It's hard when there is an 8-hour time gap during our Winter months

[Michael Parnham]

Oh my goodness. That must have been so hard.

Deserves a rep.

You know Phil, not so many years ago, all correspondence was via letter and sometimes I wonder if it was really the best way to contact one another. It wasn't hard because we didn't know anything different - and imagine the romance of writing letters - the excitement of waiting at least a month for the reply from your loved one. Whenever you got close to the time you were expecting some mail you were always looking out for the postman to see if he had a blue airmail envelope in his hand. Or after arriving home from work you couldn't open your door or mailbox fast enough to see if anything had arrived. it was a nice feeling when your mail did arrive and you opened it very carefully so as not to damage it and sniffing the perfume that your little Filipina had adorned your letter with.

Yes, I can positively say those days were more romantic and exciting! Btw, thanks for the rep.

[Anne2014]

You know Phil, not so many years ago, all correspondence was via letter and sometimes I wonder if it was really the best way to contact one another. It wasn't hard because we didn't know anything different - and imagine the romance of writing letters - the excitement of waiting at least a month for the reply from your loved one. Whenever you got close to the time you were expecting some mail you were always looking out for the postman to see if he had a blue airmail envelope in his hand. Or after arriving home from work you couldn't open your door or mailbox fast enough to see if anything had arrived. it was a nice feeling when your mail did arrive and you opened it very carefully so as not to damage it and sniffing the perfume that your little Filipina had adorned your letter with.

Yes, I can positively say those days were more romantic and exciting! Btw, thanks for the rep.

Ahh.. The joy of opening love letters. Gone were those days in the internet age.