When in third grade we had an exchange student from Scotland. We exchanged letters with what would have been his classmates in Aberdeen. It was exciting learning about people's lives in other worlds. I continued communication with my "Pen Pal" through high school but then lost touch with her.

When I was a teen (early to mid 1970s) I had around 100 pen pals form all over the world. I kid you not. I went through a roil of stamps about every 2 months. My parents used to buy me a roll of stamps as part of a stocking stuffer for Christmas. And a roll as one of my birthday presents.

Yes and many were only after money! No more!!!