ugly, really really ugly

[bixaorellana]

I was looking for an ecard to send my mother and found this monstrosity. What were they thinking?

www.things-to-say.com/greetings3/miss-you-bd.htm

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Shouldn't it be blue? (People stopped sending me e-cards when I told them that I delete all e-cards without opening them.)

[bazfaz]

K, why do you do that? Paper cards are often just as naff.

[Deleted]

I don't like the paper cards either, but I appreciate the effort of actually having to buy one, put a stamp on it, write an address, etc. It requires a certain amount of authentic dedication. I can send 5000 e-cards in 2 minutes, on the other hand.

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Of course, I must confess that an e-card leaves less of a carbon imprint on the planet.

[bazfaz]

I don't send e-cards. Come to think of it I send very cards at all. Mrs Faz does. She has birthdays and anniversaries efficiently written on the Sierra Club calendar. Unfortunately when she comes to turn the page to a new month she finds it is too late to send a paper card to Australia or the US. E=card to the rescue.

[bixaorellana]

Anyone who wants to have reliable contact with me needs to do it via email or telephone. I sometimes receive postal service mail, but it's not a sure bet. Even the phone and utility bills have to be kept track of electronically, even though the only way to pay them is in person, with cash.

I think what Baz is describing is pretty common -- that one person in a family functions as the "social secretary".

[tillystar]