Same thing, pretty much. They do use it, they just make sure they don’t use more than they bought last week - so when the President “releases” a portion of the SOR he’s really just not replenishing it.
He could just sell it all, of course, which would be a handy short-term cuff on inflation but would be a little problematic in the event of a nuclear strike on Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.
Since a pint of beer back home in my parents town costs a nice and even £2, the £2 coin became known as a beer token, they really could have printed on it “The Bank of England is buying you a pint, chum!”.
And to completely dispel the idea that we in Northern Ireland are a load of pissed up paddies, the Bank of Ireland is printing new notes with a picture of a whiskey distillery on the back 
Or people could start making their jokes funny.
The link doesn’t say it, but there was a blurb on TV this morning about that distillery’s 400th anniversary. That and promoting the notion that “whisky isn’t only bourbon and scotch” probably had something to do with the design.
Gas is ~$8/gallon here.
And the average salary is ~$200/month.
We take the bus.
Thanks, my wife’s family means a great deal to me. 
I thought this thread was going to be about the new coins they’ll be releasing.