(Most) US stamps just have a monetary amount, so a $1 stamp is a $1 stamp, whether purchased last year or 40 years ago.
UK stamps are also often like that except that occasionally they decide that they should just get to keep your money and refuse to honour the stamp. They do the same thing with money sometimes. It is fucking wild.
They also have pay-as-you go electricity meters, although at least these aren't still like, drop in a coin if you'd like to heat your flat today.... Instead, it's take this USB stick to one of three shops in a five k radius and bring cash and then maybe you can heat your flat for however much power usage your cash corresponds to. But you know, recent cash.
oh yeah, i've heard of those british pay as you go meters. they just sound so... otherworldly. like, what kind of monster comes up with that kind of solution?
finnish stamps come in two varieties: forever stamps that are worth their current price no matter how old they are and are eligible for one standard letter (or for heavier letters when used in multiplies), and monetary stamps that are worth what is printed on them. tho i'm not sure if these later ones even exist any more.
Ok, I don't mean to say this is in any way normal, but I very recently got a pint in london for less than it costs to mail a postcard to the US. Like, iirc, that postage plus 20p would have gotten me two points.
It has comepletely messed up my internal calibration for how much things should cost. I cannot go into a Gails until I readjust to post Truss prices.
@Charles ☭ :trans: is a Green for that kind of money, we can send a letter to *Australia*, and I already complain about it!
(3.35€, £2.90)
(the US would be 2.55€, £2.21), and Europe + Mediterranean countries are 1.35€, £1.17, which is still more than the 1.25€ that the Germans spend to send *anywhere* [insert envy here])
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i still have quite a lot of stamps i bought in 2014 when they were much cheaper. they're my most accrued investment lol
Charles ☭ :trans: is a Green
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(Most) US stamps just have a monetary amount, so a $1 stamp is a $1 stamp, whether purchased last year or 40 years ago.
UK stamps are also often like that except that occasionally they decide that they should just get to keep your money and refuse to honour the stamp. They do the same thing with money sometimes. It is fucking wild.
They also have pay-as-you go electricity meters, although at least these aren't still like, drop in a coin if you'd like to heat your flat today.... Instead, it's take this USB stick to one of three shops in a five k radius and bring cash and then maybe you can heat your flat for however much power usage your cash corresponds to. But you know, recent cash.
Teemestarit vihaavat häntä
in reply to Charles ☭ :trans: is a Green • • •oh yeah, i've heard of those british pay as you go meters. they just sound so... otherworldly. like, what kind of monster comes up with that kind of solution?
finnish stamps come in two varieties: forever stamps that are worth their current price no matter how old they are and are eligible for one standard letter (or for heavier letters when used in multiplies), and monetary stamps that are worth what is printed on them. tho i'm not sure if these later ones even exist any more.
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Ok, I don't mean to say this is in any way normal, but I very recently got a pint in london for less than it costs to mail a postcard to the US. Like, iirc, that postage plus 20p would have gotten me two points.
It has comepletely messed up my internal calibration for how much things should cost. I cannot go into a Gails until I readjust to post Truss prices.
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Charles ☭ :trans: is a Green • •@Charles ☭ :trans: is a Green for that kind of money, we can send a letter to *Australia*, and I already complain about it!
(3.35€, £2.90)
(the US would be 2.55€, £2.21), and Europe + Mediterranean countries are 1.35€, £1.17, which is still more than the 1.25€ that the Germans spend to send *anywhere* [insert envy here])