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Daily Jokes / Joke of the Day For over a year, DeepLake has been running the Joke of the Day service. Unlike many other sites, we really do update our jokes every day so you get to see the funniest jokes. Keep coming back to DeepLake Daily Jokes to kick-start your day! Good news: The Joke of the Day is back! Thanks for your patience. Today's Joke (No.1/1) Truth in Advertising Tom's note: For those of you who are not familiar with US postage rates, the Postal Service has a ready supply of stamps which do not have a numeric denomination on them, but rather the stamps have a letter of the alphabet. When they are used, the letter assignment represents the correct postage. These "alphabet stamps" are treated as correct postage until the Postal Service can print stamps with the proper numeric denomination. The important thing you need to know for this story is that the "H" stamp was used the last time postal rates changed in the US. The New York Times website carried this story today (04/20/2000): POST OFFICE: NO MORE ALPHABET STAMPS By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Those stamps marked with letters of the alphabet -- used when the price of mailing a letter changes -- have come to an end. [--- 8< --- snip ---] The spokesman didn't say it, but ending the alphabet series at this point also avoids the next logical step in the series, the "I-rate" stamp.
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