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Post by DocD83 on Mar 24, 2004 16:27:20 GMT -5
They did the same thing for X-Men, about when Rogue yelled at her mom to stay away...I mean come on, the mom would be in a coma if she touched Rogue! I think God would support that yell.
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Post by Vorlina on Mar 24, 2004 20:08:50 GMT -5
She's not crazy. She's British. Yes, but the two are so frequently interlinked that we have started to accept both currencies. Mention the Euro though and die. |
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Post by PoolMan on Mar 25, 2004 12:12:47 GMT -5
No worries, I can identify. About once a year or so the argument resurfaces about how Canada should adopt the US dollar. Yeesh.
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Post by DocD83 on Mar 25, 2004 14:46:28 GMT -5
Then what would Americans hoard as cheap souvenirs?
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Post by PoolMan on Mar 25, 2004 16:28:05 GMT -5
Pesos, I suppose.
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Post by Head Mutant on Mar 25, 2004 17:03:06 GMT -5
Just a warning: Pooly gets very defensive about the idea of anyone taking away his 12 pounds [automatic conversion to metric weight] of heavy Canadian pocket change and replacing it with nice, light bills. The thud-thud-thud of the wad of change hitting his thigh as he walks builds up muscle tone, but unfortunately only on one side, so that today Pooly's left thigh muscle is about 6 inches larger, and also a dark blue color.
So don't press him on it.
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Post by PoolMan on Mar 25, 2004 17:13:44 GMT -5
Look, is it so hard to believe that dollar coins are better than dollar bills?
I hate handling dollar bills in the States. They seem like the biggest, backwardest waste of time when you could just thumb through some handy dandy coinage. I know the moonrockets and penny candies were cheaper in your youth, J, but come on man, inflation has spoken; the dollar is now change, not a unit of purchase.
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Post by Head Mutant on Mar 25, 2004 17:22:27 GMT -5
Yes, it IS hard to believe.
(1) Coinage weighs more.
(2) Coinage takes up more space. I can easily fit 10 one-dollar bills in my wallet and not know the difference. 10 looneys makes my leg look like I'm growing tumors for fun or something.
(3) Having passed 2nd grade exams, I'm more than capable of distinguishing between the numerical values on identically-sized bills. Perhaps in a world without numbers or intelligence would we have to rely solely on money that you could only tell apart by size and color, but I'm proud that that's not the case.
(4) You can't do cool dollar origami with coins.
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Post by DocD83 on Mar 25, 2004 17:36:09 GMT -5
I once came into posession of thirteen Sacajuwea dollar coins and one Susan B. Anthony (change from a postage stamp vending machine). Not only was it an incredibly ominous sound when they all slammed down in the coin return tray, but they weighed a ton. I put them in my pocket and my pants nearly fell down. I put them on my desk and it formed a three inch stack. I paid off a debt with them and the guy hasn't spoken to me in almost a year. Dollar coins suck in every way imaginable.
And besides, they aren't like quarters yet. I still use ones more commonly than fives and tens, and I don't see a change coming in that until they bring the two dollar bill back to general circulation.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Mar 25, 2004 17:44:48 GMT -5
What little I've learned about Canadian currency from these last few posts actually makes it sound kind of fun. You know, as long as you didn't need to buy anything particularly expensive.
I believe we should hasten the inevitable, and have all countries switch to "credits," the generic Sci-Fi staple currency.
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Post by Magill on Mar 25, 2004 18:11:46 GMT -5
I liked the 1 and 2 Euro coins when I was in Europe. It was nice not to have to pull out my wallet when I bought small purchases.
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Post by Head Mutant on Mar 25, 2004 18:30:34 GMT -5
Yes, we should just convert to Star Trek currency. I.E., "We don't have currency because we're so advanced as a society except when we need to show a character *purchasing* something on the show, in which case we either use generic credits or EverQuest gold-pressed latinum."
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Post by PoolMan on Mar 26, 2004 10:29:57 GMT -5
Gah!
Why on EARTH would you carry ten single dollar coins around when you could have a ten dollar bill? I swear, you're making no sense, J. These aren't gold pieces, we HAVE larger denominations.
I am glad you have sufficient math skills to tell a one from a fifty. What does that have to do with what we're talking about, again?
I concede your point on the origami. However, a Canadian fiver can be readily turned into Mr Spock.
I'm not making that up.
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Post by dajaymann on Mar 26, 2004 11:59:19 GMT -5
Once again we have found a way to seque from Religious Intolerance to North American/European Coinage. Will wonders never cease?
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Post by DocD83 on Mar 26, 2004 12:08:18 GMT -5
I don't know about Justin, but for me I wouldn't carry around any. That's part of the problem--I carry no coins at all if I can help it. My pockets are cluttered up enough as it is without coins. But I constantly wind up with large stacks of ones, and it isn't really feasible to be constantly changing them into fives and the occasional ten.
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