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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 23 May 1999 10:30:05 GMT
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(The Color of Money [isn't that a movie?] stuff snipped)
> > Do you think that's gel I see in his portrait? It looks like he's fresh
> > from the stylist. :-)
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> > Duane
John Neal wrote:
> Yeah, "but he's worth it!";-)
The stylist may simply have been afraid of him. Look at the eyes--they're
absolutely psychotic in a way I've never seen on US money. So he's coiffed
*and* crazy; this may be part of the Manhattanizing of the world.
As far as the reason for the change, well, I'm convinced it's to boost
consumer spending. Don't believe me? Think about this: What happens when
USians go to another country and get this unfamiliar, play-money stuff? They
spend it like it's not real. If you can do that with the actual currency of
the country, all the better--I already notice that my new Jacksons leave my
wallet much faster than their forebears. This may, however, have more to do
with actually having them to spend nowadays.
I'm looking forward to the Sacajawea dollar. At least it doesn't look
like a quarter. It's gold, like a Pound!
LFB.
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| (...) It might be pretty to look at, but I think it is a waste. Sure, the coins will "last longer, thus reducing printing costs associated with bills". But who really wants to carry around big, heavy dollar coins? And it will probably be big - size (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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