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Long distance mail
Researcher 193201 Started conversation May 9, 2002
Hi
Just wondering id anyone is having problems getting letter to their long distance loved ones?
My bloke has been in kenya for 2 months now and keeps writing and telling me that he hasnt had any letters from me, 
I have sent him sooo many and now am worried incase thay have got lost or stored away so that he wont get them in time. Now he is feeling like i have forgotten him.
Dunno what else i could do? He is in the forces so i would expect the BFOP mailing service would be good and get things there, but letters are taken up to 3 weeks to get to him....
Nottmlass
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Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel Posted May 9, 2002
I understand how you feel! The guy I was previously dating was overseas and it took forever before he finally started getting my mail. Do you know any of his family that might possibly be sending him mail? Find out if he's getting their mail either...that's the only thing I know of that you could do except wait it out.
I'm sure he doesn't think you've forgotten about him. He probably thinks about you more than ever right now, and he probably knows you're doing the same about him.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 9, 2002
If you write anything on the outside envelope other than his formal address and your return address, it is probably having trouble getting to him. They are very strict about that!!!!
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Researcher 193201 Posted May 9, 2002
Right, thanx for that. I had never thought about that. I guess the postal system at the mo is pretty strict?! Do you think that the postal rate could have an effect too?... I used normal airmail envelopes and paper, and 1st class stamp. Am begining to think i had not put the right amount of stamp on some of them?!
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Researcher 193201 Posted May 9, 2002
Thanx for that......will check out with others, and see if thay have heard anything. 
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Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel Posted May 9, 2002
It should cost the same amount of postage as anything you would send in the US (that's what I was told when I was sending mail), so postage shouldn't be a big problem, plus you probably would have gotten it back. Maybe it's just EXTREMELY slow...I hope so!! I'll keep my fingers crossed that mail gets there.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 9, 2002
He's in Kenya. You need to pay airmail rate, which is currently 80 cents. That's what happened. I'm surprised your letters haven't returned to you with a stamp in red ink explaining that!!! Oh wait.... he's STATIONED there... Herrrmmm.... I'm with Casey then...
CRAAAAZZEEEE!!!!
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Shea the Sarcastic Posted May 9, 2002
If you're worried about postage, you might want to think about bringing one of your letters to the post office to find out if it *is* the proper postage you're putting on your letter. I know when I send letters to my parents in the West Indies, it sometimes takes 3 weeks or longer to get there.
I've also stopped abbreviating anything in the address, because sometimes they're misread as well! My mother's friend abbreviated West Indies as W. I. and the letter ended up in Wisconsin! And by writing St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the letter has ended up in St. Lucia or Grenada! Careless mistakes by people like these sometimes cause long delays. When they were rebuilding the post office on Bequia, they found 3 letters for my folks that had been sitting there for a year or two. You never know!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 9, 2002
What are your parents doing in the West Indies!???
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Researcher 193201 Posted May 9, 2002
Well...thanx guys, you are all being a great help, some things you've told me i wouldn't have thought of.
By the way Im in the UK and he is in Kenya normally based in germany, all very confusing!!! lol
Hopefully what you have told me applies to us in the UK. Fingers crossed.
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Shea the Sarcastic Posted May 11, 2002
That's typical! You're in the UK, and a bunch of Americans come around to give you advice about postage!
D, my folks were soaking in the sun for the winter in the West Indies! 
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 12, 2002
OH, good then.... Rich Americans... hahahaha... 
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Shea the Sarcastic Posted May 13, 2002
Hardly! They do it all on a shoestring budget (whatever that means 
). They found a little island that isn't covered in resorts or anything, and rent a small house for about $425 a month! That about half of what I pay for my dinky apartment in the cold! I wanted to point out that my folks don't make enough money in the course of the year to pay state taxes. Just to show that you can still have fun if you're willing to compromise a bit!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 13, 2002
Awww.w.... I was kidding about rich Americans. That stereotype is stinky!!!
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Shea the Sarcastic Posted May 14, 2002
I know ... but compared to a lot of 
we *are* rich ...
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 14, 2002
I don't deny that...
:;sings:: LOONG distance mail...
Woah oh oh!!!
I wish I could send myself to you!!!
But it's
LOOONG distance mail!!!
What a tale to tell!!!
If I was delivered to your door
And you weren't there anymore,
And I sofafocated in the box
And you had changed your locks,
Cause it takes so long!!!
With LOOONG distance mail!!!
A mail a mail a mail
E mail E mail E mail
I mail I mail I mail
O mail O mail O mail
U mail U mail U mail!!!
LOONG distance mail!!!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted May 22, 2002
thank you, Casey, my dear!!!
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Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel Posted May 27, 2002
I liked the song. It was cute. Had a nice ring to it.
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- 1: Researcher 193201 (May 9, 2002)
- 2: Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel (May 9, 2002)
- 3: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 9, 2002)
- 4: Researcher 193201 (May 9, 2002)
- 5: Researcher 193201 (May 9, 2002)
- 6: Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel (May 9, 2002)
- 7: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 9, 2002)
- 8: Shea the Sarcastic (May 9, 2002)
- 9: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 9, 2002)
- 10: Researcher 193201 (May 9, 2002)
- 11: Shea the Sarcastic (May 11, 2002)
- 12: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 12, 2002)
- 13: Shea the Sarcastic (May 13, 2002)
- 14: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 13, 2002)
- 15: Shea the Sarcastic (May 14, 2002)
- 16: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 14, 2002)
- 17: Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel (May 20, 2002)
- 18: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (May 22, 2002)
- 19: Casey *Go ECU Pirates :o) * Keeper of Love, Guardian Angel (May 27, 2002)
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