Comments on: Cool cash http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hedgehog http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1467 Hedgehog Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:18:58 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1467 Didi: don't worry, if the Mint stops making pennies, you might get to see them more, unless people start either redeeming them at the local metals recyclers (for more than a cent, if commodity prices return to July levels). <br/><br/>In Brazil in 1992, I was impressed to find streets were indeed paved with gold. Rapid devaluation had left people with handfuls of useless change that they dropped into the heat-softened asphault of Rio intersections, leaving it surfaced with what I'd guess was as many as 80 coins per square foot. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="">hedgehog</a> Didi: don’t worry, if the Mint stops making pennies, you might get to see them more, unless people start either redeeming them at the local metals recyclers (for more than a cent, if commodity prices return to July levels).

In Brazil in 1992, I was impressed to find streets were indeed paved with gold. Rapid devaluation had left people with handfuls of useless change that they dropped into the heat-softened asphault of Rio intersections, leaving it surfaced with what I’d guess was as many as 80 coins per square foot. 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1466 Anonymous Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:33:19 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1466 credit for <em>trying</em>, bra. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://sabdariffa.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="alohaflower at mindspring dot com">hibiscus</a> credit for trying, bra. 

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]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1465 saurabh Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:34:02 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1465 Yo, man, do I get carbon credits for not passing gas like I want to? <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="rednblack at alum dot mit dot edu">saurabh</a> Yo, man, do I get carbon credits for not passing gas like I want to? 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1464 Anonymous Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:40:53 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1464 Oil refineries. Heh heh heh.<br/><br/>There is a minor war brewing in my house over the existance of the penny. My husband wants to eliminate them. I think they're pretty. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>DearDarlingDidi Oil refineries. Heh heh heh.

There is a minor war brewing in my house over the existance of the penny. My husband wants to eliminate them. I think they’re pretty. 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1463 Anonymous Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:09:35 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1463 if anybody tries personal tradable carbon emission allowance credit quota rationing, that would be a foot in the door to <i>star trek</i> non-money.<br/><br/>for fun there should also be a $3 coin and we should nickname it "fountain." <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://sabdariffa.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="alohaflower at mindspring dot com">hibiscus</a> if anybody tries personal tradable carbon emission allowance credit quota rationing, that would be a foot in the door to star trek non-money.

for fun there should also be a $3 coin and we should nickname it “fountain.” 

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]]> By: Hedgehog http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1462 Hedgehog Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:46:07 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1462 Hooray! I knew there had to be someone out there who was more strident against bills than me. I just want to eliminate the $1 bill. <br/><br/>And then they could get rid of the whole issue by banning cash and going to an all-electronic currency. (They'd need Braille-friendly receipts.) I'm sure MasterCard or Visa would be happy to subcontract. <br/><br/>Saurabh: You New Jerseyans have some very cool <a HREF="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?state=nj" REL="nofollow">oil refineries</a> . I like the one with the oars. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="">hedgehog</a> Hooray! I knew there had to be someone out there who was more strident against bills than me. I just want to eliminate the $1 bill.

And then they could get rid of the whole issue by banning cash and going to an all-electronic currency. (They’d need Braille-friendly receipts.) I’m sure MasterCard or Visa would be happy to subcontract.

Saurabh: You New Jerseyans have some very cool oil refineries . I like the one with the oars. 

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]]> By: echanhttp://echan.wordpress.com http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1461 echanhttp://echan.wordpress.com Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:52:25 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1461 The Treasury could solve part of the problem if it switched to coins for denominations of $10 and under and resurrected the $2 coin (there was one a $2 coin, right? Or am I mistaken?). The durability of the new coins, in differing size, would make up for the cost of printing the bills over and over and over again. Thus, the only bills that would need redesigns are the yuppie foodstamp, the fitty, and C-note. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://echan.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="misschan at gmail dot com">echan</a> The Treasury could solve part of the problem if it switched to coins for denominations of $10 and under and resurrected the $2 coin (there was one a $2 coin, right? Or am I mistaken?). The durability of the new coins, in differing size, would make up for the cost of printing the bills over and over and over again. Thus, the only bills that would need redesigns are the yuppie foodstamp, the fitty, and C-note. 

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]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1460 saurabh Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:46:19 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1460 My favorite is probably Colorado. Although there's lots of fun to be had in other quarters - like how unashamedly they embrace stereotypes (Indiana has a racecar, Wisconsin has a cow and a big wheel of cheese, New Jersey has a petroleum distillery), or the miniature feud going on between Ohio and North Carolina over which one is the birthplace of aviation. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="rednblack at alum dot mit dot edu">saurabh</a> My favorite is probably Colorado. Although there’s lots of fun to be had in other quarters - like how unashamedly they embrace stereotypes (Indiana has a racecar, Wisconsin has a cow and a big wheel of cheese, New Jersey has a petroleum distillery), or the miniature feud going on between Ohio and North Carolina over which one is the birthplace of aviation. 

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]]> By: mist1 http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/11/cool-cash/#comment-1459 mist1 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:46:02 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=719#comment-1459 Take advantage of the blind people while you still can. When the bills change, they'll be on to us. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://mustgethobby.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="themist1 at gmail dot com">Mist 1</a> Take advantage of the blind people while you still can. When the bills change, they’ll be on to us. 

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