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Skriven 2010-12-03 08:22:00 av Dave Drum (48165.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 4416 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Basic conservatism
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 GJ> When your lot decide to replace the bum fodder by coins, get them to
 GJ> also phase out the useless, expensive and time-wasting 1c coins as
 GJ> well.  Automatic rounding of purchases to the nearest 5c value by cash
 GJ> registers works smoothly, and no one ever worries about losing or
 GJ> gaining the 2c rounding value.  Even small shop owners have learnt to
 GJ> mentally round up or down, or just label prices in 5c multiples.

 ML> The public has been extremely resistant to getting rid of dollar
 ML> bills, perhaps fearing the effect of the weight of additional coin on
 ML> their clothing One problem was that when totable nonsilver $1 coins

The great unwashed pleb has *ALWAYS* been resistant to change. Especially if
it's "not invented here".

 ML> were introduced in 1979, the face chosen for the obverse was the
 ML> rather controversial suffragette Susan B. Anthony, a symbol for
 ML> racial and gender equality, of which a substantial proportion of
 ML> the American people was not in favor. The size and appearance were
 ML> also suspect - the coins were given the nickname "Carter quarters"
 ML> because of their relatively small size and in an allusion to the
 ML> inflation rate of the period. After a major redesign in 1999, they

And hard to tell from a quarter dollar coin unless one looks at it. Most people
are too self-absorbed to pay much attention to the world around them.

 ML> bore the face of Sacajawea (not uncontroversial herself) and had
 ML> a goldenish brasslike alloy composition.

And *much*  easier to spot as "not a 25c piece. I know a retired metallurgist
who was on the team that developed the specific alloy used in the yellow dollar
coins. He says it was their fifteenth version which the mint accepted finally.
 
 DD> Some merchants are doing that on cash transactions here. Plastic
 DD> purchases pay the exact amount. But, for cash? Rounded to the nearest
 DD> nickle. One merchant I know would ditch the paper dollars in favour of
 DD> the coined dollars - if he could get a reliable supply from his bank.
 DD> He'd keep the paper dollars collected in sales and deposit them in the
 DD> bank - but, only return coined dollars in change.

 ML> I call his bluff. Go to tinyurl.com/sillymint and read.
 ML> Or Google "u.s. mint" "$1 coin direct ship" - merchants
 ML> can have the things shipped freight free.
 
I'll pass that along. I am fairly certain that he was not aware of that
situation. 

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Mint Sauce
 Categories: Sauces, Herbs
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      3 lg Handfuls of mint leaves
           - (stems previously removed)
      3 ts Granulated sugar
      4 tb Wine vinegar
 
  Wash and shake the mint leaves, sprinkle then with the sugar
  and chop them rather finely. Put in a bowl. Heat the vinegar
  and pour it over the mint. Add more sugar if you think the
  sauce is too sharp. Serve hot or cold with roasted lamb or
  other meat.
  
  Alternatives: Use lemon juice instead of vinegar and you can
  also add a little olive oil. This is not traditional mint
  sauce, being much less violent in flavor, but it is
  exceptionally good.
 
  From "English Country Cooking at Its Best" by Caroline
  Conran. Villard, 1985.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

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