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I see it all the time. Item is $2.50, customer has three $1 and a pocketful of change, pulls out a $20 instead. Fred, this part of the conversation was focused on how you get 5 ones from a "single" purchase, not what someone had in their wallet. If an item was 2.50 and someone pulled out a twenty, then you wouldnt get 5 ones unless the cashier gave you 5 ones instead of a 5 dollar bill |
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Which were the excuses the gubmint used at first. They pointed out that accidents were fewer. When they raised the limit again, accidents continued to drop. It had nothing to do with speed.
Improved roads, signs and guardrails
better driver training
Improved brakes and tires So you are basically saying that driving at slower speeds isn't safer? That human error isn't a factor? Its all the "gubmint" right? An excuse is an answer that someone does not except. That is the fact of the matter. BTW. You can take 2 identical cars with identical brakes and tires. you go fast, ill drive slow, we'll see who lives. |
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Since 50 cent candy bars are now a buck, just get rid of a dollar coin, and you have less change. maybe I should have said a 50 cent soda pop. or maybe a 50 cent ice cream cone. Has the "evil gubmint" raied the prices on those as well? In order for someone to claim someones arguement doesn't hold up, try not to move the goal post so that your reply makes sense. The whole point of the comment was to explain that having a 2 dollar bill and paying for something that cost 50 cents, whether it be a baseball, a frisby or that rick perry bumber sticker on your car, the point was that you will have more change because you've eliminated the dollar bill. And it really is laughable to see all these comments about why would you want 2- 5 dollar bills when you could have a 10 dollar bill in your pocket? Why would you want 2 quarters in your pocket when you could have a 50 cent piece. Why have 2-ten dollar bills when you could have a $20 dollar bill. Why have 10 ones, 2-5's, 4 10's and 3-20's when you could have...... etc etc etc etc... is there no limit to outdoing one another, and casting the other as inefficient? if anything, holding up a line and wasting peoples time while you nickle and dime the cashier to death so you have the least amount of change or least amount of notes in your pocket is inefficient. DOES IT REALLY BOTHER YOU THAT MUCH? |
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Since you're interested in less change, is it safe to assume you normally ask for a half dollar when handed two quarters? If you don't, your argument doesn't hold water. again, the conversation was focused on a dollar bill vs a dollar coin. if I paid with a 2 dollar bill for something that was 50 cents, I would have at least a dollar coin in my pocket vs a dollar bill. I would prefer the dollar bill. I love change, I make money off of change. 1 million pennies at home and more on the way. |
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Even more off-topic: Do you know why supermarkets got to lower their air-conditioning temps after a couple months of regulation? It apparent you are not a friend of governemnt and the "evil regulations". I have a simple fix for this. move to china. they dont have regulations at all! Try drinking from their rivers, try taking a nice deep breathe of air in the smog infested city. Hey I know, you could counterfeit some coins and sell it to americans. There regualtions are so laxed, you could easily get away with it. That;s what I call unfettered capitalism. The bottom line is that the government is elected by the people. The people are telling the government " I dont care about what old crazy harry on the mountain cliff is saying about no regulations, I want my drinking water safe, I want limits to the speed on interstate highways so that my chances or dying are cut in half. Take it from me, someone who has see 60 car pileups on the autobaun in germany. Slower speeds are safer. hence the reason why in some areas in germany, the speedlimit is reduced. |
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I think it is time to shut this one down. I guess my earlier comment that "This thread has danced close to the political edge a couple of times and so far everyone has kept from crossing the line" was taken as some sort of challenge.  |
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