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Post by The Mrs. on Sept 27, 2016 7:58:10 GMT -5
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37456853A friendship written in 50,000 letters Ninety-seven-year-old Mary has been writing to her best friend Cathy every single day for 77 years. But Mary and Cathy had a vow, to burn all the letters once they'd read them. The pair exchanged more than 50,000 letters between them, but none was saved. Mary has been living in a Barchester care home for the past 10 years.
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Post by purged on Sept 27, 2016 9:01:30 GMT -5
That's so sweet.
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Post by Abyssinian on Sept 27, 2016 9:07:11 GMT -5
That's a lot of mail.
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Post by Cheap Trixie on Sept 27, 2016 9:54:45 GMT -5
How delightful.
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Post by Jena Skrosky on Sept 27, 2016 11:03:20 GMT -5
Here I can't even hand-write one letter.
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Post by Yankeefan1955 on Sept 27, 2016 12:20:28 GMT -5
Writing really is a lost art.
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Post by yellowbanana on Sept 27, 2016 12:20:42 GMT -5
IMO it takes mucho discipline to sit down and write a letter.
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Post by Desired Apathy on Sept 27, 2016 13:04:04 GMT -5
That's a commitment.
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Post by madworld42 on Sept 27, 2016 14:01:54 GMT -5
AEW!
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Post by Rick on Sept 27, 2016 14:02:05 GMT -5
I could not understand her in the video.
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Post by PunkChic4life22 on Sept 27, 2016 14:02:12 GMT -5
Cool story.
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Post by Something Loud on Sept 27, 2016 14:40:31 GMT -5
How delightfully sweet.
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Post by Play_Song on Sept 27, 2016 21:38:06 GMT -5
That's cool.
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