No, I don't miss licking stamps. But then apart from the standard 1st & 2nd class stamps, whether standard letter or larger than A3 size, the other stamps still have to be licked. And then of course, there are envelopes, many of which require to be licked. I remember one batch of envelopes where the taste was so vile I had to rinse my mouth each time I licked an envelope - the taste left a burning sensation!

I did at first but I had therapy and am OK now.

Like Avalon, it took me a while to get used to it.
I would think if these self-adhesive things are so easy to put on, then they are likely to be taken off easily too.
Unfounded, and I am now used to not licking.
I am frustrated by poor gum on envelopes which then have to be secured with sticky tape.
Cheap!

Glad to hear that's working out for you Avalon.

I think they're so much better!
As for vile tasting envelopes, I lick my finger and rub that on the adhesive

Thanks, Comrade!  It was hard going but I 'stuck to it' (unlike the envelopes that Brisket mentioned)

I miss it
*lick lick lick*
I also miss . . .


Huge Waggon Wheels
Open fires
Ford Escorts

Ladybirds

Opal Fruits
VHS players
Top of the Pops
Tony Hart
The Corner Shop

Hello COMRADE  - hope you are ok

I have an open fire, Renton, and I love it.

Awwww Brisket - there is nothing better than stoking your own fire
Given a choice i would have ....
An open fire
A labrador
A Volvo Estate
A gaggle of kids
Wellies at the back door
A pond at the bottom of the garden
A tree house
 . . . and my own den in the attic

@ Renton, Fine thanks, hope you are well also.  


VHS players ? I still have one lol.


My first car was an Escort MK2, giving my age away a bit there.


And.. Tony Hart rocked


@ Brisket Poor quality adhesive is an issue I have at the moment, specifically finding decent masking tape, paint keeps leaking under the rubbish stuff I'm using atm.


@ Avalon, well congrats again, the problem is that it can lead to harder stuff.. could you really afford a penny black addiction ?

Comrade we have been worried about you
Hope things are better
We are here for you

Well that's lovely.


Last year was a very trying year it's true but 2010 I decided I had to try to make a new life, what else is there to do when your life as you knew it goes down the tiolet ?


So... I've since been on a road to self discovery which can be both painful and rewarding but I think essential.


This has gotten very heavy for a thread on stamp licking lol.


But thanks again.

A batch ???


And after rinsing you kept going back for another lick ?


You may have a problem.

Comrade, I did at one time, but I conquered it. Unaided by professional help, I was able to conquer my addiction and turned to one of the other posters methods, that of wetting my finger under the tap first, then using my finger on the envelope. Eventually I finished that batch of envelopes and I was able to resume my normal practice. However, more often than not I now use self adhesive envelopes.But that's not as much fun.

No I hated the taste- we have to seal a corner of our exam papers to make sure that all marking is done fairly and it tastes horrible (plus you feel like a bit of an idiot licking your exam paper in a hall full of people)

Only Terence....

I miss licking Jerusalem artichokes

Where's blizzie?

I was worried about sullying a serious thread topic, but now I see stonks' comment...

Hahahaha stonks

I used to have to lick 500 bliddy stamps every Friday afternoon sending out wage slips and client invoices because my boss didn't see the need for a franking machine. Then someone told me there was half a calorie on each stamp.  We got a franking machine the following week. 

Indeed! You are younger than the rest of us.