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   Louis Epstein to Louis Epstein   
   Re: (slightly OT) Bye bye US pennies   
   25 May 25 04:38:00   
   
   From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   > danny burstein  wrote:   
   >> good thing we replaced all our home fuses w/circuit breakers [a]   
   >>   
   >>  President Trump announced today he was ordering   
   >> an end to production of pennies.   
   >>   
   >> [a] ask your great grandparents   
   >   
   > It would make much more sense to end production of $1 bills   
   > and ramp up $2 bills (which cost the USA the same to make)   
   > and $1 coins (which last longer than bills) and 50-cent coins   
   > but actual sense has always been a weak point for Trump;   
   > as it is,he'll just leave people scrounging for exact change.   
      
   (I should mention that I am furious that some places I have   
   attempted to use $2 bills have refused them or been resentful   
   about accepting them...until we get $2 coins like Canada does   
   the $2 bill is the smart substitute for the $1...where coins   
   are not designed for by vending machine makers,bills are not   
   programmed for by point-of-sale-terminal makers).   
      
   > -=-=-   
   > The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   > at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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