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Writing letters to yourself

mp500

I've just put some sheets of blank paper in an envelope addressed to myself and am about to go and post it. This is pretty much a complete waste of 80p but I suppose walking to the post box and counting how many days it takes to be delivered can help to break up the monotony of sitting here doing f- all every day with no one to talk to.

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  • Just an update on this amazingly interesting thread. The envelope I posted was delivered 22 hours later. With a second class stamp. And people moan that the post is slow!

    On the subject of other letters though.... I ordered a new bank card which hasn't materialised. I sent a subject access request to the DWP which got ignored. Still haven't heard anything on my PIP claim. I did get a P45 for my now terminated ESA claim though (do wish me luck finding money!). I also eventually got a reply to a letter I wrote to the Samaritans. I won't discuss the contents here, but yes, it turns out that my handwriting is readable.

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  • Just an update on this amazingly interesting thread. The envelope I posted was delivered 22 hours later. With a second class stamp. And people moan that the post is slow!

    On the subject of other letters though.... I ordered a new bank card which hasn't materialised. I sent a subject access request to the DWP which got ignored. Still haven't heard anything on my PIP claim. I did get a P45 for my now terminated ESA claim though (do wish me luck finding money!). I also eventually got a reply to a letter I wrote to the Samaritans. I won't discuss the contents here, but yes, it turns out that my handwriting is readable.

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  • in reply to mp500

    I think the post is variable. I seem to get letters in batches which suggests they might store them up.

    They don't seem to be franked anymore, so there is no date to know how long they took from posting to delivery.

    Your process seems a good way to tell. Although it may be sorted locally so may not be representative of the broader service.

  • in reply to mp500

    I thought of this thread recently; when a retired household moved into our road. 

    Moving home usually involve lots of admin., mostly to do with bills / invoices and updating contact details with utility companies etc.  

    I left it about a week - for them to hopefully settle-in a little more, then I put in their letterbox - a simple "good wishes to welcome you to your new home" notelet.

    In this ever-busy era of email, social media, smartphones and so forth; I thought it might be better to enable them to have a sit down with a cup of tea and open a physical piece of post ...which, by way of a change, was not a bill.

    (Anyway, I hope that might have been how it was received).