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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 17 May 1999 23:41:55 GMT
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On Sun, 16 May 1999 17:51:47 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) wrote:
> The main beef I have with foreigners is that, for the most part, their
> money is prettier than ours. Who the hell picked green as the color
> of money?
Sure, lots of countries have pretty money. Some are outright garish. But I
think the greenback has a certain understated elegance to it.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Plus a certain understated recognition value. There's a brief piece on US currency and its legitimacy as a *global* standard of exchange in the New York Times magazine this weekend--worth reading, even if the nationalistic hyperbole gets (...) (26 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| On Mon, 17 May 1999 23:41:55 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) I like the detail in US paper currency. I dislike the new style. (Same with postage stamps. Older US postage stamps were beautiful. These '90's ones look like they (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The main beef I have with foreigners is that, for the most part, their money is prettier than ours. Who the hell picked green as the color of money? (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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