Price of a stamp is now 73 cents...
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You know I'm not that old but I do remember a 5 cent stamp. This is just ridiculous. One can't even afford to send out Christmas cards anymore.
I can top that. When I was a kid, stamps were 3 cents.
Yes. I remember that too. My mother may she RIP went berserk when they went from 3 to 5 cents.
It was 15 cents for me, and you could tape the nickel and dime to the envelope. The mailman would put the stamp on for you.
My grandmother used to do that. Sometimes she would leave money in the box with a note, NEED A BOOK OF STAMPS, and he would take the money and bring her back a book the next day. That's what you call trusting.
How funny, my husband said the same thing. (He is older than me).
And a 10 cent payphone.
Some are not old enough to even remember a pay phone period. I don’t think I’ve seen one in at least 25-30 yrs. There were two that I remember in my town but they’ve been gone for a long time.
My son has a friend he did some construction on his house and that's how they met. He and his Mom are from New York. Last month her family contacted her and told her there was an inside Office Building LOBBY pay phone if she wanted it or the building owner was going to have it sent to the dump. So she asked how much, sent them the money and had a family member deliver it to her here in Kentucky. My son took a picture of it. It is all in good condition with the brown wood and glass door complete with wooden bench and the payphone. She has it in the corner of her living room. Absolutely beautiful and in A1 condition. A piece of nostalgic history. NO she is not going to have the phone hooked up.
They were all around my town, but my town is one of the oldest in the country so I guess that makes sense.
I don't believe a single one remains. Which is of course problematic if you do not have a functioning cellphone and need assistance.
The only place I see pay phones nowadays is at the airport.
I hadn’t thought of that. That’s one place I do not go.
Yes indeed.
I remember too. AND... I quit sending Christmas cards about 4 years ago. Just too expensive when I used to mail about 25 a year.
I did the same and I really hate it because I loved sending out Christmas cards.