RUSH FOR POSTAGE STAMPS

[Georgiesmum]

The rush for postage stamps is still on! Our local G.P.O.had someone come in this morning and bought £1.000 worth!

[B00]

Daft innit?

How on earth can someone possibly use a grands worth of stamps? False economy!

[owdhamer]

Mail Order Boo

[JonnyBoy12]

Someone bought £1.000 (1 pounds worth) or did you mean £1,000 (1,000 pounds worth? One pounds worth is not a lot of stamps but a grand's worth certainly is!

Signed

The (newly formed, and very pedantic) Mathematics Police

[jno]

might be a wholesaler, B00

[jno]

actually, I suppose I meant retailer - someone who's going to sell them on either in his own shop or to other shopkeepers.

[owdhamer]

You are wasted on here Johnny Boy

[Georgiesmum]

One thousand pounds worth JonnyBoy12.

[friedgreentomato]

i bought 3 books worth this morning

[gingejbee]

G.P.O. ? What century are you in??

[tinkerbell23]

Might be a business... When i worked in a lawyers office i went through hundreds of stamps! Xx

[funnygirl]

I've bought two books. Mind you I only use them to pay bills and send the ocassional card.

[Georgiesmum]

G.P. O. = GENERAL POST OFFICE. wHAT DO YOU CALL IT THEN?

[Baldric]

Chambers dictionary;
GPO, (until 1969) General Post Office, the UK postal service.

[gingejbee]

Yes, I know what it meant. Hasn't been in proper use for decades, though. Bit like Gas Board, water board etc.

[NOX]

I've bought a few hundred quids worth in the last week or so, why is it false economy Boo, I use tons of stamps?

[owdhamer]

I used to have a Sister in the Gas Board

[Georgiesmum]

I understand, but what else would you call it now though? Ive always referred to it as "the general".

[Baldric]

http://en.wikipedia.o...i/General_Post_Office

abolished in 1969

[daisya]

Can't see anything wrong in calling it the general post office (gpo for short)...each to his own I guess.

[cathfromsaron]

i stocked up when everyone else was fussing about fuel!

but it's all very well if you send letters of the normal size, which i do, but if you send parcels or packets they still need to be weighed and will be charged at the new price!

unless you have a digital scales!