On Sunday 18 May 2003 17:00, Jon Clausen wrote:
Indeed ;)
I was in that habit when I first started visiting Canada some years ago...and by the 3rd day there I would have this huge amount of change. First time it happened I emptied out my jacket and $80 in change..most of which were 1's and 2's. It was a strange thing to get use to.
On my first trip to the states I was struck by the opposite phenomenon. In Denmark it's coins up to and including 20 kroner, which (almost) buys you a 1.5 liter of soda.
So there I was, in the states, going "Hey man... I just keep forking over *bills* all the time? What is the *matter* with this place?" ;D
It seemed utterly ridiculous to me, that I should be paying for a coke in bills...
Steve (thinking in nickels and dimes); "Dude, you don't pay with *coins* in a bar!"
...I gave up. ;)
He was impressed that I knew how to operate the coffemachine, though... not to mention when I started to dismantle the steering column on this car, to fix the ignition key mechanism... "Dude, you're crazy!"
I have to agree with you. As an American that has lived over in Europe for almost 12 years, I have gotten very used to coins for the 1 and 2 euro. I've also gotten used to the different sizes of the bills. American dollars drive me nuts. I have to look to see what denomination they are. The rest of the world uses color, and size, but Oh, no, not the Americans. That good ol' greenback is the only way to have your money. That being said, I noticed that they are supposed to be changing at least the color of the 20 dollar bill. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 8.1 Kernel 2.4.19 KDE 3.1.1 Kmail 1.5.1 For SuSE Mondo/Mindi backup support go to http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike 5:04pm up 23:29, 5 users, load average: 0.41, 0.37, 0.33