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July 1, 2008

Who knew journalists were so popular?

I'm working in Roanoke today and strolled to the downtown post office to buy some stamps at lunch. The machine was broken, so I stood in line and went to the counter.

There was a poster on the counter showing some of the stamps available, and one set caught my eye. My turn came to approach.

"I'd like a set of the journalist stamps," I said.

"I'm sorry, we sold out," the postal worker replied.

She went on to explain that not only had they sold out here, the postal service had sold out entirely and wasn't making any more.

Who knew journalists were so popular?

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I tried to fall back on the Star Wars stamps even though they are 41-cent stamps and would have required a 1-cent stamp to bring them up to current cost. Alas, they were out of those, too. I wound up going with The Chairman of the Board.

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[July 1, 2008 1:56 PM]

Josh

I have a feeling they won't be making any Dan Rather, Helen Thomas, or David Gregory stamps.

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