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Skriven 2012-12-18 18:02:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: not really 724
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 -> The ones I recall from my youth have a fairly interesting
 -> curved crosshatching pattern on them and an N and a C, with
 -> a Y-shaped hole in the middle.
 RH> I've seen those. The one here has a pentagon-shaped hole.

I think that one is of more modern vintage, just before the
city went for the Metro cards, maybe around 2000.

 ->  RH> Gotta love coins with holes in the 
 ->  RH> middle.  That's one the Treasury hasn't tried yet.
 -> Other countries have. Your classic Chinese small change
 -> coil had a square one.
 RH> Hence the term "cash"?  I've seen a few of them around.  

Oddly, no. The term cash (Chinese unit of currency) and the
term cash (dosh in general) are independent in origin but
may have grown together over the years.

 -> They didn't. Apparently it was an experiment related to a
 -> scheme to generate electricity from gasoline, but the guys
 -> weren't bright enough to realize that all they needed was
 -> the engine, not the whole shebang.
 RH> Sounds like it.  They probably didn't figure out a way around the
 RH> carbon  monoxide problem either.

That didn't do them in, though. 

 ->  RH> can stash 
 ->  RH> at least 5000 pieces of jewelry in the space it would take to house
 ->  RH> one Model T.
 -> At least. How much did a Model T chassis weigh?
 RH> Dunno.  They were pretty light.  The whole car weighed a little over a
 RH> ton.  Half of that was probably engine.

Looking at a double bed, whose footprint is smaller than that
of a small auto, I probably could put 5000 pieces of jewelry
in a single layer, and if properly boxed, which is something
you no doubt know far more than I, several layers could be
doable.

Suburban
cat: booze, airline
servings: 2

3 oz Fonseca Bin 27 Port
2 oz Appleton Estate reserve rum
12 oz straight rye whiskey

Shake with ice. Strain into chilled cocktail
glasses and garnish with a twist.

M's note - this probably was a misprint for
1/2 oz whiskey, but I'll take it the way it says.

US Airways magazine 12/12

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