Plastic Money

[Doc Tinker]

I heard today that the formula number of the plastic they use to make our credit cards is #666. To add to that, the indentifier in that black strip on the back has the number 666 in it, as well as a lot of other information about you.



How popular is plastic money in other countries. Is the US the only place that plastic has become a normal way to pay for goods and service?



Doc

 

[jandtjil]

funny money

Between 1991 and my latest trip to Germany, I saw a dramatic increase in the number of ATMs. Many retailers in the local area I worked accepted plastic as they understood the benefits (more US customers).

I actually prefer to use it when traveling in foreign countries as it simplifies carrying foreign currency if you're only going to be there a short time.

But I do agree, the cards like so much of the computerized world is recording who we are, where we are, for someone else to use.



JJ

 

[JHansen]

Canadian Currency!

We use shiny beads for currency up here... . the shinier they are the more valuable they are. I spend most of my free time polishing mine so I can move up into the next higher income bracket.



Jason

The Mad Bead-Polishin' Machine is my Secret to Wealth!

 

[rubberneck]

Jason, didn't anyone tell ya that if you polish your beads too much you could go blind.

 

[JHansen]

I was already warned about that rubberneck-I deduced that it must be the reflection off the highly-polished beads that causes the blindness-so I wear a welding helmet while performing this task. Makes it kinda hard to tell when you've got them to optimum shininess-but a guy just can't be too careful... .



Jason

Currently Having a Safety Meeting-Nobody Moves, Nobody Gets Hurt!

 

[rubberneck]

LMAO

 

[klenger]

I suggest that you stop when you need glasses.

 

[JHansen]

I actually had them before I started bead-polishing... . so I figured better to play things conservatively. Strangely however since I started upgrading my financial portfolio by polishing my own beads I no longer have to use the X-Ray glasses that I got out of the back of a comic book when I was seven! This can be both a blessing and a curse however-for every truly beautiful woman there are some that are best left to imagination alone Trust me when I tell you that sometimes a curse can be a gift in disguise... or a curse is a gift in disguise... . or you should always look a gift horse in the mouth... . or something along those lines... .



Jason

I See Dead People... . and Live Ones Too!

 

[JHansen]

Exchange Rate for Shiny Beads...?

So I'm wanting to buy some of your fine US-manufactured goods for my fine chariot-can anybody tell me what the current exchange rate is for shiny beads into your US dollars? They are prime specimens of Canadian currency-hand polished for maximum brilliance by yours truly



Jason

The Monetarily (and Intelligence) Challenged Guy From North of the 49th!

 

[LarryB]

We have some mud! do you like mud?#ad

 

[JHansen]

Mud may work for me-depending on the type of mud... . I want to build a hood scoop for my truck to channel vast amounts of outside air into my Super Screamin' Jet Turbine Compressor Type Thing that I alluded to in a previous posting... . so if the mud sets up firm and will withstand 300 mph winds then yes my friend you may have yourself a deal!



Did you have a specific color of shiny beads in mind? I especially like the green ones-so I reserve them for deals of the highest magnitude-but I'm sure we can work out some sort of deal. What sort of mud volumes were you thinking as opposed to # of beads?



Jason

Who Needs Bondo When You Can Use Real Mud?

 

[rubberneck]

my brain hurts now

 

[Champane Flight]

Current

Maybe the current owners of Manhatten would like to trade for some of them beads?