The space shuttle Atlantis and U.S. postage stamp price have two things in common today. They both rose and hardly anyone knew about it. I was watching a national news program and learned that the Atlantis launched earlier today from Florida. Part of the mission involves fixing the Hubble Telescope. Apparently, this mission is riskier than most shuttle missions.
I'll put in my two cents on the postage stamp increase - which is two cents. 44 cents is a pretty good deal to send a document across town or across the country. The poor United States Postal Service is suffering the impact of the world wide web. In the past, a book of stamps might have lasted a month in my household. Now, the same book of 20 stamps lasts about 6 months. My wife and I now pay most of our bills online. We renew subscriptions online. Perhaps letter carriers will go the way of the men that delivered ice to homes for the ice box.
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