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How do you mainly communicate with friends? #1 (permalink) Thu Oct 18, 2007 22:30 pm   How do you mainly communicate with friends?		  
In our glory days of myspace, facebook, bebo, hi5, friendscout and other social network communities, writing emails to friends in the days of yore starts drifting into the register of nonaddressable memory. Oblivion, for that matter.

Or not? And whatever happened to letters?! When did you last write one? And do you still call people on their landline? Texting is ever so much more convenient, don't you think Idea Question
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How do you mainly communicate with friends? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 19, 2007 18:36 pm   How do you mainly communicate with friends?		  
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Or not? And whatever happened to letters?! When did you last write one? And do you still call people on their landline? Texting is ever so much more convenient, don't you think Idea Question


The first time a person used 'texting' I didn't understand the term. I refer to it as SMS, I still do. And in this Godforsaken place I am residing, people sometimes do not get my messages.

Oh yes, I enjoy letters too, I have a penpal and the last time I wrote was in June.

When replying emails get difficult, I think it would take much more determination to write letters.
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How do you mainly communicate with friends? #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 20, 2007 16:44 pm   How do you mainly communicate with friends?		  
NinaZara wrote:
When replying emails get difficult, I think it would take much more determination to write letters.

How do you mean?
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How do you mainly communicate with friends? #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:18 am   How do you mainly communicate with friends?		  
Ralf wrote:
Texting is ever so much more convenient, don't you think Idea Question


I like receiving emails, but I am just happy if there is a paper mail waiting in the mailbox Smile (ads and bills excluded!)
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How do you mainly communicate with friends? #5 (permalink) Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:23 am   How do you mainly communicate with friends?		  
Ralf wrote:
NinaZara wrote:
When replying emails get difficult, I think it would take much more determination to write letters.

How do you mean?


This is just a personal reason, I work very late, if I am lucky, I can go back at 7 or 8p.m. Still, I feel a bit guilty because everybody else is still working. Once I am home, all I want to do is sleep. Sometimes I put off updating my inbox( I know, bad habit!) And when come weekends, I jump to the earliest train I can get and go to Tokyo to spend time with a friend. Except for this weekend, I am holding myself back because I think I've been playing too much and I need to slow down a bit.

Did I mention how small this town is? I have to walk 20 minutes from my flat to the nearest convenience store to post letters. Writing them in the right mood is another matter.

In the end, I decided that emails are much more convenient
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How do you mainly communicate with friends? #6 (permalink) Sat Nov 03, 2007 14:05 pm   How do you mainly communicate with friends?		  
How do I usually communicate with friends?

Over a beer in an obscure japanese dialect
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