Re: Expressing fractions

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:00:51 GMT

Jordan Abel wrote:
>
> On 2005-01-03, Richard Maurer <rcpb1_maurer@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > What baffles me is why the government wanted to introduce the
> > 50 cent and 100 cent coins in the first place. The dollar bill
> > is lighter and costs less to produce.
>
> maybe a bill costs less to produce but coins last forever.
>
> > But tell us, what is so good about carrying 5 to 12 euro coins
> > instead of 5 to 12 1-euro bills? Vending machines that don't accept
> > bills? Is it still so after the vending machines accept bills?
>
> You keep saying that vending machines "accept" bills - this is a usage
> of "accept" i am not familiar with meaning "spit out over and over at
> the slightest wrinkle or folded corner or torn edge"

The ones that provide NY subway MetroCards don't do that much.

Plus the sensitivity of the acceptors can be adjusted. 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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