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The girl at the coffee shop had trouble making change today. It get the
same thing almost every time I am there, a coffee and one of their
great muffins. It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here
anymore it is rounded down to $3.55 She is relatively new there, but
has been working there for at least 3 weeks. She must have had a brain
fart today. She could not figure out the change. She tried to do it in
her head but resorted to a calculator.

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:58:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> The girl at the coffee shop had trouble making change today. It get the
> same thing almost every time I am there, a coffee and one of their
> great muffins. It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here
> anymore it is rounded down to $3.55 She is relatively new there, but
> has been working there for at least 3 weeks. She must have had a brain
> fart today. She could not figure out the change. She tried to do it in
> her head but resorted to a calculator.

That's because she subtracted instead of counting up.


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On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:58:45 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> The girl at the coffee shop had trouble making change today. It get the
>
> same thing almost every time I am there, a coffee and one of their
>
> great muffins. It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here
>
> anymore it is rounded down to $3.55 She is relatively new there, but
>
> has been working there for at least 3 weeks. She must have had a brain
>
> fart today. She could not figure out the change. She tried to do it in
>
> her head but resorted to a calculator.

I had planned on waking up early and going to Steak 'n Shake, but woke up
late, and had to resort to McD's. I ordered 2 steak burritos, but what
ended up in the bag was 1 steak and 1 sausage burrito. The manager is
going to tighten me up in the morning.

Especially the boys should check out Debbie Harry lip-synching Heart of Glass.
Super sexy, and kinda heart melty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

--Bryan

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On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:58:45 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here anymore

You do not have pennies? Where are you?

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On 2014-10-22 12:47 PM, Thomas wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:58:45 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here anymore
>
> You do not have pennies? Where are you?
>


Canada. We did away with the penny last year. Prices are still marked
to the last cent, but when purchases are totalled they are rounded off
to the nearest nickel.

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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:13:51 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-10-22 12:47 PM, Thomas wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:58:45 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> >> It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here anymore
>
> >
>
> > You do not have pennies? Where are you?
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> Canada. We did away with the penny last year. Prices are still marked
>
> to the last cent, but when purchases are totalled they are rounded off
>
> to the nearest nickel.

Now you'll have to explain that our nickel is a five cent piece.
And our dollar coin is nicknamed a loonie.
And our two dollar coin is nicknamed a toonie.
And that our paper money is made of plastic now.
=============

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On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 6:58:45 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> The girl at the coffee shop had trouble making change today. It get the
>
> same thing almost every time I am there, a coffee and one of their
>
> great muffins. It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here
>
> anymore it is rounded down to $3.55 She is relatively new there, but
>
> has been working there for at least 3 weeks. She must have had a brain
>
> fart today. She could not figure out the change. She tried to do it in
>
> her head but resorted to a calculator.

I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.

That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.

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On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
>
> That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.
>

Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
penny. Handy in a situation like yours.

I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.

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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:21:10 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
> >
> > That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.
> >
>
> Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
> penny. Handy in a situation like yours.

Oh yeah, that would have been just spiffy but alas there were none. Damn you 7-11!

>
> I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.

That makes two of us. Pennies are sooooo Micky Mouse. :-)

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:13:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:
>
> I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
>
> That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day.

They usually go to that ashtray looking thingie and take a couple of
pennies from there when you're short.

> Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.

My nearby 7-11 is run by Indians - their coffee is hot and strong +
excellent quality. When I want coffee on the run and don't want to
pay Blue Bottle prices up the block, I dash into 7-11 for a cup to go.


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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:32:21 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:21:10 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > > I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
> > >
> > > That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.
> > >
> >
> > Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
> > penny. Handy in a situation like yours.
>
> Oh yeah, that would have been just spiffy but alas there were none. Damn you 7-11!
>
> >
> > I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.
>
> That makes two of us. Pennies are sooooo Micky Mouse. :-)

What use are they? There are no more penny candies. You can't even
use them at parking meters. Get rid of them and stop all the silly 98
and 99 endings on prices.


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On 10/22/2014 3:21 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee
>> and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and
>> for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03.
>> Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents
>> plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then
>> drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to
>> slide off the bills like water off a duck.
>>
>> That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get
>> better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano
>> Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I
>> go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go
>> there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak
>> coffee. I sure won't.
>>
>
> Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
> penny. Handy in a situation like yours.
>
> I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.

I think I have said that in the US, I favor dropping all coins but the
quarter, since in 1913, the smallest coin, the penny was worth 24
present day cents. I would agree to rounding of a price to the *nearest*
quarter. Even better would be dropping the whole set of present day
coins and replacing by a twenty and a fifty cent coin but parking meters
in a lot of places need quarters unless they can be fed by a cell phone.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:49:29 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

> I think I have said that in the US, I favor dropping all coins but the
> quarter, since in 1913, the smallest coin, the penny was worth 24
> present day cents. I would agree to rounding of a price to the *nearest*
> quarter. Even better would be dropping the whole set of present day
> coins and replacing by a twenty and a fifty cent coin but parking meters
> in a lot of places need quarters unless they can be fed by a cell phone.
>
I am in favor of dropping coins, but not in favor adding others. We
already have 50¢ and $1 coins which are not popular. I would hate
carrying them around. 1¢, 5¢ & 10¢ are bad enough. Those things are
monsters. No thanks!


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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:44:04 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:13:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
> >
> > I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
> >
> > That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day.
>
> They usually go to that ashtray looking thingie and take a couple of
> pennies from there when you're short.
>
> > Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.
>
> My nearby 7-11 is run by Indians - their coffee is hot and strong +
> excellent quality. When I want coffee on the run and don't want to
> pay Blue Bottle prices up the block, I dash into 7-11 for a cup to go.
>

I'm guessing that you mean "Indian" by way of Pakistan. Oddly enough, I don't see these kinds of Indians or American Indians either behind the counters over here. My guess is that it's fairly common on the mainland and UK. If I did see one of these guys at the 7-11, it would make me laugh because it's such a cultural cliche. God bless those guys!

>
> --
> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:47:33 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:32:21 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:21:10 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > > > I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
> > > >
> > > > That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak coffee. I sure won't.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
> > > penny. Handy in a situation like yours.
> >
> > Oh yeah, that would have been just spiffy but alas there were none. Damn you 7-11!
> >
> > >
> > > I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.
> >
> > That makes two of us. Pennies are sooooo Micky Mouse. :-)
>
> What use are they? There are no more penny candies. You can't even
> use them at parking meters. Get rid of them and stop all the silly 98
> and 99 endings on prices.
>

At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park. When I started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I wasn't about to pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing laying there every morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8 months. I even checked it once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the ground. It was not.

One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can recall.. That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody new is working there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also means that the management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.

>
> --
> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

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On 10/22/2014 3:54 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:49:29 -0400, James Silverton
> > wrote:
>
>> I think I have said that in the US, I favor dropping all coins but the
>> quarter, since in 1913, the smallest coin, the penny was worth 24
>> present day cents. I would agree to rounding of a price to the *nearest*
>> quarter. Even better would be dropping the whole set of present day
>> coins and replacing by a twenty and a fifty cent coin but parking meters
>> in a lot of places need quarters unless they can be fed by a cell phone.
>>
> I am in favor of dropping coins, but not in favor adding others. We
> already have 50¢ and $1 coins which are not popular. I would hate
> carrying them around. 1¢, 5¢ & 10¢ are bad enough. Those things are
> monsters. No thanks!
>
>

The 50 cent and dollar coins are seldom seen around here unless you are
misguided enough to need change from a Post Office currency operated
stamp machine. I think the best compromise approach would be my first
suggestion to drop all coins but the quarter. It might also be a good
idea to keep an eye on http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
When the worth of a 1913 penny exceeds about 50 present day cents we
could drop the stupid things.

I still have some silver dollars that we received in change during a
cross country trip thro' Nevada in 1965. Boy, were those things really
monstrous!


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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On 2014-10-22 3:54 PM, sf wrote:

> I am in favor of dropping coins, but not in favor adding others. We
> already have 50¢ and $1 coins which are not popular. I would hate
> carrying them around. 1¢, 5¢ & 10¢ are bad enough. Those things are
> monsters. No thanks!
>


I like our $1 and $2 coins. When you have a pocketful of change it can
add up to real money. I dumped out my little change purse last night
while watching television and counted it up. $22.48, and I should stop
carrying around those three pennies.

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:07:43 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park. When I started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I wasn't about to pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing laying there every morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8 months. I even checked it once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the ground. It was not.
>
> One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can recall. That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody new is working there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also means that the management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.

See a penny, pick it up and all day you'll have good luck!


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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:56:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> I'm guessing that you mean "Indian" by way of Pakistan.

Yes, the subcontinent of India.

> Oddly enough, I don't see these kinds of Indians or American Indians either behind the counters over here. My guess is that it's fairly common on the mainland and UK. If I did see one of these guys at the 7-11, it would make me laugh because it's such a cultural cliche. God bless those guys!

Korean shopkeepers of corner stores are the cliche elsewhere, but I'd
be hard pressed to fine one here. :)


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Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>
> Especially the boys should check out Debbie Harry lip-synching Heart of Glass.
> Super sexy, and kinda heart melty.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

Super sexy? Must be an old video from the 80's

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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:03:51 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:07:43 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> > At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park. When I started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I wasn't about to pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing laying there every morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8 months. I even checked it once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the ground. It was not.
> >
> > One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can recall. That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody new is working there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also means that the management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.
>
> See a penny, pick it up and all day you'll have good luck!
>

That's what my wife always says when she picks a penny off the ground. I think that's way too optimistic but I gotta love her childish enthusiasm.

>
> --
> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:07:10 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:56:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm guessing that you mean "Indian" by way of Pakistan.
>
> Yes, the subcontinent of India.
>
> > Oddly enough, I don't see these kinds of Indians or American Indians either behind the counters over here. My guess is that it's fairly common on the mainland and UK. If I did see one of these guys at the 7-11, it would make me laugh because it's such a cultural cliche. God bless those guys!
>
> Korean shopkeepers of corner stores are the cliche elsewhere, but I'd
> be hard pressed to fine one here. :)
>

Koreans are scary. :-)

>
> --
> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

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"Roy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:13:51 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-10-22 12:47 PM, Thomas wrote:
>>
>> > On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:58:45 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> >> It comes to $3.57, and since we don't have pennies here anymore
>>
>> >
>>
>> > You do not have pennies? Where are you?
>>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Canada. We did away with the penny last year. Prices are still marked
>>
>> to the last cent, but when purchases are totalled they are rounded off
>>
>> to the nearest nickel.
>
> Now you'll have to explain that our nickel is a five cent piece.
> And our dollar coin is nicknamed a loonie.
> And our two dollar coin is nicknamed a toonie.
> And that our paper money is made of plastic now.
> =============

I didn't know that the paper money was plastic. But I do know that KFC used
to have Toonie Tuesdays and they serve poutine!

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"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:47:33 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:32:21 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:21:10 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > > > I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some
> > > > coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch
> > > > with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out
> > > > to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me
> > > > 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the
> > > > bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately
> > > > caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
> > > >
> > > > That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy
> > > > get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano
> > > > Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I
> > > > go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go
> > > > there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak
> > > > coffee. I sure won't.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
> > > penny. Handy in a situation like yours.
> >
> > Oh yeah, that would have been just spiffy but alas there were none. Damn
> > you 7-11!
> >
> > >
> > > I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.
> >
> > That makes two of us. Pennies are sooooo Micky Mouse. :-)
>
> What use are they? There are no more penny candies. You can't even
> use them at parking meters. Get rid of them and stop all the silly 98
> and 99 endings on prices.
>

At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park. When I
started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I wasn't about to
pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing laying there every
morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8 months. I even checked it
once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the ground. It was not.

One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can recall.
That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody new is working
there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also means that the
management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.

Heh! I can't remember which parking lot it is in, but some place around
here where we no longer go... There is a penny embedded in the blacktop.

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"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:07:10 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:56:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm guessing that you mean "Indian" by way of Pakistan.
>
> Yes, the subcontinent of India.
>
> > Oddly enough, I don't see these kinds of Indians or American Indians
> > either behind the counters over here. My guess is that it's fairly
> > common on the mainland and UK. If I did see one of these guys at the
> > 7-11, it would make me laugh because it's such a cultural cliche. God
> > bless those guys!
>
> Korean shopkeepers of corner stores are the cliche elsewhere, but I'd
> be hard pressed to fine one here. :)
>

Koreans are scary. :-)


---

Don't come to WA! We have a lot of them.

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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:16:02 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
> ...
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:07:10 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:56:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm guessing that you mean "Indian" by way of Pakistan.
> >
> > Yes, the subcontinent of India.
> >
> > > Oddly enough, I don't see these kinds of Indians or American Indians
> > > either behind the counters over here. My guess is that it's fairly
> > > common on the mainland and UK. If I did see one of these guys at the
> > > 7-11, it would make me laugh because it's such a cultural cliche. God
> > > bless those guys!
> >
> > Korean shopkeepers of corner stores are the cliche elsewhere, but I'd
> > be hard pressed to fine one here. :)
> >
>
> Koreans are scary. :-)
>
>
> ---
>
> Don't come to WA! We have a lot of them.

I'm just saying that because my mother-in-law was Korean. Having a Korean mother-in-law is no picnic. OTOH, having a Korean step-mom can really be hell.

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On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:08:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I didn't know that the paper money was plastic. But I do know that KFC used
>to have Toonie Tuesdays and they serve poutine!

Of course you would know that. That's a given.

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"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:03:51 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:07:43 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park.
>> > When I started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I
>> > wasn't about to pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing
>> > laying there every morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8
>> > months. I even checked it once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the
>> > ground. It was not.
>> >
>> > One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can
>> > recall. That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody
>> > new is working there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also
>> > means that the management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.
>>
>> See a penny, pick it up and all day you'll have good luck!
>>
>
> That's what my wife always says when she picks a penny off the ground. I
> think that's way too optimistic but I gotta love her childish enthusiasm.

We have that saying here too:)

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"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:16:02 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
>> ...
>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:07:10 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>> > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:56:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > I'm guessing that you mean "Indian" by way of Pakistan.
>> >
>> > Yes, the subcontinent of India.
>> >
>> > > Oddly enough, I don't see these kinds of Indians or American Indians
>> > > either behind the counters over here. My guess is that it's fairly
>> > > common on the mainland and UK. If I did see one of these guys at the
>> > > 7-11, it would make me laugh because it's such a cultural cliche. God
>> > > bless those guys!
>> >
>> > Korean shopkeepers of corner stores are the cliche elsewhere, but I'd
>> > be hard pressed to fine one here. :)
>> >
>>
>> Koreans are scary. :-)
>>
>>
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>>
>> Don't come to WA! We have a lot of them.
>
> I'm just saying that because my mother-in-law was Korean. Having a Korean
> mother-in-law is no picnic. OTOH, having a Korean step-mom can really be
> hell.

I'll take your word for it!