Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!lsuc!maccs!dan
From: dan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Dan Trottier)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Another Canada Post rip-off
Message-ID: <24F1B4DC.6591@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 22 Aug 89 20:17:31 GMT
References: <3604@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Reply-To: dan@maccs.UUCP (Dan Trottier)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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In article <3604@uwovax.uwo.ca> miller@uwovax.uwo.ca (Greg Miller) writes:
>
>Does Canada Post think that people who buy stamps are either
>stupid or too lazy to care?  I refer to the promotion of a
>pack of twelve peel-off 38 cent stamps costing $5.00.  So
>that means that each one of these stamps actually costs
>approximately 40.2 cents.  And what about the wasteful and
>environmental unfriendly piece of glossy paper that one is
>left with? 

This reminds me of an excellent joke I heard a few days ago....

Question:

   Why does Canada Post charge 38 cents to mail a letter?


Answer:

   10 cents for delivery, and 28 cents for storage!

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Dan Trottier                                       dan@maccs.dcss.McMaster.CA
Dept of Computer Science                       ...!uunet!utai!utgpu!maccs!dan
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