[Mishmash] Fwd: Re: Fwd: The $2 Bill

Richard Barth w3hwn at comcast.net
Tue Feb 27 21:49:41 CST 2007 

>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:48:41 -0500
>To: Mishmash <mishmash at mishmash.net>
>From: Richard Barth <w3hwn at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Fwd: The $2 Bill
>
>I'm not surprised.  During frontier days when the silver cartwheel 
>was THE dollar,
>everybody knew what a dollar coin looked like.  Today, nobody sees 
>them.  I read
>the other day that the mint is about to issue a series of one dollar 
>coins with
>the portraits of the presidents on them.  They're apparently hoping 
>that if they
>become fashionable, they will finally be able to stop producing -- 
>or at least cut
>back on -- the paper dollar that lasts for a very short time and 
>that congress has
>forbidden them to discontinue.  Why, I don't know.  So many 
>countries have dropped
>the use of the smallest denomination bill in favor of coinage.  In 
>Switzerland, to
>name one place I know well, you have one, two and five Franc coins, 
>and no bills
>smaller than a ten.  And one Franc is not small change; the current 
>exchange rate
>makes it worth about 80 cents.  Canada has done the same thing, and 
>many others.
>But we insist on keeping the single in print, God knows why.
>
>Dick
>
>At 02:59 PM 2/27/2007, you wrote:
>>Dick,
>>
>>     I had the same problem at the Gaithersburg post office.  Every time I'd
>>buy a book of stamps from their machine, it would give me change in Susan B.
>>Anthony dollars.
>>
>>     I later went through the drive-through at a fast food place and ordered
>>a burger and a drink.  I paid him with that change I got from the post
>>office.  He asked me what they were.  I told him they were dollar coins.  He
>>walked over to the manager and asked if they took them.  The manager said
>>that yes, they did (big surprise).  So he came back and gave me my change
>>and handed me my burger and my drink.  I was thinking 'boy, what an idiot'
>>when I drove out.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>
>>
>>                                                                     Fred
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Richard Barth" <w3hwn at comcast.net>
>>To: <w3hwn at arrl.net>
>>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 1:32 PM
>>Subject: [Mishmash] Fwd: The $2 Bill
>>
>>
>> >
>> > >>
>> > >>The $2 Bill
>> > >>Everyone should start carrying them!
>> > >>
>> > >>I am still laughing!! I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills
>> > >>and bring them out in public.  The younger generation doesn't know they
>>exist.
>> > >>
>> > >>Story:
>> > >>
>> > >>On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to
>>eat.
>> > >>In my bill fold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a
>> > >>$2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about
>> > >>anyone getting irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill.
>> > >>
>> > >>Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go."
>> > >>
>> > >>Server: "That'll be $1.04. Eat in?"
>> > >>
>> > >>Me: "No, it's to go." At this point, I open my bill fold and hand
>> > >>him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny
>> > >>
>> > >>Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back."
>> > >>
>> > >>He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot. The
>> > >>following conversation occurs between the two of them.
>> > >>
>> > >>Server: "Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"
>> > >>Manager: "No. A What?"
>> > >>Server: "A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."
>> > >>Manager: "Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill."
>> > >>Server: "Yeah, thought so."
>> > >>
>> > >>He comes back to me and says, "We don't take these. Do you have
>> > >>anything else?"
>> > >>
>> > >>Me: "Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills" Why?"
>> > >>
>> > >>Server: "I don't know."
>> > >>Me: "See here where it says legal tender?"
>> > >>Server: "Yeah."
>> > >>Me: "So, why won't you take it?"
>> > >>Server: "Well, hang on a sec."
>> > >>
>> > >>He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a
>> > >>shoplifter, and says to him, "He says I have to take it."
>> > >>
>> > >>Manager: "Does he have anything else?"
>> > >>Server: "Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and
>> > >>get change."
>> > >>Manager: "I'm not opening the safe with him in here."
>> > >>Server: "What should I do?"
>> > >>Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has real money."
>> > >>Server: "I can't tell him that! You tell him."
>> > >>Manager: "Just tell him."
>> > >>Server: "No way! This is weird. I'm going in back."
>> > >>
>> > >>The manager approaches me and says, "I'm sorry, but we don't take big
>> > >>bills this time of night."
>> > >>
>> > >>Me: "It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill."
>> > >>
>> > >>Manager: "We don't take those, either."
>> > >>Me: "Why not?"
>> > >>Manager: "I think you know why."
>> > >>Me: "No really, tell me why."
>> > >>Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
>> > >>Me: "Excuse me?"
>> > >>Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
>> > >>Me: "What on earth for?
>> > >>Manager: "Please, sir."
>> > >>Me: "Uh, go ahead, call them."
>> > >>
>> > >>Manager: "Would you please just leave?"
>> > >>Me: "No."
>> > >>Manager: "Fine -- have it your way then."
>> > >>Me: "Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?"
>> > >>
>> > >>At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the
>> > >>phone around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the
>> > >>dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few
>> > >>minutes later this 45-year-oldish guy comes in.
>> > >>
>> > >>Guard: "Yeah, Mike, what's up?"
>> > >>Manager (whispering): "This guy is trying to give me some (pause)
>> > >>funny money."
>> > >>Guard: "No kidding! What?"
>> > >>Manager: "Get this...A two dollar bill."
>> > >>Guard  (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?"
>> > >>
>> > >>Manager: "I don't know. He's kind a weird. He says the only other
>> > >>thing he has is a fifty."
>> > >>Guard: "Oh, so the fifty's fake!"
>> > >>Manager: "No, the two dollar bill is."
>> > >>Guard: "Why would he fake a two dollar bill?"
>> > >>Manager: "I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"
>> > >>Guard: "Yeah."  Security Guard walks over to me and......
>> > >>Guard: " Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to
>>use."
>> > >>
>> > >>Me: "Uh, no."
>> > >>Guard: " Lemme see'em."
>> > >>Me: "Why?"
>> > >>Guard" "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"
>> > >>
>> > >>At this point I am ready to say. "Sure, Please!" but I want to eat,
>> > >>so I say "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this
>> > >>two dollar bill."
>> > >>
>> > >>I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a
>> > >>swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his
>> > >>hands and says. "Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"
>> > >>
>> > >>Manager: "It's fake."
>> > >>Guard: "It doesn't look fake to me."
>> > >>Manager: "But it's a two dollar bill."
>> > >>Guard: "Yeah?"
>> > >>Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?"
>> > >>
>> > >>The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot and it
>> > >>dawns on the guy that he has no clue. So, it turns out that my
>> > >>burrito was free, and he threw in a small drink and some of those
>> > >>cinnamon thingies, too.
>> > >>
>> > >>Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see
>> > >>what happens when I try to buy stuff. If I get the right group of
>> > >>people, I could probably end up in jail. You get free food there, too.
>> > >>
>> > >>Just think...those two probably voted!!!!
>> >
>> > The stamp machine at the local post office used to give out Sacagawea
>> > dollar coins for change.  I wonder if there's an easy place to get
>> > two-spots.  Give you something to do on a dull day besides
>> > squat thrusts on an elephant's back.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Richard Barth *** W3HWN(at)ARRL.NET *** Silver Spring, MD
>> >
>> >
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>Richard Barth *** W3HWN(at)ARRL.NET *** Silver Spring, MD

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