Post a letter?

[Spacewagon52]

"Damn! I forgot to post Vanessa's card! Hope she gets it in time if I post it?" exclaimed my wife today. 

"How much is it to post?" I asked.

"76p first class."

"We will deliver it ourselves!"

"But that is a 15 mile round trip! That will cost........... over 76p!"

"Yes dear, but we will be going in a Lexus!"

 

AND SO WE WILL!

[royoftherovers]

Just now, Spacewagon52 said:

"Damn! I forgot to post Vanessa's card! Hope she gets it in time if I post it?" exclaimed my wife today. 

"How much is it to post?" I asked.

"76p first class."

"We will deliver it ourselves!"

"But that is a 15 mile round trip! That will cost........... over 76p!"

"Yes dear, but we will be going in a Lexus!"

 

AND SO WE WILL!

Will she take one Lexus while you take the other?

There was a time around 1970, young Davey, when 76p, meant 15 shillings and 2 pence.Now, that was a King`s ransom. We could go out, spend relatively freely,buy fish and chips on the way home and still have  two and a half pennies left.  (slight exaggeration for the sake of emphasis)

All without using a Credit Card !

[Spacewagon52]

Eeny meeney miny moe in which Lexus shall we go?

[Mincey]

It's outrageous isn't it. 76p. Thank goodness for "Happy Birthday" emails....

[Linas.P]

what is worse that they don't even take cash now... even if you have it. 

so recently I had several transactions on my credit card for 76p 😁

[First_Lexus]

3 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

Will she take one Lexus while you take the other?

There was a time around 1970, young Davey, when 76p, meant 15 shillings and 2 pence.Now, that was a King`s ransom. We could go out, spend relatively freely,buy fish and chips on the way home and still have  two and a half pennies left.  (slight exaggeration for the sake of emphasis)

All without using a Credit Card !

^^ I remember the days when you could go out, have a slap up meal, catch botulism, die, have a really good funeral...and STILL have change out of half a crown...😉

[true blue]

Ah John  nostalgia its not what it used to be!!  I also look back on the old days money wise ,the bad news is from January the !st class stamp will set you back 85p ( 17 shillings )  how much longer will we be posting letters?

Dave

[Malc]

Just now, true blue said:

 how much longer will we be posting letters?

and latest from Royal Mail is that it's busier than ever and that's why post is taking so long at this festive time !

gave a fiver, yes £5 to my gf to airmail post 3 small Xmas cards, 2 to Australia and one to Singapore 

I owe her 10p .....  £1.70 each 😵

Malc

[royoftherovers]

Just now, true blue said:

Ah John  nostalgia its not what it used to be!!  I also look back on the old days money wise ,the bad news is from January the !st class stamp will set you back 85p ( 17 shillings )  how much longer will we be posting letters?

Dave

Nice to meet you Dave--have met conversed previously?

I`m sure I read somewhere that First Class was going to 99p in the near future...or is my love of Rioja overwhelming me again ?

[royoftherovers]

31 minutes ago, First_Lexus said:

^^ I remember the days when you could go out, have a slap up meal, catch botulism, die, have a really good funeral...and STILL have change out of half a crown...😉

I`ve just split my pre-dinner Scotch reading that Ed !

[Spacewagon52]

6 minutes ago, true blue said:

Ah John  nostalgia its not what it used to be!!  I also look back on the old days money wise ,the bad news is from January the !st class stamp will set you back 85p ( 17 shillings )  how much longer will we be posting letters?

Dave

Lads,  I am afraid we have turned into our parents!

My father was appalled when the parking went up to 50p!  "That's 10 Bob! Criminal that is!"

i

[Spacewagon52]

POST UPDATE

 

The letter cost £2.99 in fuel!  So it cost an extra £2.23!   Worth every penny just to get out of the house!