generate no emotion actually. Hardly something to be sad about.

Sounds like grandstanding on a message board.

Fixed that for you. For what it is worth, your post just got corrected by a grade 11 drop out. It is sad, the butchery of the English language that is currently taking place, and you are a prime example.

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I don't need to grandstand on a message board, it doesn't benefit me at all.

And if you don't understand the emotional attachment that a letter can generate, then I feel bad for you.

Well said CC. Gais lyk him r much moar cum4table riting lyk dis to dair lame azz BFF's.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

More to do with civil rights than slavery was it not? Haven't read it since high school.

Yes true, although it all is related to slavery and the fact that some Americans still do not recognize equality among the races.

My sister was in a relationship with someone from the States and she lived with him in the Houston area for a few years. He invited me and my other sister in Calgary to come for a visit and to attend the Houston Indoor Rodeo with him and my sister.

That was the first time I met him. To better describe him, I should start by saying he was raised in Birmingham, Alabama and was raised during the time of complete segregation of the races.

He had a big construction firm and employed people from all races and knew what was expected of him according to law. He paid all employees equally, treated them equally.....but

...in private, it was the complete opposite. He was completely estranged from his only child, a daughter, because she was dating someone who was part Hispanic.....you know, no mixing of the blood((

What he would never say in public anymore, he certainly said in private, in spades. He still referred to Blacks as n.....s, to those from Pakistan or India as sand n.....s, it was very uncomfortable to say the least.

The worst was on our way to the Rodeo. We were all in the same vehicle and he had brought one of his best buddies. We were stopped at a pedestrian intersection and some Blacks were crossing and they said to one another "should we get ourselves a n....r.

I was not raised that way and at that point that my sister and I had to tell him that we were very uncomfortable with those type of words and we asked him to please not use them in our presence.

Well, he also prided himself in being a "southern gentleman" and complied with our wishes.

Anyhow, no matter what the laws and books say about equality among the races, you simply can not legislate away discrimination and force people to be tolerant and accepting of others.

And babies are not born knowing how to hate and discriminate...those are learned behaviours within the family unit. Until that family setting changes, and until people decide to change their attitudes and values, sadly too many things will remain the same.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I put thought into the discussion points that matter, my as you call it one liners attempts at wit, gifs etc are replies to posts that merit it.

In other words

No need to get all sensative, Captain. You just explained why this "old fashion writing" is dead and replaced by "LOL" and whatever else you said - because this is conversation, and not a thesis. I've seen you write thesis's, so I know you do put effort into some posts... but by in large, the writing you complain about is casual and discussion like for the reason you described yourself.

That's all I'm saying. I have nothing against a witty one-liner or anything. (though sometimes there are too many made that aren't even funny)

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by pylon

Fixed that for you. For what it is worth, your post was just corrected by a Grade 11 dropout. It is sad, the butchery of the English language that is currently taking place, and you are a prime example.

Fixed that for you!*

Anyway, the craziest part of that letter is the whole "come on back, I'll be nice to you now" angle the slave owner took.

He didn't just not get that the slavery thing had been a, umm, "bad deal" for the slaves, he actually thought they would voluntarily come back.

I know I know, things were different bla bla bla, but really, what a meathead.

*(corrections possibly incorrect, and incomplete)

[Rathji]

Since we going all Nazi here, why would you capitalize Grade?

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by pylon

Fixed that for you. For what it is worth, your post just got corrected by a grade 11 drop out. It is sad, the butchery of the English language that is currently taking place, and you are a prime example.

Their is more you could have corrected, you know?

Stop butchering English, pylon.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Their is more you could have corrected, you know?

Stop butchering English, pylon.

I am a grade 11 drop out. What do you expect?