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All was going well in the fair land of LEGO, when all of the sudden, out of nowhere, the minifigs revolted. (URL) came in the night, halberds in hand. They started hacking and peeling the skin off my hands, rendering them useless, never able to work (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) Did you realise this is in .fun, Bruce? Kevin (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I haven't seen it before, but the answer is no. I'll refrain from explaining why, for folks still playing at home, but will offer a hint: 'might be true' doesn't hold any weight in logical puzzle solving. Think in terms of must be true (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) your (...) Isn't this an illustration of the money multiplier effect? The most liquid instruments, M1, which include cash, checks, money orders, etc., have the highest "multiplier" because they circulate faster, increasing the value of money (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I read Dave's post the wrong way, I thought it one of those trick questions which go around at this time of year. It got me thinking about this one which I read a week or so ago: Only one of the following statements about a particular hand of cards (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes it includes the time, but that money order you've got in your hand is simply "valued at" property. The money order itself is not actual money. One might say, however that you've increased the amount of VALUE in the town temporarily, but (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sure - The money is just changing forms. Think of it as making change. SRC Who is attempting to make a living doing basically that. :-) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So in essence my question was phrased incorrectly--there isn't $1000 available in Boombaville; there's $1000 in printed cash, but there's no limit on "actual money." Got it. (...) Cool! That goes along nicely with my plan to start Xeroxing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It depends on how you measure "the total money available." If you measure it as the acutal cash (greenbacks, etc) - then no - you don't have the $10 anymore, and the total money hasn't increased. But if you measure "the total money available" (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Does that include the time between the purchase of the money order and its cashing? During that time it seems that there is $10 more in circulation--not actual, minted coinage, but legal tender nonetheless. Dave! Still talking to himself. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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