Mar 09 2008

In correspondence

Published by Dougal at 1:58 pm under Culture, Society

I have just written three actual letters, using paper and ink, written by my own fair hand. This is quite amazing, and constitutes the most handwriting I’ve done in several weeks, I think.

My only regret is that I didn’t use a fountain pen and I didn’t seal these important missives with wax. I do feel very proud though. There’s something very old-fashioned about sitting down and composing a letter to someone — especially an off-the-cuff letter to some financial institution or other, which two of mine were.

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4 Responses to “In correspondence”

  1. # Robert Hulmeon 09 Mar 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Dead tree format!

  2. # Robert Hulmeon 09 Mar 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Why didn’t you just print the letters and sign them?

    I would have thought that’d look a lot more professional / serious nowadays.

  3. # Dougalon 09 Mar 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Pah, printing letters is for people who have printers! ;-)

  4. # Robert Hulmeon 10 Mar 2008 at 12:36 am

    Or (in my case) people who have printers at work.