Middle School Letter to Pavel Datsyuk

[WingNut]

When I was in middle school my "computer teacher" had a subscription to a database with the personal addresses of numerous famous people. Our task as students was to compose a letter to someone of our choice, and if they responded, extra credit would be rewarded.

We also had to ask questions about their computer setups as it was a "computer class", pretty embarrassing if you ask me.

Below is my 12 year old masterpiece.

Screen Shot 2020-04-11 at 11.22.32 AM by Justin Ozrovitz, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2020-04-11 at 11.15.59 AM by Justin Ozrovitz, on Flickr

 

[bto3105]

This is just flat out cool. Thanks for showing this...

 

[dismonkey1]

That is really cool. Actually a creative project by your teacher. Really nice mementos to hang onto.

 

[creasecollector]

Very cool ! This is something you don't see every day!

 

[richie.rocket.cards]

Love it, and love the response especially

 

[SNobles]

Outstanding. Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[TheGriceBoys]

I've always enjoyed the personal type interactions, it's better than the run of the mill stuff we see every day, which is to say cards. Thank you for sharing this!:beer:

 

[GabbyGuy]

Very very cool! Great story! :thumbsup:

--Curt

 

[japhi]

Love this. I used to write players as a kid as well so this brings back memories.

 

[chefjason]

I loved writing to players, my brother recently picked it back up again and I think the bug is hitting me here

 

[CeddieB]

Despite all the great cardboard showing up here during the last couple weeks, this is one of the best posts I've seen. Thanks for sharing.

P.S. Your P.S. made me lol

 

[OilersRule]

Hockey collecting greatness right there my friend...thank you for sharing !

 

[Ohka]

What a friendly response by Pavel Datsyuk !

In the early 1990-er years , I wrote to every Formula 1 team . I found out , the smaller the team , the more friendly the response . Especially Gabriele Tarquini wrote a very nice letter .

 

[japhi]

I loved writing to players, my brother recently picked it back up again and I think the bug is hitting me here

Fwiw I just started again and 6/7packages have come back - Roy, Lafleur, Weber, Gilbert, Lebeau and Boivon. Have a type 1 of Lindros still out there but expecting that to take a while even pre covid.

Feel like a 10 year old ripping open the returns, tons of fun and cheap.