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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 07:44AM |
...FOREVER stamps are being reissued at 42 cents! ! ! ! !
No, they are not. They will be, eventually.
Which is in keeping with the concept as announced some time ago.
When the price of a First Class letter goes up again, the Forever stamp will match it.
The Forever stamps you bought at 41c are still valid, FOREVER, as postage equal to whatever the current First Class 1oz. letter postage.
Oh, and it goes into effect May 12.
I am that Masked Man.
All you can do, is all you can do.
There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.
Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.
We are a government of laws, not men.
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.
You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.
There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.
We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive
An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.
You make me pull, I'll put you down.
I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.
No, they are not. They will be, eventually.
Which is in keeping with the concept as announced some time ago.
When the price of a First Class letter goes up again, the Forever stamp will match it.
The Forever stamps you bought at 41c are still valid, FOREVER, as postage equal to whatever the current First Class 1oz. letter postage.
Oh, and it goes into effect May 12.
I am that Masked Man.
All you can do, is all you can do.
There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.
Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.
We are a government of laws, not men.
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.
You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.
There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.
We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive
An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.
You make me pull, I'll put you down.
I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 08:27AM |
"Gimmee 50 cents wuff" was a common request when I worked at a gas station in one of the economically challanged areas of Milwaukee back in the '50s. And I believe a first class letter stamp was 3 cents then too.
Oh, and BTW, I'm still addding 2 (now) 2 cent stamps to the 37 cent stamps I haven't used up since THAT was the FC letter rate. Thank you, Al Gore for the internet and email!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 08:31AM by olnacl.
Oh, and BTW, I'm still addding 2 (now) 2 cent stamps to the 37 cent stamps I haven't used up since THAT was the FC letter rate. Thank you, Al Gore for the internet and email!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 08:31AM by olnacl.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 08:33AM |
Oh yeah, paid 23,500 for a two family flat on Milwaukee's east side - My CRV set me back 26,000.
And in the 60s I owned a gas station where the price (with gas wars - remember them) was often below 25 cents a gallon.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 08:35AM by olnacl.
And in the 60s I owned a gas station where the price (with gas wars - remember them) was often below 25 cents a gallon.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 08:35AM by olnacl.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 08:33AM |
And most if not all of you used to be 17, once upon a time.
Get over it! @#$%& happens and prices go up. They call it
capitalism.
You want to bit¢h about something how about the fact
that the Postal Service gives a cost break to all those
junk mailers and advertisers who in turn overload their
system causing them to need to increase rates in order
to keep up.
So, in effect the personal letter mailer/bill payer ends up
subsidizing the that annoying process.
Talk about a vicious circle.
Get over it! @#$%& happens and prices go up. They call it
capitalism.
You want to bit¢h about something how about the fact
that the Postal Service gives a cost break to all those
junk mailers and advertisers who in turn overload their
system causing them to need to increase rates in order
to keep up.
So, in effect the personal letter mailer/bill payer ends up
subsidizing the that annoying process.
Talk about a vicious circle.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 08:37AM |
I don't think we were complaining - just reminiscing....
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 08:45AM |
See I KNEW I made the right move last week when I used a regular .42 stamp instead of my last Forever stamp. I just made .01 which is a lot better than I'm doing in the stock market right now 
Ah, it's the little things in life.
Ah, it's the little things in life.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 09:12AM |
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trisho.
Jesus Christ, you people are old.
Ah, you're just jealous you don't have these memories to look back on. We could go on and talk about Brady street in the 60s and 70s
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 09:30AM |
I still have 37¢ & 39¢ rolls. Don't use much foot mail anymore.
!#$@@$#!
proofraed by OwEn the c@t.
!#$@@$#!
proofraed by OwEn the c@t.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 10:03AM |
Yeah, me too - Poolside East next to Sardino's on Farwell when I was in college - later moved to Prospect Towers. Long time ago. Remember George Pritchett - great jazz guitarist had a club on Humboldt. Girlfriend (vocalist) at the time used to sit in with him when we'd drop in.
But then, what DOES this have to do with 42 cent stamps?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 10:04AM by olnacl.
But then, what DOES this have to do with 42 cent stamps?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 10:04AM by olnacl.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 10:13AM |
I really don't remember the 1.5 cents stamp but do remember that unsealed letters went for (I thought) postcard rate and I do remember penny postcards. "Just put your name and address on a penny postcard and send it to...." was frequently heard on the radio - yes, before TV.
Now we're back on subject.
Now we're back on subject.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 10:22AM |
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samintx
"No, Virginia, we climbed trees and ate mayonaise sandwiches."
well now I can remember at least having cucumbers
, and if the tomatoes were ripe, them too.
August meant no more liverwurst and bologna and if lucky maybe even some B in the BLT.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 12:03PM |
George was a player. Spent many hours in his clubs (trying to remember if the Humboldt dive was before or after the one on the south side - Oklahoma ave?) - remenber Baltimore Bordeax in his group? Baltimore used to sit with me and my former wfe on breaks when we'd go there, marvelling on how we still got along after we got divorced. George, meanwhile would be down in the basement getting ready for the next set.
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 03:21PM |
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trisho.
Jesus Christ, you people are old.
Hey! I resemble that!
I remember when a nickel would buy a small bag full of candy at the local candy store
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Re: 42 cent to send a letter Date: February 12, 2008 03:34PM |
You want to bit¢h about something how about the fact
that the Postal Service gives a cost break to all those
junk mailers and advertisers who in turn overload their
system causing them to need to increase rates in order
to keep up.
Guys like you want to bitch though, right?
There is a lot of grass roots effort to eliminate "junk mail". Wait 'till you see how much you have to pay with out those mailers subsidizing First Class.
I hope they raise it a penny every year. Really, when it takes nearly an act of Congress to get an increase to pay for overhead, and every two-three years at that, I don't mind.
Too bad gas didn't rise as fast as posage. I'd still be paying less than $2.00/gal.
I am that Masked Man.
All you can do, is all you can do.
There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.
Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.
We are a government of laws, not men.
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.
You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.
There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.
We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive
An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.
You make me pull, I'll put you down.
I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.
that the Postal Service gives a cost break to all those
junk mailers and advertisers who in turn overload their
system causing them to need to increase rates in order
to keep up.
Guys like you want to bitch though, right?
There is a lot of grass roots effort to eliminate "junk mail". Wait 'till you see how much you have to pay with out those mailers subsidizing First Class.
I hope they raise it a penny every year. Really, when it takes nearly an act of Congress to get an increase to pay for overhead, and every two-three years at that, I don't mind.
Too bad gas didn't rise as fast as posage. I'd still be paying less than $2.00/gal.
I am that Masked Man.
All you can do, is all you can do.
There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.
Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.
We are a government of laws, not men.
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.
You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.
There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.
We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive
An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.
You make me pull, I'll put you down.
I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.
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