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✦ In issue 5441 Teresa mentioned E-cards versus the traditional birthday and Christmas cards etc. I do send E-cards along with the card through the mail. I think a card through the post is so much nicer as you can display them though do think the rising postal costs have had an adverse effect on why most choose to do the easy web option. Pity! Lilian ✦ I was visiting my daughter just after Christmas last year and asked the grandchildren if they had started writing out their thank you letters yet. “You have to say thank you to all the aunties and uncles as they’ve given you some expensive gifts,” I explained to the teenagers. “Well, why didn’t they ask Santa to bring them?” piped up Tom, aged 5, from the sofa. “Then they would’ve been free.” Beryl