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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #90 on: August 25, 2008, 10:19:01 PM »
My God, the US once had one of the most attractive currencies in the world. Alas, no longer.

nope they startin' to look like everyone elses. (stupid purple and peach)  I blame North Korea.

Well, they should at least have gone the whole hog and redesigned the whole note. Just having the purple 5 looks really out of place. It must be to do with some security issue, as aesthetically it is gross.

definitely a security thing. i think that purple in particular is extremely hard to replicate with the tracers they put in it . . . or something. i could be full of crap.

isn't the mint going to have to reissue currency again though due to the lawsuit brought by people with sight disabilities?

yep... adding colors makes it more difficult to counterfeit

Actually it's not that hard you just.... err, nevermind  :-X

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #91 on: August 27, 2008, 12:28:26 PM »
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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #92 on: August 27, 2008, 12:52:06 PM »
But I wish the public could, in the midst of its pleasures, see how blatantly it is being spoon-fed, and ask for slightly better dreams. 
                        - Iris Barry from "The Public's Pleasure" (1926)

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #93 on: August 27, 2008, 02:24:49 PM »
My pet peeve:  uptight legalistic businesses that insist on a subpoena for EVERY piece of information.  Hello, [bank name here], after you give the victim his money back, YOU are now the victim.  I shouldn't have to go beg a court to demand information from you.

Feh.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #94 on: August 27, 2008, 02:30:41 PM »

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #96 on: August 27, 2008, 02:44:16 PM »

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #97 on: August 27, 2008, 04:02:43 PM »
I love America! I just have my peeves and that's one of them  ;)

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #98 on: August 27, 2008, 04:23:52 PM »
the word or the attitude?

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #99 on: August 27, 2008, 04:24:49 PM »
the word or the attitude?

the "istic" on the ends of words. i think this was covered in the grammar thread