Patsy, who lives in California and BUB, who lives on the Isle of Man, are extremely well schooled in this art and my mum is too. It is a simple set of two words which you join up with a few more to complete a sentence.. but there are people who just don't 'get' it!
It comes in two styles, the spoken one is said when someone hands you or sends you a gift or does something for you and then there is the written one which is usually sent when you have received a gift through the mail / post.
She sent Patsy a Christmas gift last week and yesterday we received from her the most charming email, the title of which was multiple Thank you's. And BUB sent a photo of the two lamps, lit and in situ, which she sent him last week.
She keeps pretty cards and a book of stamps at home just for this reason. Because if you are given an unexpected gift or a delicious meal, how simple it is to write a few words, address the envelope, put on a stamp and pop the envelope into a mail / postbox.
BUT sometimes, a gift requires both a spoken and a written 'Thank You'. The side of Smoked Salmon, that she was given yesterday, had the effect of making her call a couple of old 'City' customers of The Flying Fish Company and they had lots of news to tell her! Most of which was happy but there was one piece of news that saddened her.
This was than an old friend called Charles Irby had died last year. She met this charming man and his lovely wife Sarah way back in the '70s through his elder brother Paul. He had had the most rewarding and highly spectacular career in the city of London but, he was only 70.
The 'Fish' giver will be sent a card, that's for sure, she has obtained their full address, it will be written after we finish this, it will slip in to a post box and catch the Monday morning's post.
Simples.. yes. Do you doubt me? Well, remember this post when YOU receive a card or a call from someone 'thanking you' for your gift and recognise the pleasure that it gives you, the sender, that your gift has been received 'With thanks'.
GeeGee Parrot.
December 4th, 2016.
It comes in two styles, the spoken one is said when someone hands you or sends you a gift or does something for you and then there is the written one which is usually sent when you have received a gift through the mail / post.
She sent Patsy a Christmas gift last week and yesterday we received from her the most charming email, the title of which was multiple Thank you's. And BUB sent a photo of the two lamps, lit and in situ, which she sent him last week.
She keeps pretty cards and a book of stamps at home just for this reason. Because if you are given an unexpected gift or a delicious meal, how simple it is to write a few words, address the envelope, put on a stamp and pop the envelope into a mail / postbox.
BUT sometimes, a gift requires both a spoken and a written 'Thank You'. The side of Smoked Salmon, that she was given yesterday, had the effect of making her call a couple of old 'City' customers of The Flying Fish Company and they had lots of news to tell her! Most of which was happy but there was one piece of news that saddened her.
This was than an old friend called Charles Irby had died last year. She met this charming man and his lovely wife Sarah way back in the '70s through his elder brother Paul. He had had the most rewarding and highly spectacular career in the city of London but, he was only 70.
The 'Fish' giver will be sent a card, that's for sure, she has obtained their full address, it will be written after we finish this, it will slip in to a post box and catch the Monday morning's post.
Simples.. yes. Do you doubt me? Well, remember this post when YOU receive a card or a call from someone 'thanking you' for your gift and recognise the pleasure that it gives you, the sender, that your gift has been received 'With thanks'.
GeeGee Parrot.
December 4th, 2016.
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