> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan McLeay
> > Yes, it gives "plastic money" a new meaning. I still have one
of
> > those red $20's. I liked the idea of different colors for quick
> > identification at a glance. I don't like the coins though.
There's
> > that problem of sitting down and having $5 in change fall out of
> > your pocket. That, and it just seemed funny to pay for beer
with
> > coins.
>
> Where have you been drinking? I've never paid for a beer with
coins.
> Possibly I think some of it is that even though they're worth
almost the
> same amount on the international marker,
I was in Oz back in 1999. A schooner of VB in most pubs was about
AUD2.00-2.50 back then. That's easy to cover with a couple of
coins.
> ... one USD still goes a lot further than one AUD.
That may change the way things are going. The USD is losing value
quickly. Canada has now caught up.
> And, I just give change back. Usually when you buy something it
costs
> say $9.50, so give them a $20, 2x20c and a 10c. A net saving of
two
> coins and most places are pleased to get the change. But I
> don't tend to this in pubs & bars.
I get rid of change when I can. The first order of business when
coming home from anywhere usually involves empying the change from
my pocket into a big jar. When the jar gets full, I take it to a
Coinstar machine, which unfortunately means paying them a big
percentage for taking them off my hands.
> (Also, yes, we do still have 5c coins. I almost never get them
anymore
> tho. They abolished them in New Zealand last year I think? --- I
wish
> we'd follow suit here. They're the most uselessly annoying thing
> imaginable. If we got rid of the $5 at the same time, we would
even have
> a nice silver 10c/20c/50c gold $1/$2/$5 plastic
> $10/$20/$50(/$100) pattern.)
I haven't kept track lately, but last I checked NZ$ were worth a lot
less so it may make more sense for them to drop the $.05.
Okay, here's the question o' the day: What's the smallest
denomination coin you'll bother to pick up from the ground after
dropping it?