On Sunday, April 14, 2002, at 03:59 PM, Malcolm L. Carlock wrote:
> Peter Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my
>>> brain as
>>
>> Not being from the US I have no idea who either of those two are, but
>> that does
>> ra
Peter Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my brain as
>
>Not being from the US I have no idea who either of those two are, but that does
>raise an interesting point: Maybe the reason no-one wants the coin is because
>of who's o
At 10:10 AM +0200 on 4/12/02, Anonymous wrote:
> quite an unappealing trollop.
> however, the photos did give me quite a chuckle
>
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_505510.html
> or better yet in italian!
> http://www.cybercore.com/cicciolina/
...and here I thought we were talking about Ma
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 10:05 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
>
>(And bear in mind that a one dollar coin is worth about what a quarter
>($0.25) was worth in 1970, and about what a dime ($0.10) was worth when
>silver dollars were still common. Maybe we need a $1
Bill Stewart wrote:
>
> At 09:00 PM 04/11/2002 +0100, Ken Brown wrote:
> >"Trei, Peter" wrote:
> > > Mea culpa. It's been a long time since I read 'Dangerous Visions'.
> >
> >Must be, seeing as "Harlequin" was published in Galaxy magazine, then
> >reprinted in Ellison's "Paingod and other Delusi
Peter Gutmann wrote:
>
> >For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my brain as
> >an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar.
[...]
> Not being from the US I have no idea who either of those two are, but that does
> raise an interesting point: Maybe the reason no-one wants the coin
At 09:00 PM 04/11/2002 +0100, Ken Brown wrote:
>"Trei, Peter" wrote:
> > Mea culpa. It's been a long time since I read 'Dangerous Visions'.
>
>Must be, seeing as "Harlequin" was published in Galaxy magazine, then
>reprinted in Ellison's "Paingod and other Delusions", not in DV which
>was an origi
quite an unappealing trollop.
however, the photos did give me quite a chuckle
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_505510.html
or better yet in italian!
http://www.cybercore.com/cicciolina/
>Ken Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my
> brain as
> >an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar. Susan Anthony is a person who I've never heard
> >of. I'm almost tempted not to find out who she is or was to preserve a
> nugget
> >of del
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 10:05 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Ken Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my
>> brain as
>> an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar. Susan Anthony is a person who I've never
>> heard
>> of. I'm almost temp
Ken Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my brain as
>an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar. Susan Anthony is a person who I've never heard
>of. I'm almost tempted not to find out who she is or was to preserve a nugget
>of delicious cognitive
"Trei, Peter" wrote:
[...snip...]
what you said is all true but the benefit (as you pointed out) is
primarily to the retailer, not the shopper. All this doesn't apply to
higher-value transactions of course.
> Ken, when was the last time you paid for a call from a UK
> public phone with coins?
>
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 04:24 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
> For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my
> brain as an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar. Susan Anthony is a person who I've
> never heard of. I'm almost tempted not to find out who she is or was to
> preserve a nug
For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my
brain as an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar. Susan Anthony is a person who I've
never heard of. I'm almost tempted not to find out who she is or was to
preserve a nugget of delicious cognitive dissonance. A world in which
governments p
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