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Does anybody remember
Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:41 pm
by Jumptrout51
Any of you folks remember when you could mail a letter with a 2 cents stamp?
If you put 5 cents on it and marked it "via airmail" it would get there quicker.
Is my life slowly flashing before my eyes?
Re: Does anybody remember
Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:57 pm
by RHTFISH
Jumptrout51 wrote:If you put 5 cents on it and marked it "via airmail" it would get there quicker.
Has that changed?
I still do that!
That could explain a lot of returned mail!
Re: Does anybody remember
Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:11 pm
by FUTCHCAIRO
BACK IN THE LATE 20'S AND EARLY 30'S THE ONLY THING WE COULD SEND IN THE MAIL WAS A POST CARD, THAT COST .01 AND I HAD TO TAKE IT 4 MILES TO THE FIRST PLACE YOU COULD MAIL ANYTHING. I ALSO SPENT A LOTOF MY YOUNGER YEARS PICKING UP DRINK BOTTLES, THE CORNER STORE WOULD GIVE US .01 CENT FOR EACH ONE WE BROUGHT IN CLEAN. I CAN REMEMBER PICKING UP ENOUGH BOTTLES TO BUY
$2 WORTH OF GAS ON SAT. MORNIN'S, GAS WAS .12 CENT A GAL.
PA THE OLD MAN
