Re: OT currency (was Re: Quoting styles (was Re: Antipassive?))

On 29/05/08 22:14:57, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> There's been a movement afoot over here for years to abolish the
> penny.  I think the nickel is now in the same category (more
> expensive
> than itself to mint).  So I agree,  both should go. Then we could
> just
> drop the last digit of prices, if not for those pesky quarters.  So
> get rid of them, too! Dimes, 50-cent-pieces (a new design that's not
> so frickin huge, plz; maybe nickel-sized), dollars. With no quarter
> the dollar coin has nothing to be confused with.....
Seeing as you're rapidly approaching parity with our dollar, why not
just adopt our currency when it happens. We've still got 5c coins but
no-one said you have to use them --- I would certainly be more than
pleased if we got rid of them. Otherwise, it's 10c/20c/50c/$1/$2. The
50c coins are also a nice dodecagon or something like that. Look much
better than the British non-circular coins, which look like they were
made by a toddler (what's wrong with a straight edge?). And you can get
dragged into the late twentieth century with real notes made out of
stuff that's doesn't grow on trees.

--
Tristan.

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