I was standing in line at the post office when I heard some old lady complaining about the ever increasing price of stamps.  Forty-one cents, she complained, was too much to pay for the delivery of one single letter.  I, of course, felt the need to interject.  I held out the 2 envelopes I had and asked her if she would be so kind as to deliver one of them to Dubuque, and the other to Ames for me.  Also, I would like them there within 3 business days.  In return for her trouble, I would offer her 82 cents.  She said "Of course not.  That would be crazy to do all that for 82 cents."  "Exactly", I replied.  Then I took her cane and threw it in the snow.