With the continue rising cost of everything and technology continuing to make huge advances every year, it appears to me that the simple things are becoming extinct.
With Facebook, Twitter and other social networks there is no need for that son, daughter, grandchild etc. to send a card through the mail. Heck, I’d be surprised if kids send love notes at school, I’m sure they probably just send text messages.
I have been saying it for a long time; the US Postage Stamp appears to be getting ever closer to be added on to the extinction list.
I just came across a news article that says Sweden is replacing the postage stamp with a text message.
Sweden's postal service is considering letting customers pay for their mail using text messages, rather than with traditional stamps, in a move to use mobile technology to ease the lives of its citizens.
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