We had USENET and posts like this. It's from 99 but is representative of the type of stuff that occurred even in the late 70s.

Without fanfare, I give you, Dogs in Elk.

http://www.jerrypournelle.com/report...dogsinelk.html
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Simply awesome.
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Oh thought this was about ADVENT. :-)
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Why, when I was a kid, we wrote letters and stuck 3-cent stamps on them . . . or 2-cent ones for postcards.
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Amazing how far a horse can go on 2 cents. =)
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:-)
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