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69 Judge, SURVIVOR, Carousel Red/Parchment, RAIII, 4-sp, 63k orig. miles, unrestored, #'s match 65 GTO, SURVIVOR, Tri-Power, 4-sp, 79k orig. miles, Capri Gold, orig. paint, top, interior, #'s match 70 GTO Conv, 400, at, A/C, Atoll Blue/Sandlewood/White top, all #'s match 2015 Challenger R/T Plus, hemi, Sublime |
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Jeez, my dyslexia strikes again!
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Reading thru this at work got me thinking of all the jars of pennies I have. Going to check in with my bank and see if they have a coin machine. I never trusted the coin star machines and the stories about them don't surprise me.
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I tend to roll mine up and drop off with a deposit once a month. Basically I consider it a service to our country, the tax payers pay millions of dollars every year to replace the change that we stash away. My truck ash tray fills up every couple of months, as does my household coin cup. A few years ago I bought whole boxes of coin rollers that will last a life time, and I have the plastic things to help you roll them.
Do your civic duty, cash in your coins Hey, these days that's all it takes to be a "Hero" |
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lawsuit against TD Bank for their coin counting machines.
https://www.courierpostonline.com/st...ent/429290001/ |
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Eric "Todd" Mitten '74 Bonneville 4dr Sedan (455/TH400/2.93 open) '72 LeMans GT (455/M-13/3.23 [8.5"] posi) '71 GTO Hardtop (400/TH400/3.07 12 bolt posi) ‘71 GTO Convertible (455HO/TH400/3.23 posi) '67 GTO Coupe (455/ST-10/2.93 posi) '67 Tempest Wagon (428/TH400/2.56 posi) Deuteronomy 8:3 |
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Agreed!
He was being a jerk. He basically punished the people who had nothing to do with his fine.
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“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ― Calvin Coolidge |
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oh, I would have had so much fun going through that box of pennies
I think my kids (3yo & 5yo) will be the only ones in their grades to know what the following are: -pennies (recalled from circulation in 2012 in Canada) -cassettes & players -records & players -cd's & players -rotary phone
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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That was smart. I don't know why the US mint keeps wasting time and money with pennies. Round .01, .02 down and .03, .04 up. Simple. This coin has outlived its usefulness by at least 3 decades.
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69 Judge, SURVIVOR, Carousel Red/Parchment, RAIII, 4-sp, 63k orig. miles, unrestored, #'s match 65 GTO, SURVIVOR, Tri-Power, 4-sp, 79k orig. miles, Capri Gold, orig. paint, top, interior, #'s match 70 GTO Conv, 400, at, A/C, Atoll Blue/Sandlewood/White top, all #'s match 2015 Challenger R/T Plus, hemi, Sublime |
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I went to a local hardware store to buy something the other day and after following all the dam_ed arrows on where to pay, the guy rang it up, $6.69. He said that will be $7.00 as we don't have change. I said no, it's $6.69. He said you'll have to come up with the exact amount or pay $7.00. I said no, you priced it to make change required, so either sell it for that price or I'll leave. He wouldn't, so I did, right out the door without the item.
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The Presidential dollars were issued for two reasons: (1) to sell to collectors, (2) to significantly reduce the cost of printing dollar bills. There were not well accepted by the public. Supposedly, there is a warehouse with well over a billion (with a "b") that were never released. There have been several articles on how much money would be saved each year in printing costs, as the coins are cheaper to produce, and last significantly longer. Plus, the government would have less cost in shipping dog-eared bills to a destruction site, and burning them. Of course, you didn't state your age, and how long you expect to live Jon.
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"Good carburetion is fuelish hot air". "The most expensive carburetor is the wrong one given to you by your neighbor". If you truly believe that "one size fits all" try walking a mile in your spouse's shoes! Owner of The Carburetor Shop, LLC (of Missouri). Current caretaker of the remains of Stromberg Caburetor, and custodian of the existing Carter and Kingston carburetor drawings. |
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I'm in Europe every year and have gotten very used to the Euro coins up to 2 Euro. Seems to be a pretty efficient system.
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Canada has the loonie, $1 coin and toonie $2 coin. That's what they call them?
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If you built it, drive it. red 62 Tempest total stock restoration. white 62 Tempest modified, 61 389 Tri-Power, and a conventional drive train. |
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The main reason they went with the smaller coin was the resounding failure of the big Eisenhower dollar in the '70's.
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69 Judge, SURVIVOR, Carousel Red/Parchment, RAIII, 4-sp, 63k orig. miles, unrestored, #'s match 65 GTO, SURVIVOR, Tri-Power, 4-sp, 79k orig. miles, Capri Gold, orig. paint, top, interior, #'s match 70 GTO Conv, 400, at, A/C, Atoll Blue/Sandlewood/White top, all #'s match 2015 Challenger R/T Plus, hemi, Sublime |
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So you didn't even have 50 pounds (50 pounds would have been $90.00...
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they have seemed to fail, because this wasn't a forced acceptance. they are the same size as the dollar coin which preceeded it, but a different colour/composition; they are the same size as our dollar coin, and the size tends to them not being a nusiance to pile up in your pocket. When out $1 bill was phased out for the coin, the bills were being sent to be de-minted, and banks were only giving out the coins - so we had no choice... The same thing was done when our $2 bill was replaced in 1996. What I don't get, is why the $2 bill is still an oddity in the 'states; it makes sense, and reduces wallet thickness.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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Looney and a Twoonie is correct.
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-Jeremy 1968 GTO 4-spd convertible, console, factory gauges, hidden headlights, 3.90:1 posi, AM/FM radio. 1962 Catalina convertible, Starlight black w maroon interior & white top. |
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In other local news At our Walmart, the self-checkouts will only accept plastic now. Have to wait in a cashier line if paying with Money. Lack of coin stock to stock all the self-checkouts. |
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It's a TOONIE, not at Twoonie.
My wife did consulting work in Manitoba, Alberta and British Colombia for over 10 years and we had several vacations together in Canada - Churchill, Manitoba to see the Polar Bears, dogsledding in Canmore, AB, Calgary Stampede, horseback riding (and 3 cattle drives) on a 6,000 acre ranch east of Clairesholm, took our daughter and grandson to Frank's Slide, the Colombia Icefield's, the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller and Waterton Provincial Park all in Alberta. I've spent many a loonie and a toonie... |
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