quote:Originally posted by VentureForth:FYI, it's not like 500-yen is worth 50 cents. It's approximately worth $5.
Which is a good thing when a soda cost a buck twenty.
I agree that the bigger coins are nifty.
But where we really should be heading is digital currency. You slip a twenty dollar bill into the soda machine and out pops a card that can be used in parking meters, phones, stores, transportation, and whatever else.
Coins just don't make much sense anymore.
Oh, and while the Canadian warship story was good, I particularly liked:
CLOSED DISINFORMATION AGENCY CAN'T CONVINCE STAFF IT'S CLOSED
"Right, We're 'Closed,' Gotcha,"
Say Winking Employees Washington, D.C. — Following Tuesday's announcement that the Pentagon had closed the controversial Office of Strategic Influence, which allegedly was created to spread false information abroad, the agency said it has been unable to convince OSI employees to stop reporting for work. "
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You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? ~Khalil Gibran