E-mail or letter

Emails usually but letters (or 'phone calls)to the friends who aren't computer literate.  I think though, on some occasions, a hand written letter is more appropriate...usually the ones that need no reply such as letters of condolence.  The other argument could be "Hand-written" or "typed"?  

Much as I hate to say it, I recognise that the handwritten letter has probably had its day.  Killed off partially due to the cost of sending a letter and its dreadful slowness now. We used to get two deliveries a day. One between 8am & 9am and one about lunchtime.  But now its one delivery only  at about 2pm if you are lucky.

The other problem is that with age my handwriting has deteriorated!

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My maths master at school called me 'spider 1' on account of my handwriting. My twin brother was known as 'spider 2'.

I am sure that you don't write like a spider now CY!  . When I look back at my writing from schooldays, I can scarcely recognise it as my own!  Of course, that was in the days when notes were 'dictated' by the teachers, some of whom took great delight in dictating as fast as they could!  

For me it's Email & text. It can't go missing, you have a copy of 'sent & received' it's quick & easy. It can be duplicated instantly & go out to many people.

On the occasions when I put pen to paper rather than pixels to screen, my OH says she can never read my writing. Perhaps I should have been a doctor although come to think of it, I don't want to stand on a cold windy picket line.

That's the glory of Technology CY, your handwriting looks much the same as mine-result. PS-I was hoping for a Spiderman tale too

Keeping in touch with my relatives in Canada is so much easier and quicker  via email. 

As a teenager I would spend hours writing letters to pen pals, wish we'd had email back then. 

We have an elderly Aunt, 92 and counting. I handwrite to her quite frequently, and try and send her a postcard from where ever we are visiting. When we called in to see her, (fabulous care home!) she had them up on display in her room, along with those sent by my SIL. Obviously they mean a lot to her, which is lovely.

We have siblings living abroad - email/ FaceTime are invaluable for keeping in touch. We instant message our sons. BUT we write long newsy letters to friends and family who are not so good with technology and use paper communication when we want 'hard copies' of important stuff - some companies will work with emails but want a letter to follow up

I like letters, I've kept quite a few over the years and treasure some from parents and grandparents. We lost a lot of e mails just before Christmas so I just regard them as useful but easily lost and not very important.