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Is Mise,

Your reality appears to be very different from mine.
And we can only speak from our own experiences.

I've not seen many people being really generous with
money given to either buskers, churches or charities.
It's usually coins that are given - even on ANZAC
Day. Notes rarely make an appearance. And when they
did appear they are of course gratefully received and
appreciated.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 2:46:23 PM
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I have not had actual cash in my possession for a very very long time, be it coins or notes.
In the guts of covid it make sense to be using contactless tech. I have never encountered a situation where I have had to go and get cash or coins to do what I need to. There has always been an alternative, pay via an app/ website eftpos terminal and so on.

I'm quite comfortable with this, however do accept when the bank systems cark it, or there is a power failure etc I am royally stuffed.

I do feel that the lower denomination coins need to go, I see little point in the 5c and 10c nowadays. I suspect they cost more to produce then what they are worth.
Posted by ViolentEntropy, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 3:14:09 PM
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Foxy,
You said generous people put coins and then you say that you have never seen people being really generous.and that it’s coins that are being given; which was exactly my point, given the low, Iow value of coins giving them is a kind deed but not generous.

When the average wage was £5/-//- per week 10/- was 1/10it of the wage.
Today. $1 which is the theoretical equivalent of 10/- represents but 1/1305th of the average wage so as a gift it has very little value and dropping one or two of them in a bowl sure ain’t generous.
Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 4:07:22 PM
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Is Mise,

It was a play on words.

Which should have been obvious even to you.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 5:16:06 PM
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Hassy old cock, you never cease to amaze.

Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change is real, you continue to call it a scam and a fraud. Lone behold you fell for Indian scamers and fraudsters, three card trick, what were they selling you, penis enlarging pills?

Given your fetish for the 1950's, I though you would have a pocket full of pennies and halfpennies, don't tell me you're gone metric, you radical you!
Posted by Paul1405, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 5:53:43 PM
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Foxy,
Well it wasn’t obvious, perhaps you’d explain the humour?
Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 6:16:53 PM
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