And these people will be v****g soon...
Apr 23, 2019 18:22:10 #
badbobby wrote:
in defense of the two youngsters in question
I haven't seen a two dollar bill in fifty years
it's no wonder they thought it may be f**e
I haven't seen a two dollar bill in fifty years
it's no wonder they thought it may be f**e
I'm saving 3 each for my two grandchildren. When they are old enough to be responsible and not try to spend them foolishly, I give them to both. At some point they may be worth more than $2.00 but surely not in my life time for sure. They will be a novelty at any rate. Who knows, I have a Confederate $5.00 bill that's worth about $75.00 now. I'm saving them other stuff such as coins with their birth years and stuff like that.
I'm surprised that under O the Mint wasn't ordered to print three dollar bills. Mike
Apr 23, 2019 18:27:21 #
America 1 wrote:
Many times the amount owed is an odd number possibly $1.78.
Hand them $2.03, and total confusion.
Watch them go for the calculator.
Hand them $2.03, and total confusion.
Watch them go for the calculator.
I carry pennies and do that often and you are absolutely correct. Totally messes their heads up. I mostly do it because I have a lot of pennies and I h**e getting pennies back with change. Pennies should be outlawed. It costs the Mint more to make a penny than they are worth even with less copper than in the past. Mike
Apr 23, 2019 18:29:08 #
archie bunker wrote:
I frequent a locally owned convenience store where a few young people work who can actually count your change back to you. The owner won't hire them if they can't do that.
It's quite a novelty in this day, and age. I always try to stump the newbies with examples like yours here, and don't have much luck most of the time.
It's quite a novelty in this day, and age. I always try to stump the newbies with examples like yours here, and don't have much luck most of the time.
That's a rarity these days. I've taught a few cashiers how to do it after I inadvertently stumped them. They had no idea it could be so easy.
Apr 23, 2019 18:38:47 #
teabag09 wrote:
Unfortunately Seth, it isn't real money unless it is a silver certificate bill. It is fiat money and can become worthless over night. Other than that you are right. Mike
I think I was about 12 when they last issued those, I had a bunch and I've seen a few subsequently. They do have an aura of "this is real money," don't they?
Apr 23, 2019 18:42:24 #
Carol Kelly wrote:
I think kids are using their calculators in school instead of learning math. This is too, too sad and , yes, just think, those two will be v****g.
When my daughter started 4th grade we had a meet the Teacher thing. Well her Teacher proceed to explain what would be the best calculator for the students for math class and if someone couldn't afford one she had loaners. Though my wife was trying to calm me down, I lost it. I berated the teacher for not teaching the basics and shot a few equations (easy ones) at her. It was then I understood the use of calculators. You can't teach what you don't know! My daughter is 37 now and though I taught her the basics, she can't spell or do math worth a lick even though her husband and I do complicated math in our heads. In her case thank goodness for Smart phones with calculators.
To be fair, I'm lousy with punctuation and on occasion I get really stuck on how to spell some words. To me, there should only be a , a . a? and a !. And I am guilty of run on sentences which could be considered to be paragraphs. Mike
Apr 23, 2019 18:56:37 #
Seth wrote:
I think I was about 12 when they last issued those, I had a bunch and I've seen a few subsequently. They do have an aura of "this is real money," don't they?
Yes Sir they do. I've a few and they will pass on the Gkids as well. I'm saving some Morgan's and a few Ike and Jfk's for them also as well as the new quarter collection. By the way, watch your quarters. 1964 and before are somewhere around 85% or more silver. They are worth much more than .25. I keep looking and have found a few but someone has been culling the pre 64's as they are few and far between. Mike
Apr 23, 2019 19:12:03 #
Michael Rich
Loc: Lapine Oregon
Smedley_buzk**l wrote:
I would be more likely to believe they are kin to him had they been shown a three dollar bill and known what it was.
That wouldn't surprise me either.
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Apr 23, 2019 20:30:47 #
Mbhorad wrote:
AOC has her masters in international economics
Are you familiar with the term "intellectual i***t"?
Apr 23, 2019 20:31:27 #
$2.00 Bill's were used at racetracks in this country. They're not printed anymore & are probably collector's items. Why didn't this dummy search this on his phone? If something that simplistic isn't known I'm with the guy who commented " and these people v**e ?"
Apr 23, 2019 20:42:09 #
teabag09 wrote:
Yes Sir they do. I've a few and they will pass on the Gkids as well. I'm saving some Morgan's and a few Ike and Jfk's for them also as well as the new quarter collection. By the way, watch your quarters. 1964 and before are somewhere around 85% or more silver. They are worth much more than .25. I keep looking and have found a few but someone has been culling the pre 64's as they are few and far between. Mike
It seems like every decade one sees less of those.
I was employed by a Nevada casino back in the late 80s-mid 90s, and though the Slot Dept used tokens in their $1.00 machines that would play, there were still a lot of old silver dollars in the racks with the tokens, some as old as the latter half of the 1800s.
I occasionally bought some at face value as gifts for young 'uns in the family.
Apr 23, 2019 20:44:32 #
Mbhorad wrote:
$2.00 Bill's were used at racetracks in this country. They're not printed anymore & are probably collector's items. Why didn't this dummy search this on his phone? If something that simplistic isn't known I'm with the guy who commented " and these people v**e ?"
I have dealt with high school graduates who could not make change, had no idea who we fought in the Revolutionary War, or the War of 1812, who could not name our Congressman, either of our Senators, and who did not know the Vice President's name. (At the time it was Biden).
If we are lucky, they couldn't find their polling place.
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