Official 2014 InCoWriMo Participation Thread

[mrcharlie]

I see Writingrav added an -0407 to your zip code.
Did that make the letter go faster or slower?

Ken, neither. But it insures that it gets there! You can actually send a letter to someone with just those numbers and it should get to the recipient in the US, b/c that is an individual number for the recipient's address.

Zip+4 is not unique per address, although it is for most USPS PO box addresses (ie anywhere where the PO has no box numbers above 9999).

[ypsilanti]

Here we go! (I'm on the spreadsheet, but I wanted to be sure so I posted here, too)

Lori Bravo
2321 Lockhill-Selma #216
San Antonio, TX 78213

I got my letter to you returned "attempted - not known -unable to forward".
I checked the address and it was correct, so ... ?

The return address on the letter she sent to me is 2313 Lockhill-Selma, Suite 216, San Antonio -- with a different ZIP. The 2313 address is a Mailboxes Etc location, so might be worth a try. The correct ZIP is 78230 for both addresses.

[Type40]

FWIW, I always run any new addresses through the usps zip code tool without entering any zip code, and use what the tool gives me as the standard form of the person's address.

Thank you, I normally just drop it into google maps to confirm and get a since of where they are in the world. Sending out an updated letter to Lori today.

I looked at Bill's again and it isn't a bad address it's an incomplete one. There are multiples at that address and it needs an apartment or suit type of number.

[mrcharlie]

The return address on the letter she sent to me is 2313 Lockhill-Selma, Suite 216, San Antonio -- with a different ZIP. The 2313 address is a Mailboxes Etc location, so might be worth a try. The correct ZIP is 78230 for both addresses.

That must be the right answer. In my experience a wrong zip code will result in a delay but not "undeliverable", but getting the 2313 wrong would give that result.

Lesson: when signing up for pen-pal/letter exchange kind of thing, make sure to list your correct address!

[Tuppergal.Victoria]

Here we go! (I'm on the spreadsheet, but I wanted to be sure so I posted here, too)

Lori Bravo
2321 Lockhill-Selma #216
San Antonio, TX 78213

I got my letter to you returned "attempted - not known -unable to forward".
I checked the address and it was correct, so ... ?

The return address on the letter she sent to me is 2313 Lockhill-Selma, Suite 216, San Antonio -- with a different ZIP. The 2313 address is a Mailboxes Etc location, so might be worth a try. The correct ZIP is 78230 for both addresses.

I also had my letter returned. I thought it was bad hand writing my part, so I resent it. Oh well, I will resent once again if it comes back.

[alc3261]

28 sent, now up to 7 replies!!

[VertOlive]

FWIW, I always run any new addresses through the usps zip code tool without entering any zip code, and use what the tool gives me as the standard form of the person's address. If it does not agree in some major way with what I was given I try to go back to the person who gave it to me to find out why; a couple times the tool has rejected the address as not existing and that was because it was messed up in transmission to me. Yes, I am an anal jerk.

I have to track specimens for our lab; I find just typing the address I have into Google will often give me the correction I need. I think of this more as a variety of "genius" than "jerkness". [See my signature]

[LunaAzurina]

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Thanks everyone for a wonderful introduction to fountain pens. I thought I would share these impressions of InCoWriMo with you.


LunaAzurina's
InCoWriMo 2014 Stats and Lessons Learned

Forty-six outbound/ twenty-one received

It takes nearly a month for correspondence to take a round-trip from Australia & Thailand
A letter can reach CA from NY in 3 days
" " Chicago in 2 days
" " Utah in 1 day!

One pen is not enough. Nor is one ink. Must research and remedy.

People are insanely kind & willing to mentor @ fpgeeks!

Young grasshopper bought Crane paper for InCoWriMo (which is good for ball point, FPs not so much). Quickly converted to 'R' by Rhodia paper with an eye on Tomoe River.

LAMY is a good starter pen - rather like a gateway drug of FP world - Noodlers' Ahab too.

Definition of:
-- 'flex'
-- *'Wet Noodle'
-- 'sac'
-- 'italic'
-- 'stub'
-- 'eyedropper'
-- 'bulletproof'
-- 'Goulets'
-- 'NOS'
-- 'squee' upon spying letter-carrier
-- 'pen show (!)'
-- 'piston filler'
-- 'nib'
-- 'nibmeister'
And so on.... *my favorite

Eye-popping assortment of inks
Jaw-dropping assortment of pens

It's ok to make a mess

I want to keep writing - I didn't get through my (InCoWriMo) list!

Life is not all about work.

FPens are not just tools and can inspire pleasure. Slow down, take a break, and write something sort of pleasure. Someone may read it & write back sort of pleasure.

Some people are incredibly artistic - for fun!

Inks behave differently in different pens/ nibs

Evernote/ FIFO are my 'system'

A stranger made me laugh.
A stranger made me cry.

I sat down on the couch with the TV OFF and the rain coming down outside and read your letters out loud to my husband, who enjoyed them too, and said,

"When are you going to let *me* get some chickens?" "Or a hedgehog?" And "Why the rhino?"

[Mags]

I hope Anderson Pens will also soon be part of your first impressions. Great to sit and enjoy reading your impressions list.

[yonahnah]

I love classic literature, animals, taxidermy, and cooking.
Thank you to anyone that writes. I will write back for sure.

Seriously, I sound disgusting! Why did no one say to me "don't put those interest in that order"? I don't like to cook taxidermy animals... lol.

[cwent2]

LunaAzurina

If why a rino is a question watch this video by lisa anderson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2hkayfgFEc

Thanks for the smile and a couple of lol's your post brought, your InCoWriMo letter wasn't bad either.

Cw

[VertOlive]

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Thanks everyone for a wonderful introduction to fountain pens. I thought I would share these impressions of InCoWriMo with y


LunaAzurina's
InCoWriMo 2014 Stats and Lessons Learned

Forty-six outbound/ twenty-one received

It takes nearly a month for correspondence to take a round-trip from Australia & Thailand
A letter can reach CA from NY in 3 days
" " Chicago in 2 days
" " Utah in 1 day!

One pen is not enough. Nor is one ink. Must research and remedy.

People are insanely kind & willing to mentor @ fpgeeks!

Young grasshopper bought Crane paper for InCoWriMo (which is good for ball point, FPs not so much). Quickly converted to 'R' by Rhodia paper with an eye on Tomoe River.

LAMY is a good starter pen - rather like a gateway drug of FP world - Noodlers' Ahab too.

Definition of:
-- 'flex'
-- *'Wet Noodle'
-- 'sac'
-- 'italic'
-- 'stub'
-- 'eyedropper'
-- 'bulletproof'
-- 'Goulets'
-- 'NOS'
-- 'squee' upon spying letter-carrier
-- 'pen show (!)'
-- 'piston filler'
-- 'nib'
-- 'nibmeister'
And so on.... *my favorite

Eye-popping assortment of inks
Jaw-dropping assortment of pens

It's ok to make a mess

I want to keep writing - I didn't get through my (InCoWriMo) list!

Life is not all about work.

FPens are not just tools and can inspire pleasure. Slow down, take a break, and write something sort of pleasure. Someone may read it & write back sort of pleasure.

Some people are incredibly artistic - for fun!

Inks behave differently in different pens/ nibs

Evernote/ FIFO are my 'system'

A stranger made me laugh.
A stranger made me cry.

I sat down on the couch with the TV OFF and the rain coming down outside and read your letters out loud to my husband, who enjoyed them too, and said,

"When are you going to let *me* get some chickens?" "Or a hedgehog?" And "Why the rhino?"

Wait. You got chickens ? I didn't get a chicken....

[Toulouse]

Wait. You got chickens ? I didn't get a chicken....

Your chicken is in the mail VertOlive....

[ceramic_pizza]

I feel like I'm missing something with this chicken thing...

[LunaAzurina]

Haha, a FPG in WA has chickens... and one in Chicago has a hedgehog. As an animal lover (and egg-eater) my husband is quite jealous!

[alc3261]

So I had a re-count 36 letters sent to "new" people, letters to existing penpals not counted in that number.
12 replies so far!!

[VertOlive]

Hold on. I sent hedgehogs.

[TerraNoir]

Hold on. I sent hedgehogs.

This is true. You sure did!

[Dad Of Sapling]

You don't need that much room for chickens, just an 8 inch plate

[Bogon07]

You don't need that much room for chickens, just an 8 inch plate

Which makes me think of the "Ugly Chickens" episode of Drabblecast only you would need a much bigger plate.

http://www.drabblecast.org/2014/01/1...ugly-chickens/

You can read it but it is so much more fun to listen to Norm Sherman.