off the back of milims post..penpals

[Russian Doll]

i love writing letters and thi nk its a great skill to have..so does anyone fance starting up a penpal sticky off sorts...maybe do a secret santa so you dont know who you have so you can learn new things about people you wouldnt really write to

just an idealet me know

[Berti]

I'd like to have penpals but rather prefer to know who I am writing with.
berti

[becks77]

I too love writing letters, so this is a great idea.
I started writing to people in my address book last year instead of emails but only got txt or no written reply so lost heart a bit.
The thing about writing to ishers is we do already have basics in common, and that is a good starting point ,
So count me in please
Becks

[Milims]

Sounds Good to me, I can rarely get on the PC anyway what with my resident 'World of Warcraft' addict.

I love writing letters - and getting post that ISN'T a bill !!

I have a Wow addict too - tha'ts why we have a lap top too!
Thank you all for thinking it's a good idea - how about we go for it!! Perhaps we should do it a bit like Mrs F's book swap - names out of a hat - in fact how about those involved with the book swap slip a letter into the book too!

[missy]

i like writing, but would def like to know who i'm writing too.

[Rosendula]

Count me in.

[invisiblepiper]

Yes a pen pal would be lovely - but I agree - not an anonymous one.

[Penny Lane]

I'd love to join in but I'd probably end up boring my penpal to death!

[JulieSherris]

Yep, fantastic idea! So... how we gonna do it then?? Huh?

It might be an idea for all concerned to 'sign up' here, then have one of our lovely admin folks start a PM off gathering addresses....
Maybe once a month names could come out of a hat in pairs & voila..... Just a suggestion....

Fan-bloody-tastic idea!

[Helsbells]

This sounds great! No one writes me letters, count me in.

[eccentric_emma]

That sounds great, I would love to do this at some point. Julie's idea of getting people paired up once a month is great as I am going travelling in March so wouldn't really be able to do it until I am back settled down somewhere which won't be until August at the very earliest!

It would be good to have a 'sticky' thread where everyone could just post if they are interested. Possibly admins wouldnt even have to get involved in pairing people up, you could just PM someone who has posted on the thread, saying you are interested in being penpals, and go from there!

My penpal would have to excuse my writing though.........however if I can't start until later on in the year it'll give me time to practise!

[prison break fan]

Would like to be included in this please! Like writing letters and receiving them. pbf

[pumpy]

Would like to be included in this please! Like writing letters and receiving them. pbf

Me too!

[missy]

what about a set of 3-5 questions as a starting point? so the first letters all have the answers.

i'm ready to start writing.. i'm due to give birth today (although my first two were both late so i don't hold out hope) and have pleanty of time as i'm under instructions to rest! lol

[Berti]

mmm are there more people who would rather start right now instead of having to wait till their names are pulled.
I think it would be ok to pull names but would prefer myself that the people who have already joined this month, will ALL be pulled this month, and the new ones the next month etc.

why are we making this so difficult anyway? :)
let's start writing! we could do for the first letter, indeed a few questions, mainly about interests and introduce yourself or what was the idea behind that?

berti