Pa. Man Gets Letter Postmarked 1954

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{"commentId":464088,"authorDomain":"kerchenko"}

just open it !!!!!!

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Reply#1 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 2:40 AM EST
{"commentId":464498,"authorDomain":"abenton"}

thats a felony!

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#1.1 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 11:12 AM EST
{"commentId":465142,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}

Not anymore, thanks to a Merry Christmas signing statement.

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#1.2 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 5:08 PM EST
{"commentId":465591,"authorDomain":"kerchenko"}

thats a felony!

and a very satisfying one for nosey-snoops ! g'head open it !!!! maybe its an oracle from the past instructing you what to di in the future! open it ! isn't there a statute of limitation for a letter thats 50 years old?? come one... we won't 'tell' on you..... O-P-E-N !

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#1.3 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 10:06 PM EST
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{"commentId":464106,"authorDomain":"terryaley"}

I just google'd this guy's name.
Westmont Hilltop High School
Class of 1969

His yearbook photo is in here. I can't put a link in the comment section because they aren't allowed.

You'd think the story reporter would have done the same thing.

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Reply#2 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 3:10 AM EST
{"commentId":464123,"authorDomain":"kerchenko"}

ummm.... yeah, the letter was sent in 1954... if he was the class of 1969 then he was only 3 years old when the letter was sent. how many 3 year olds know how to to read ? how many get letters ? don't you think they would have already tried google ? sometimes things aren't that easy or simple. sorry.

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#2.1 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 3:40 AM EST
{"commentId":464312,"authorDomain":"sokabs"}
he was only 3 years old when the letter was sent. how many 3 year olds know how to to read? how many get letters?

My 3 year old gets them all the time! Of course, she cannot read them, but her grandparents and other relatives like to send her little notes and stuff. When you're 3, getting mail is like winning the lottery. I agree with you that he's already been Googled, but don't discount the fact that he may have been extremely young when the letter was sent.

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#2.2 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 9:21 AM EST
{"commentId":464398,"authorDomain":"mikebikemusic"}

The letter says:

If you first read this when all about you Are losing hair and blaming it on you
Then you'll be a man, my son.

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    #2.3 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 10:19 AM EST
    {"commentId":464402,"authorDomain":"patricksays"}

    This joke might have worked if it had been written coherently.

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    #2.4 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 10:22 AM EST
    {"commentId":464433,"authorDomain":"mikebikemusic"}

    How about this:

    If you still have your hair when all about you
    are losing theirs and blaming it on you
    If you can wait and not be tired of waiting
    for this letter to arrive Then you'll be a man my son.

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    #2.5 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 10:41 AM EST
    {"commentId":465559,"authorDomain":"ansab"}
    When you're 3, getting mail is like winning the lottery.

    When you're 17, getting mail is like winning the lottery.

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    #2.6 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 9:32 PM EST
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    {"commentId":464199,"authorDomain":"entrepreneur"}
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    {"commentId":464255,"authorDomain":"djd"}

    3 cent stamp - was there an excess to pay?

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    Reply#4 - Mon Jan 8, 2007 8:48 AM EST
    {"commentId":466452,"authorDomain":"strvnwritr"}

    There is a Frederick Z. Yost who currently lives in Florida who was born in 1951. I would say that is likely him. The "letter" could, in fact, be a card of some sort. My infant son receives cards for special occasions, so I don't find it unusual that a three year old might also. I do find it unusual, however, that the reporter writing this story didn't run a similar search. It took all of 1 minute to find this guy.

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      Reply#5 - Tue Jan 9, 2007 1:31 PM EST
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