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Old 05-06-2008, 09:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
GaryH
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Originally Posted by OlSkyDriver View Post
Damn...and I remember when first class stamps cost $.03, and I think airmail was $.07. Now, I do not believe they even have airmail, it all goes that way, and $.42 is still a bargain. Oh yea...post cards were a penny. As the song goes.."Times they are a changing".
And gas was 25 cents a gallon. 42 divided by 3 is 14. Gas today at $3.60 a gallon divided by 25 is 14.4. I guess postage (and everything else) has to keep pace with the price of gas.
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