How Old Are You? I Am Old Enough To Remember When I Could Mail A Letter For 5 Cents…

@SumKindaMunster My father was a doctor so we always had an exclusive line.

@ArtieKat we lived in a couple of rural areas and a private line was not available.

@SumKindaMunster lol, yes!

@Adrift I remember McDonald's ads for change back from your dollar. Then it was change back from a five. Now what is it, change back from your $20?

@cherokeepatti I buy stamps by the roll, so 100 stamps hit my credit card a heavy blow.

@exexec hadn’t been that long since I bought a 20-pack for less than $10…2017…

@cherokeepatti I buy the rolls to use in my grandfather's antique copper stamp dispenser. A roll lasts a long time.

@ArtieKat wow

@therighttothink50 We didn't have a color TV until I was 14. We didn't have a color TV with a remote until I was in my early 20's.

@therighttothink50 You had a clicker?

@Heartlander Yeah was thinking I should have bought a couple hundred a few years ago

@cherokeepatti

If you compare the history of general inflation Vs postage, postage rates have consistently increased like twice the general inflation rate.

I haven't checked, but it would be interesting to compare the cost of a Pony Express letter to California to the cost of an overnight express to the same address.

@MarineBob When I worked at the university & rented an apartment from the university I would mail the rent check to them. I was working in athletic and there was a mail box outside and I dropped my bill in there, very convenient. One day I got a notice that my rent was overdue. I called them and they hadn’t received it so I called the bank and had a stop put on the check (it hadn’t cleared) and walked over to the bursar’s office and paid in person at lunch. About 3 weeks later the campus newspaper had a story about mail being stolen and an arrest and it was a student that they had hired to go around and collect all of the mail at the various mail boxes (and take it the central post office on campus) and also drop off the mail in the various dorm areas. I figure he was mostly targeting mail that was going to the students especially cards in colored envelopes because grandma’s love to tuck a bill or two in a card when they send one.