on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:21:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 23 Nov 2001, at 19:13, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > > > Pecunia, the latin word for money, comes from the Etruscian pecu, meaning, cow. > > > > Cheers, > > RAH > > > > And of course the German word for money is Gelt, which means > Gold. > > Cows might have served well as currency for primitives like the > Etruscans, but can you imagine using them today? I took > a bus this morning, the fair was 1.10 and I only had paper money > so they ripped me off 90 cents. But if I was an Etruscan, they > would've taken my whole cow!
No, actually, you probably came out about $1.60 ahead. "Farebox recovery" -- the amount of a transit system's expenses that are covered by direct rider payments -- tends about 30% - 40% of expenses. This varies widely, a sparsely-attended rural service might rate 10% returns, typical suburban service 15-20%, a well-served metro transit system might come as high as 50-55%. You're also neglecting the possibility that the fare might not have been a whole cow, but just cost you an arm and a leg. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
