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|  Message 964  |
|  Jay Harris to August Abolins  |
|  Re: $500M bread price fix  |
|  18 Sep 25 03:37:14  |
 MSGID: 1:229/664 487e69af REPLY: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 2480c00e TZUTC: -0400 TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02 On 17 Sep 2025, August Abolins said the following... AA> The use of "Loonies" for the 1$ coin was cute, since it AA> features a loon on one side. AA> But I've never grown fond of calling the $2 coin a twonie or a AA> toonie. The coin has a polar bear on it. When the toonie came out I was in favour of calling it a "Doubloon" for "double loonie" but it didn't catch on. Jay ... I once met a joke-cracking mushroom. He was a fun guy --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64) * Origin: Northern Realms (1:229/664) SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700 SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 275 300 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 SEEN-BY: 229/705 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58 712/848 SEEN-BY: 902/26 2320/105 5020/400 5075/35 PATH: 229/664 426 |
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