Postcards

[allison12]

I had to post because this thread is cracking me up.  

My kids (11 year old twins) love postcards to see the photos, etc.  Looking at the stamp or postmark...HA!  They have no concept of stamp collecting, etc.  It's a different generation for sure.

[Travelcat2]

Yes - it will not be too long until kids ask "what is a postcard?"  I am still surprised when someone sends me a letter instead of an email.  Times are changing😳

[texasatty]

On 6/18/2019 at 12:19 PM, redmaid said:

Update - one of the postcards arrived today - over 5 weeks

That’s not unusual in my experience. 

[GrJ Berkshire]

15 hours ago, Travelcat2 said:

Yes - it will not be too long until kids ask "what is a postcard?"  I am still surprised when someone sends me a letter instead of an email.  Times are changing😳

That is a real shame, and damaging to their knowledge of the world. My interest in travel stems from stamps back over 50 years ago. Out of this I studied geography at university in London , and went on to teach the subject for 30+ years and still have the travel bug, stamps and using an atlas was what taught me. I now have clocked up over 65 countries visited and still need another 100+ to complete the set, and everywhere I visit if possible get some stamps to post home and keep for my collection. Still at 62 excited by this- maybe never grew up !!