# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 193
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3841 "2003-03-06T05:30:53Z")
**B** ack for one more post to say “nighty-night” to all my fellow a-threaders. Sleep well. I expect to be cooking up a storm come tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3842 "2003-03-06T05:33:43Z")
**C** ome back **Swampy** , I didn’t really shoot you - it was just a fantasy dream sequence for the book. All is forgiven. See you soon. Now to bed! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3843 "2003-03-06T06:19:45Z")
**D** ear Dopers–I am so glad to be back here again at the “a” club! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3844 "2003-03-06T07:40:32Z")
**E** ntering again into the fray eh viva? Was it hard to quit the first time? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3845 "2003-03-06T08:08:47Z")
**F** ighting doggedly onward to page 100… ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3846 "2003-03-06T12:09:22Z")
**G** ood morning! **H** ope everyone slept well. **I** forgot to put my order in last night, but I’m sure the talented Watcher will oblige none the less: **J** ust a bowl of plain yogurt topped with sliced fruit today. **K** ings and queens must watch their figures, you know. **L** est we get so big they can’t fit our portraits onto the coinage. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3847 "2003-03-06T12:13:46Z")
**M** ornin’ Everyone. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3848 "2003-03-06T12:36:29Z")
**N** umismatic thoughts…Does it seem to anyone we’re missing a bet with our boring coin values? _Anyone_ can make change in his sleep with 1/5/10/25 cent pieces on hand. What about if the coins went 1/7/13/32? Getting change counted out (with the fewest possible number of coins, naturally) would require more attention, right? Built in arithmatic practice for young’uns. Make cashier’s jobs less robotic. Seems like a good plan to me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3849 "2003-03-06T12:57:17Z")
**O** f course, **SBS** , it’s not like the young uns actually make change any more – they let the cash register do the subtraction for them. “When I was a lass…” ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3850 "2003-03-06T13:03:24Z")
**P** lease, Grandma… 😜 You’re missing the point. Even supposing the screen tells the cashier to give back 46 cents. Quick, which coins should it be? (using 1/7/13/32) ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3851 "2003-03-06T13:07:07Z")
**Q** uite a different set of bill valuations would be needed, too, to maintain the brain exercise. Like, in even numbered months, the bill are: 2, 8, 17, 19 and in odd months, 1, 9, 15, 24. _That’ll_ keep 'em on their toes. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3852 "2003-03-06T13:08:33Z")
**R** ight, … **S** imple, really, … **T** hat’d be … **U** hhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3853 "2003-03-06T13:10:07Z")
**V** ery interesting proposals, **SBS** **W** e humbly petition you to wait until the fever subsides before you implement these plans. ;j ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3854 "2003-03-06T13:20:36Z")
**X** tremely disappointed in you, Twickster. **Y** ou don’t see the genius in these plans? **Z** ero coin: I forgot to mention that one! Now, when you say, “I couldn’t care less,” you’ll have a coin to use to prove it! ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3855 "2003-03-06T13:58:49Z")
**A** nd we begin again for the 90-hundredth time. Good mornin’ to all. _Again switches to official capacity and serves up a nice mushroom & cheese omelet for **twicks** , a dry untoasted bagel and a steaming cup of hot black coffee for **FallFast** , and for **SBS** our fearless ruler of the universe, a bowl of plain yogurt topped with sliced fruit with all best wishes for a calm day today in the royal digestive tract._ Happy Thursday everybody. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3856 "2003-03-06T14:06:00Z")
**B** een missing posting here I have, since I had to be gone for 8 days. **Homebrew!** [sub]It’s been a long time since I flirted.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3857 "2003-03-06T14:21:55Z")
**C** elebrations will ensue, **swampbear** – **homebrew** has been mooning about here like, well, a big moony homebrew. **D** elicious omelet, **watcher** – what is that subtle blend of cheeses? ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3858 "2003-03-06T14:50:49Z")
**E** very good omelet deserves that special “a-thread” blend of cheese. Welcome back **Swampy**! Once again I can’t stop saying Homebear and Swampbrew. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3859 "2003-03-06T14:57:25Z")
**F** inally Swampy is back. Homebrew has been lonely. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3860 "2003-03-06T15:02:02Z")
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