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"Tom: There's an appreciable difference between the time it takes you to tell the difference between a "1", "5", "10", and "20" and the time it takes you to tell the difference between colors?"
Yes. We don't have to take our money out of the wallet to see what type it is.
"if you can't tell the difference between a $1 bill and anything else you can put it in a candy machine."
And another shocking development on the "They do things different over there" front. We don't put notes in vending machines.
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I remember watching a documentary on the making of the new series of bills in the US, and the mint people really wanted to bring in different colours then and there (all in the name of ease of use, I might add), but the public they surveyed demanded same-old same-old dollar-bill green and black. And so the American public got possibly the ugliest money in the developed world.
That said, what it lacks in looks it makes up for in strength.
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quote:Originally posted by The_Tom: I remember watching a documentary on the making of the new series of bills in the US
Sounds riveting
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Canadians have odd ideas of what TV to watch. Then again, I did watch a documentary on TLC about Boston's "Big Dig" ... but to be fair, I had just returned from the city a few hours earlier. I love Boston. It's a beautiful city. Probably the best on the East Coast (even eclipsing NY). Oh, well.
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I saw part of a documentary about coins. I forget which channel it was on. They showed some kind of experimental Canadian coin w/ a hologram on it...
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I think I've seen the same documentary as Tom. I also saw the special on the US Mint branch at West Point and the making of the Sacajawea dollar.
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quote: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by The_Tom: I remember watching a documentary on the making of the new series of bills in the US -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by Wraith: Sounds riveting
It was more interesting then you might think, that or I'm easily amused.
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And yet you lot still aren't having hot sweaty nightly sex? Wonders will never cease.
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quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snayer: Himself, in the mirror, I'd bet.
Then why'd he say 'you lot'...(moment of sudden realisation)... oh.
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In my defence, I didn't watch the entirety of the documentary. And I watched monster trucks afterwards. Yes.
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