penpals in the forces free to send "email" letters to cheer them up

PIXIEBUM

you do no that she posted that post in 2006 which is proberly the reason she isnt replying.

giggles_alot

I sent a short email to Deirdre yesterday and today i recieved information and a list of possible penpals, worth ashot. Hopefully a little letter will cheer up some of our troops.

sweetpeas_2

piziebum, good point :rotfl:
still, seems such a waste when there are so many people waiting for letters and all of these eager people wanting to write to them.

I too have received a list from Deidre so I will be writing some letters soon :j

can I just ask, are all of you that are writing letters putting your address on the letters? dont want to sound daft, but they are stragers at the end of the day- are we safe writing our addresses on??? maybe just putting an email address on would be better, but then youve got to hope they have access if they want to reply.

xxx

giggles_alot

Hey noggin.
I'm having exactly the same concerns as you.
I really like the idea of being a penpal with guys supporting our county but I'm so unsure about putting my home address.
From the list i recieved i got the impression that these are the guys who don't have internet access and therefore snail mail is the only way.
I'm a little unsure now, but would the guys who we don't want contacting us(weirdos) really write in to ask for a pen pal
Confused now

newcook

I know years ago you originally used to be given a main address, they would have a read of the letter, make a note of name and address etc and pass it to who they think is a good match.

I dont know if they still do it this way but it's a better way to do it (IMHO) as it means that there is an 'official office' somewhere in the forces that has a list of who is writing to who in case anything ever should happen.

emma_b_4

i apologise for not replying to anyone who has pmed me over the past few months, the post is 2 years old, i no longer have a list and i posted a while ago to direct people to a yahoo group set up by kat, i think, to match people with penpals.
i have been unable to reply bcos i have a little girl now and she has been very very poorly, in and out of hospital, several operations, so my internet access over the past few months has been sparse
also the forum would not let me reply (kept saying error on page)

anyway apologies
and hope you all find a penpal, no one ever got back to me and i no lnger have any contact details so cannot help you with "the list"

thanks

newcook

emma_b wrote: »

i apologise for not replying to anyone who has pmed me over the past few months, the post is 2 years old, i no longer have a list and i posted a while ago to direct people to a yahoo group set up by kat, i think, to match people with penpals.
i have been unable to reply bcos i have a little girl now and she has been very very poorly, in and out of hospital, several operations, so my internet access over the past few months has been sparse
also the forum would not let me reply (kept saying error on page)

anyway apologies
and hope you all find a penpal, no one ever got back to me and i no lnger have any contact details so cannot help you with "the list"

thanks

thank you anyway and I hope your little girl gets better soon xx

newcook

woohoo!!! dear deidre has replied!!!

ETA: if deidre hasnt replied to you, let me know as I have a list of names and addresses!!

Lucky_Lady_5

Good luck with this!
I wrote 11 and half years ago when there was a similar thing in the Daily Mirror asking for penpals for soldiers in Bosnia.
We've now been married 8 years and have 2 lovely kids!!!!
Just goes to show you don't know what is around the corner!
:smileyhea :lovethoug :kisses2:

emma_b_4

thanks newcook - i am sorry i have been unable to follow this lately, but it is such an old thread, cant believe its still going its great
i just dont have any details now, and dont get the time now xx