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

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Friday, May 30, 2008, 1:07
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Ph. D. <phil@...> wrote:
> Exactly. My pocket of coins waxes and wanes as I receive change and as I > give it in making payment. Many people (my girlfriend included) > never give change, then they periodically empty > it all into a jar. Just doesn't make sense to me.
I usually try to minimize the number of tokens exchanged, but more often than not this just confuses the poor schmoe behind the register who can't understand why I would continue to add coins to my payment when just the one bill is already more than the required amount... *sigh* -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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