• Björn Tantau
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    61 month ago

    Probably returns to China.

    My father once had a funny digital realisation when he (German) phoned his German friend from Australia while not knowing that said friend was in Australia as well.

    So the call went from Australia to Germany to look for the German phone and roaming back down to Australia to make the connection. I wonder if the actual signal traveled to Germany and back to Australia or if it is routed locally after establishing where every participant is.

  • @zipzoopaboop
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    41 month ago

    Maple cookies from Canada to Romania

      • @zipzoopaboop
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        31 month ago

        Standard parcel containing snacks. Cost almost $40

  • slazer2au
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    41 month ago

    I’m living in western Europe and my family is in Australia, so any letters go a long, long, long way.

        • Call me Lenny/LeniOPM
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          21 month ago

          It’s certainly one I see a lot. Though I for one couldn’t imagine having a BF traverse the world for me. Imagine if it didn’t work out or stand the test of time.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Why the surprise? My first thought on seeing this was there must be a lot of Australia or New Zealand answers due to the relative geographic isolation of Australia and New Zealand in relation to the rest of the first world.

    • Call me Lenny/LeniOPM
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      21 month ago

      South or North (asking under the impression they still have occasional English teachers in the North)?

      My answer would actually relate to North Korea. Dumb younger me thought “if they have no technology, I bet someone there would appreciate being a penpal”. In hindsight I fear the results.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 month ago

    A few letters to my family for Christmas/New year from Japan to France while I was there for an exchange.

  • Libb
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    Like many I imagine: China to where I live (France), back in those days when I ordered too much useless crap online.

  • psychOdelic
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    21 month ago

    germany to america, or is Dubai farther away from Germany? the latter didn’t arrive anyway.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 month ago

    Denmark to US. I did walkman and cassette deck repairs before Covid. It was possible to earn a pretty penny by buying broken decks on eBay, fixing them, and then reselling them.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 month ago

    I used to sign up for a penpal thing where we would exchange letters written with a typewriter. One of the guys I wrote to was in Switzerland, we exchanged a couple letters but then he stopped responding.

    Maybe I should try doing that again, it was fun.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        It’s part of a typewriter discord group I’m in. We’re all looking for excuses to use our typewriters, so writing letters to each other seems logical.