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Stamp This

Damn the post office. I have a 6 32 cent stamps left and they went and raised the rates. Effecitvely obsoleting my already purchased stamps. The way I see it, I now have 3 options:
  1. Buy some 1 cent stamps. Seems like the obvious solution doesn't it? But this requires me to go to drive to the post office, wait in line, give the nice man a 6 cents. Total cost: 6 cents plus 45 minutes or so of my life in drive time and line time. I barely have time to take a piss. Over 6 cents! Can I just give my mailman a dime and call it even?
  2. Use 2 stamps- total loss- 31 cents per envelope. I only have 6 stamps left, and the credit card bill should probably be paid. This would at least guarantee that it goes out. And I can pickup the new-and-improved 33 cent stamps like a good american next time I go to the grocery store. But I'm dutch dammit- my brain tells me this is sinful somehow. I don't understand it. It might be my upbringing, but I think its more likely something burned into my DNA like male pattern baldness or not being able to smell or the fact that I absolutely detest brussle sprouts.
  3. Cut one stamp up into 5 pieces and use it one of the pieces on each of the remaining 5 envelopes. I think uncle sam should let me do this. I'm tempted to just try it. Total Cost: 32 cents if it fails, if it works, the total loss is 27 cents for all 5 envelopes.
I really must just not want to go to the post office. Why doesn't uncle sam just accept the 32 cent stamps for a few months? Its not like the post office is a profitable enterprise to begin with. Ugh. I should be able to pay my visa digitally.

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