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May 25, 2006
Just Thinking
Isn’t all change “exact change”? How would you get hold of an “approximately thirty cents” piece? And if someone handed you one, how would you make change? “Let’s see: roughly sixty-five cents minus thirty-four cents makes just about thirty-one cents. Sorry — I have a somewhere-around-seventy-nine cent piece, but all I have for small change is exact amounts.”
Brought to you by the “recently spent thirty hours driving, many of them on toll roads” department.
Posted by AKMA at May 25, 2006 10:49 PM | Threadorati
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Couldn't one interpret "all" as all those people who are paying with change? It is a bit unclear, I agree. Glad you are all home safe. And I enjoyed the pictures! xxx, Mom
Posted by: Mom at May 26, 2006 06:56 AM
In the early 19th century in Indiana, settlers, if they had currency, sometimes had spanish coins that were broken into bits at the general store (hence, the 8 bits to the dollar rhyme). So I suppose that the bits were approximate change.
Posted by: don at May 26, 2006 08:22 AM
What all those signs really mean, I think, is: "Don't make us make change. We won't do it."
Posted by: Dr. Bonzo at May 26, 2006 10:14 AM
All change really isn't exact, though. If you only have 2 quarters, you do need the 15 cents back when paying for the 35-cent toll.
If you're really cheap, that is. I know I am.
Posted by: bls at May 27, 2006 08:27 AM
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