posted February 26, 2004 11:55 AM
Does anyone know the break down of how many slips of gold press latinum is equal to a bar? Also, how much is a bar really worth? I mean, how many bars would you need to be considered rich, or what does one equate to today's money?
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posted February 26, 2004 01:25 PM
I really, really doubt they came up with any sort of conversion chart. Especially since half the time they were buying things that have no equivalent today (such as Self-Sealing Stem Bolts).
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posted February 26, 2004 01:49 PM
So is watching Cheers the equivalent of hard-core pornography for you, Jeff?
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posted February 26, 2004 02:04 PM
Well, I think one DS9 episode did give the ratio of slips to strips to bars, or whatever. It was non-decimal, but that's all I can remember.
Certainly, there was no indication of a conversion rate to late-twentieth-century US dollars, or anything.
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quote:Originally posted by Kalax: Does anyone know the break down of how many slips of gold press latinum is equal to a bar? Also, how much is a bar really worth? I mean, how many bars would you need to be considered rich, or what does one equate to today's money?
Thing is - Bars in the early seasons used to be the 'standard' and then we get strips then slips which were less and having BARS was like being pretty well off... and then we got BRICKS.
I think we first heard of "slips" in Family Business - didn't we?
Bricks might have reared their head in "Business as Usual"? slips < strips < bars < bricks
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posted February 26, 2004 05:58 PM
Bricks? Never heard of that. Are you sure?
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posted February 26, 2004 06:45 PM
100 Slips = 1 Strip 20 Strips = 1 Bar
Bricks were first mentioned in "Who Mourns for Morn?".
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posted February 26, 2004 08:33 PM
Ah, haven't seen that in along time.
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