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[tamaranth]

I'm trying to get my unseasonal uncheer out of the way, hence two negative and downbeat posts before lunchtime. One of the fascinating discussions that made the weekend so enjoyable concerned acknowledgement. If someone sends you a gift, a piece of work, an unexpected communication after long silence, do you acknowledge receipt?

I say 'yes, it would be rude not to, quite aside from being unhelpful to the sender, who doesn't know whether their item has arrived'.

Apparently, however, this is very old-fashioned of me. (But my niece did get her birthday present, a pair of gold earrings.)

So:
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[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

I don't tend to expect proper thank-you letters ... but I've been chasing several people by email just to find out if various things (a parcel / an article / a previous email, with a gift-certificate code) ever arrived, the Post Office being what it allegedly is(n't).