On May 18, 2:32*am, sf > wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2011 08:45:22 +0200, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
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> > "Mr. Bill" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>
> > > I don't use single page mail...for any reason. *Geesh...even Skype is free
> > > world wide!
>
> Provided it's computer to computer and your connection is fast
> enough... otherwise it's stop action voice and video.
>
> > But postage is not. *I have been sending these to DD since 2000. *Over that
> > time we have gone from 85 cents for priority mail to $2.60 for ordinary
> > mail. *I sent an envelope weighing 3.5 ounces 2 weeks ago and it cost euro
> > 7.65 to the USA. *Imagine what that box of candy costs.
>
> Postage always kills me. *Thank goodness for the US postal service and
> their one size, one price boxes... but that isn't cheap either.
>
> --
> I love cooking with wine.
> Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Postage/shipping costs have/are going up largely due to the increasing
cost of gasoline.

I know what you mean though. I was once going to order inexpensive
something online, until I realized the shopping would cost more than
the item! Ugh! :-(

John Kuthe...