Gatsby
June 23, 2000, 4:04am
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I live on a rural delivery route, about 7 miles from the local PO. Every day (except Sundays, legal holidays,and Mondays closely preceeding or following legal holidays) a friendly, concientious carrier stops by my drive, and delivers whatever anyone has seen fit to send my way. For thirtythree cents, he will deliver my missives anywhere in the country. Hell, I charge three times that for the time it takes to walk to the mailbox and back.
Does anyone have a site/formula for converting .05 in 1969 to .33 in 2000 in constant dollars? I’m betting that adjusted for inflation, 1st class mail is a great bargain.
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Even though I understand economies of scale and all, it never ceases to amaze me that I can pay some guy 33¢ to carry an envelope to the other side of the country.