Wednesday Morning Rant

Goodbye, Mister Lincoln

In my day-to-day commerce, I usually pay cash. If I am not doing something for which I need plastic, I usually don't use it. I get some odd looks sometimes, but it's my preference. It also makes splitting the bill at restaurants easy. Recently, I've noticed that some computerized cash registers stopped reflecting reality. If the bill came to $15.02 and I put in a $20 bill, the computer changes the total deposited to $20.02 and then returns $5.00 even. Or if the bill comes to some other fraction - say $5.27 - the bill changes to $5.25 as soon as I put in cash.

I missed it, but the US Mint has decided to stop producing pennies. They ordered their last set of blanks this year and have apparently finished - or are about to finish - the final run of pennies. The reason is cost. Pennies cost nearly a nickle to produce and the Mint expects to save in excess of $50 million per year by ceasing penny production. But the oddity to me is how rapidly stores are front-running penny scarcity.

Pennies are still legal tender and there are still more than a billion of them in circulation. There is no penny shortage and there probably won't be for quite a while. "Production has ceased" doesn't mean "not available," but some major retailers are moving more or less immediately to do away with the penny. So far, I have seen differences of one to three cents round down, with four-cent remainders rounding up. I have probably seen a net savings of about a quarter in the past couple of weeks on rounding.

Credit card transactions still settle to the (virtual) penny and I know that cash transactions are distinct minority of all transactions, but I strongly suspect that all the rounding adds up. If I have put $0.25 in my pocket in fairly short order, that has to scale out in a pretty meaningful way. If retailers are moving this fast on phasing out the penny, manufacturing costs are probably not the only consideration. The costs of handling pennies must be pretty high, too, if a retailer would rather just write it off at the first possible moment they could get away with it.

Pennies may be in circulation and legal tender, but all of this rounding is going to drive them out as it spreads. So far, I've only seen this at a couple of major retailers and one fast food restaurant but it's also very clear that they were primed and ready to put the hammer down on pennies and started rolling it out aggressively. I strongly suspect that it will move out from there and I'll know it's more or less finished when the local diner does it. The US Mint stopped producing pennies, but it didn't kill them. It did, however, apparently provide "air cover" for retailers to do it. The penny will be legal tender forever, but will likely be effectively useless within a year or two.

I understand it. Pennies are expensive to manufacture (they have cost more than their face value for nearly two decades) and probably an expensive pain in the butt to deal with at scale, with the costs of managing them far outstripping their value on both fronts. Nonetheless, it's the end of something that has always been there. Those little copper-colored pictures of Lincoln will no longer change hands. Most will be gradually scrapped and recycled, with a non-trivial number remaining in collections, junk drawers and vacuum cleaner bags. In day-to-day commerce, the penny will not be missed. It will, however, become a symbol - loud through its absence - of the ravages of inflation and movement of technology.

So long, Abe. At least you still have the five.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 12, 2025 11:00 AM (cuae1)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:01 AM (yn1Pr)

3 so now it's gonna be a nickel for you thoughts.

that's inflation for ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 12, 2025 11:02 AM (uWKK8)

4 THnk goodness no more boat 'pun'ishment

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:02 AM (uWSFJ)

5 nooded before claiming first

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:02 AM (uWSFJ)

6 I've started hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something sometime.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

7 Canada hasn't had pennies for a few years. Stores round up or down if you pay cash.

The saddest thing is if you buy something for $4.78, you can't make the cashier's job easier by giving them $10.03.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

8 I've started hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something sometime.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

Making FMJs

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (snZF9)

9 There's a lot of places that don't take cash. Sports arenas for one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:04 AM (yn1Pr)

10 I won't miss pennies.

They've been effectively worthless for a very long time and only getting more so.

It once was so valuable, we have HALF-pennies.

We haven't needed that in a long time. That's a consequence of the monetary policy we've pursued in this country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 12, 2025 11:04 AM (cuae1)

11 3 so now it's gonna be a nickel for you thoughts.

that's inflation for ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Average Joe out there is a dumbass, and his thoughts were overpriced at a penny.

Posted by: Frugal Frank at November 12, 2025 11:04 AM (oftw2)

12 There's a lot of places that don't take cash. Sports arenas for one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:04 AM (yn1Pr)

Meanwhile, other places give discounts for paying cash.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (cuae1)

13 I have a water cooler bottle full of pennies. Show I cash them in? Or save them for the zinc in the Burning Time?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (jc0TO)

14 Can I put my two cents in?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (HBDp2)

15 so now it's gonna be a nickel for you thoughts.

that's inflation for ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 12, 2025 11:02 AM

Nickels have $0.06 to .07 of metal, so look for their composition to change.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (0sNs1)

16 I've got about $5 worth of rolled pennies. Should I keep them or take them to the bank?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (2WIwB)

17 Everyone is rounding up to a nickel now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (ishno)

18 I won't miss pennies"

Darn. Used to shop there all the time.

Oh, "pennies"

Never mind

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (tubbA)

19 Gee I wonder if I could gather all those rounding changes inti a bank account! (Old cobol programmers rock!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (uWSFJ)

20 I've started hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something sometime.
Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM

Pre-1982, yes. Later, mebbe, mebbe not.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (0sNs1)

21 We haven't needed that in a long time. That's a consequence of the monetary policy we've pursued in this country.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 12, 2025 11:04 AM (cuae1)

"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them down between the millstones of taxation and inflation" -- attributed to Lenin but supposedly not said by him

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (ExV1e)

22 Willowed:

In HS, I played the father in Our Town. I called my brother's father-in-law in Fall River to get tips on how to sound New-Englandy. I think the first thing he taught me was "ayuh."
Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

That's really more the classic Down East Mainer than anything else. Since Our Town is based on Peterborough NH, the accent would be nasal, but not the laconic "ayuh," IMO.

If you want a real laugh, read HP Lovecraft's attempts to mimic a NH or MA accent in some of his stories.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (ufSfZ)

23 I don't use pennies for much of anything, but it's still uncomfortable knowing what has always been will no longer be. As a grade school kid, I remember being utterly amazed when I could see an itsy bitsy Lincoln sitting in his chair at the Lincoln Memorial.

So are we all going to Nickel Loafers now?

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (qBdHI)

24 once was so valuable, we have HALF-pennies."

If you don't have that, well...

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (tubbA)

25 Shit! There goes my weekly game of penny-ante.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (g8Ew8)

26 When it comes to coinage, it's how hard-core the metal is.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

27 They're worth hoarding already. Just for the metal content. Except melting them down is a crime. But who would ever know?

Probably worth doing the numbers on total cost to separate out into their constituents.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (1Nv0l)

28 So are we all going to Nickel Loafers now?
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (qBdHI)
++++
Will things keep turning up like bad nickles?
Will you be offered a nickle for your thoughts?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (yjAVs)

29 Copper bullets make for deeper penetration and larger wound channels, which sound like what we want for the just-around-the-corner war.

I'm all for larger wound channels in my enemies, and will tool up to use pennies to make 30-06 180 grain.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (zeLd4)

30 There's a lot of places that don't take cash. Sports arenas for one.
Posted by: Sponge

It says legal tender right on the bills, sue them in federal court.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (uWSFJ)

31 Around here at food fast food restaurants they ask you if you want to round up to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to some charity (usually for children).

Sometimes I say yes, sometimes no (depending on my whim of the moment) -- but can't help but imagine that it's a scam and the employees split that money at the end of the shift.

If I do get superior service -- I will ask if employees are allowed to receive tips (as I always tip pretty good anybody who comes out to the house to do maintenance or installation work); some businesses allow it, others don't.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (idUt2)

32 The penny will be legal tender forever, but will likely be effectively useless within a year or two.

**The two-dollar bill has entered the chat**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:09 AM (ufSfZ)

33 Probably worth doing the numbers on total cost to separate out into their constituents."

For a second there, thought you were talking about democrats...

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:09 AM (tubbA)

34 Didn't someone shoot dimes?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 12, 2025 11:09 AM (ishno)

35 I'm all for larger wound channels in my enemies, and will tool up to use pennies to make 30-06 180 grain.
Posted by: M. Gaga

Stack them in shotgun shells.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:09 AM (uWSFJ)

36 There are several cars covered in pennies out there. It looks good. Wonder how much weight it adds.

Posted by: Brasso Bob at November 12, 2025 11:09 AM (oftw2)

37 So are we all going to Nickel Loafers now?

Better than Nickel Fuckers.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:10 AM (ufSfZ)

38 It says legal tender right on the bills, sue them in federal court.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (uWSFJ)

Not sure you can rent a car with cash either.

But yeah, it does say that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:10 AM (yn1Pr)

39 I would like to see widespread circulation of $1, $2, and $5 coins.

The Old World has 2 Euro and 5 Euro coins and I really enjoyed carrying those around and tipping people or buying bottled water etc.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 12, 2025 11:10 AM (GD2xa)

40 19 Gee I wonder if I could gather all those rounding changes inti a bank account! (Old cobol programmers rock!)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (uWSFJ)

See Office Space for the modern version of this scam.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 12, 2025 11:10 AM (N39Ws)

41 Seems like we could simplify it to a simple decimal system. Eliminate nickels. Make quarters into fifty cent pieces. Much simpler.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 12, 2025 11:10 AM (OwJul)

42 Pennies are still legal tender and there are still more than a billion of them in circulation. There is no penny shortage and there probably won't be for quite a while.

The sun will burn out before the penny does.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:11 AM (soZKq)

43 That's really more the classic Down East Mainer than anything else. Since Our Town is based on Peterborough NH, the accent would be nasal, but not the laconic "ayuh," IMO.

If you want a real laugh, read HP Lovecraft's attempts to mimic a NH or MA accent in some of his stories.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM

You hear that in Northeastern Vermonters as well.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 12, 2025 11:11 AM (bFu5X)

44 It says legal tender right on the bills, sue them in federal court.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (uWSFJ)
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Legal tender for all DEBTS, not legal tender for all TRANSACTIONS.

If no debt is incurred, it doesn't apply.

Pump your gas and go in to pay? That's a debt. The gas is in your tank and you owe the store for it. Cash *must* be accepted in that scenario.

Gas station is prepay-only? No debt is incurred, because nothing changed hands prior to payment. The merchant can accept payment on any terms he wishes. He can demand cash, credit, checks, pickled eggs, whatever and it would be just fine.

Things like "cashless venues" (which yeah, I freaking despise) aren't doing anything illegal. You both agreed to the contract terms when you entered (and before any debt could be incurred) and usually there is no debt involved anyway because everything is also rapidly pre-paid. Make your choice, swipe your card, receive your goods. No debt involved.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:11 AM (yjAVs)

45 Future Politico: Why ending the only Coin of Color is racist.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (XvL8K)

46 How much does it cost to print a dollar bill?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (pkeXY)

47 If you want to feel really depressed about currency debasement:

British farthings were 1/4 of an old penny or 5/48 (~1/10) of a new penny. Yet in medieval times they were silver coins.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (1Nv0l)

48 34 Didn't someone shoot dimes?
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 12, 2025 11:09 AM (ishno)

I've known a few women that probably could've.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (g8Ew8)

49 Sometimes I say yes, sometimes no (depending on my whim of the moment) -- but can't help but imagine that it's a scam and the employees split that money at the end of the shift.
\Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM

It's a scam, but not in the way you think. The business takes that money and donates it, using it as a tax write-off for themselves.

Another example of the pernicious and perverse influence of Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (0sNs1)

50 > It says legal tender right on the bills, sue them in federal court.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (uWSFJ)

It's only legal tender for a *debt*. Turns out that makes a difference.

They can refuse to sell you something for cash, but they can't refuse to take cash if you already owe them for something.

If it's the type of restaurant where you get the bill at the end of the meal, a debt has been incurred and they have to take cash, regardless of any signage to the contrary (they can't prove you saw it).

If it's the type of restaurant where you have to pay before getting the food, yeah, they can refuse to take cash. No food changed hands = no debt.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (IG3/x)

51 > How much does it cost to print a dollar bill?

20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (1Nv0l)

52 They stopped making pennies out of Copper in 1982, they are just zinc slugs now with a thin copper wash. They streamlined the manufacture, the coinage is no longer minted so much as stamped, that’s why the nickel and quarter too, have that flat chucky cheese token look in recent years. No relief.

The nickel is worth more in scrap than the face value, but it is unlawful to melt them down.

Otherwise there would be arbitrage potential. Order $500 worth of nickels at the bank, take them directly to the boys at Allied Recycling and Metals and get $624 for your labor. Rinse, lather, repeat.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:13 AM (wO3Gh)

53 Around here at food fast food restaurants they ask you if you want to round up to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to some charity (usually for children).

Sometimes I say yes, sometimes no (depending on my whim of the moment) -- but can't help but imagine that it's a scam and the employees split that money at the end of the shift.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM (idUt2)

I've never believed that the employees were pocketing the money but I have always believed that the company would take the contribution as a tax write-off and/or advertising fluff piece about how wonderful they are.

I give to the charities I choose on my own and don't need the corpos to help me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 11:13 AM (ExV1e)

54 Cool. A very pretty young woman on "The Price is Right" has a chance to win up to $500,000.

I hope she wins.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 11:13 AM (Sco7b)

55 How much does it cost to print a dollar bill?"

*looks over at inkjet.... maybe $.02?*

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:13 AM (tubbA)

56 4
‘ THnk goodness no more boat 'pun'ishment’

I think you and I are in the same boat they.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 12, 2025 11:13 AM (jbnUc)

57 How much does it cost to print a dollar bill?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (pkeXY)

99 cents.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:13 AM (g8Ew8)

58 No debt involved.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

ruining my day dream

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (uWSFJ)

59 So are we all going to Nickel Loafers now?
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 12, 2025 11:07 AM (qBdHI)
++++
Will things keep turning up like bad nickles?
Will you be offered a nickle for your thoughts?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:08 AM

We're gonna need a whole shitload of nickels!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (bFu5X)

60 Thx Joe. When will the first business be unmasked for "rounding to the next dollar?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (bfwj/)

61 Gee I wonder if I could gather all those rounding changes inti a bank account! (Old cobol programmers rock!)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 11:06 AM (uWSFJ)

See Office Space for the modern version of this scam.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

Richard Pryor - Superman III

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (soZKq)

62 51 > How much does it cost to print a dollar bill?
Last I checked it cost $0.11 to print 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, and 20's, but $0.15 to print 50's and 100's due to anti-counterfeiting tech.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (GD2xa)

63 Not sure you can rent a car with cash either.

Probably because they want a credit line available in case of damage, tardy return, or refueling costs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

64 Order $500 worth of nickels at the bank, take them directly to the boys at Allied Recycling and Metals and get $624 for your labor. "

That's why many went south of the border...

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:14 AM (tubbA)

65 *looks over at inkjet.... maybe $.02?*
Posted by: man

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Try it. You might be surprised at what comes out.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (1Nv0l)

66 How much does it cost to print a dollar bill?"

The paper itself is pretty expensive, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

67 Most will be gradually scrapped and recycled, with a non-trivial number remaining in collections, junk drawers and vacuum cleaner bags.

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I frequently find one or more underneath my car seat.

And yes, I will bend down to pick up a penny if I see one lying on the ground.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (idUt2)

68 So long, Abe. At least you still have the five.
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When I first glanced at the headline, the thought occurred to me that they were doing away with the $five!

We're not that far along yet, though.

😁G'day, y'all. I am here, more or less.

Posted by: mindful webworker - present and unaccountable at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (391Jd)

69 Coinage colloquialisms can be *almost* the same between places, yet very jarring.

Here, I always knew of it as the "nickle tour." As in, you visit a buddy's new house and he offers you the "nickle tour."

In Canada, it's the "25-cent tour." Made me do a double-take the first time I heard it. It's the same expression, just a different unit!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (yjAVs)

70 I saw Thin Copper Wash open for the Beach Boys in Sausalito in '66.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (ufSfZ)

71 Been using pennies for washers since washers cost .03 cents.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (soZKq)

72 > Yet in medieval times they were silver coins.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:12 AM (1Nv0l)

I think an English pound was, at one time, an actual pound of silver.

A troy pound is 12 troy ounces. At today's spot price, around $636 or 484 pounds.

That right there is some inflation for yo ass.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (IG3/x)

73 They say pencil neck geeks are a dime a dozen. I'm looking for the guy whose supplying the dimes.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (yn1Pr)

74 The paper itself is pretty expensive, I think."

Amazon Reacher show?

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (tubbA)

75 22
‘ If you want a real laugh, read HP Lovecraft's attempts to mimic a NH or MA accent in some of his stories.’

How the hell did he get that wrong? Wasn’t he from there?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)

76 And yes, I will bend down to pick up a penny if I see one lying on the ground.
Posted by: ShainS

Same here.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

77 I wouldn't be surprised if -- in my lifetime -- I see all coinage ceased and prices quoted in dollars only.

As long as we don't ever go to a CBDC and ban all cash transactions ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:17 AM (idUt2)

78 So long, Abe. At least you still have the five.

*fistbump

Posted by: Greg Gutfeld at November 12, 2025 11:17 AM (w9Wax)

79 Trump is back in the blowhard tweeting stage. We were supposed to be pulling funds for the CA education system in 2017; we were supposed to be treating antifa as terrorists in 2020.
LAW AND ORDER tweets is how elections get lost. Or at least how Democrats scent that Trump ain't gon' do shit if elections get took.

Posted by: TACO at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (JY4ap)

80 I hate pocket change. Good riddance.

Also, Pam Bondi still sucks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (abIsI)

81 Who is on the nickle and how long before inflation eases him out.

Posted by: javems at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (8I4hW)

82 The seller sets the terms of payment. Not the buyer. Think about it.

“No Checks” is one variant. “We don’t take cash” is another. Or “We only take cash. No EBT” is yet another.

A merchant could say we only take Wampum or Tobacco.

Taxes are a different matter. They have to take cash. If a debt is denominated in dollars, they have to accept cash. Check the fine print on the back of your property tax bill.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (wO3Gh)

83 Well done.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (P7Iz+)

84 Try it. You might be surprised at what comes out."

Heh. The early days of PC and printer allowed some funny stuff...

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (tubbA)

85 I won't ruin it, but that was nice. I'm happy for her.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (Sco7b)

86 Who is on the nickle and how long before inflation eases him out.
Posted by: javems

Jefferson?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:18 AM (soZKq)

87 38 63 Not sure you can rent a car with cash either.

I'm sure you get a lot of suspicious looks for that.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 11:19 AM (NR6c1)

88 Many years ago, before e-money was a thing, a bank teller in Italy made an account to himself, where he put all the roundings from daily operations. In a short time (maybe a year), he made a fortune. When he was caught, he was fired, but nothing more: he committed no crime, because if he didn't, then the Bank would have taken that money..

Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at November 12, 2025 11:19 AM (iALDE)

89 And yes, I will bend down to pick up a penny if I see one lying on the ground.
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I choose to frame it as an sign of good fortune and gladly pick them up. It lifts my mood, at least for a moment or two.

Posted by: Crusader at November 12, 2025 11:19 AM (TN0g+)

90 As one who works in retail, I can say part of the reason places are pushing so hard is because the banks are rationing the amount of pennies you can order to supply your registers. We don't get nearly enough in through cash transactions to maintain a supply without having to order from the banks, and it'll become a problem sooner than later.

Posted by: tdpole at November 12, 2025 11:20 AM (n/BPL)

91 When he was caught, he was fired, but nothing more: he committed no crime, because if he didn't, then the Bank would have taken that money..
Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at November 12, 2025 11:19 AM (iALDE)

Wouldn't that have been embezzlement?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 11:20 AM (ExV1e)

92 In Canada, it's the "25-cent tour." Made me do a double-take the first time I heard it. It's the same expression, just a different unit!
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Should be the loony tour in Canada.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 12, 2025 11:20 AM (z3B3S)

93 The only reason I prefer plastic over coinage?

I can track where every dime is spent without wondering where that $12.87 in cash went last Wednesday.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (soZKq)

94 I've got like 4 or 5 Sacajawea dollar coins. Are they still making those? Wonder if they're worth anything.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

95 I've started hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something sometime.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

Making FMJs
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (snZF9)

Current pennies are now, and have been for a few years, copper-plated zinc. The melt value of the copper has long exceeded the face value of the penny. same as the reason for demise of silver coins. You can look up on line when the metal content changed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (npFr7)

96 It once was so valuable, we had HALF-pennies.
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They never minted any, but the “Mill” was once widely used in accounting. 1/1000th of a dollar. A big outfit like GM watched how much they spent on parts. If they can save 200 Mills on a part, that adds up.

That’s the etymology of “Millage rate” too.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (1meqy)

97 banks are rationing the amount of pennies you can order to supply your registers.
__________________

(Eyes coin jar)

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (z3B3S)

98 54
‘ Cool. A very pretty young woman on "The Price is Right" has a chance to win up to $500,000.

I hope she wins.’

I hope she’s grateful!

Posted by: Drew Carey at November 12, 2025 11:22 AM (jbnUc)

99 >>The paper itself is pretty expensive, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)
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I think the material is cotton. At least that's what the movie "Inside Man" told me, which, by the way., is a fun movie.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 12, 2025 11:22 AM (bNf8H)

100 93 The only reason I prefer plastic over coinage?

I can track where every dime is spent without wondering where that $12.87 in cash went last Wednesday.
Posted by: rickb223

We earn CC bucks too. Pay it off every month and we're definitely ahead of the game. BONUS: They will handle billing disputes for us.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (abIsI)

101 Pennies From Heaven was a 1936 movie starring Bing Crosby. Co-starred Bing's friend Louis Armstrong.

Posted by: Johnson and Burke at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (oftw2)

102 Stationed in England in the late 80’s the BX always rounded up/down. Not many pennies around.

Posted by: MH-53J at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (0J3cW)

103
Many years ago, before e-money was a thing, a bank teller in Italy made an account to himself, where he put all the roundings from daily operations. In a short time (maybe a year), he made a fortune. When he was caught, he was fired, but nothing more: he committed no crime, because if he didn't, then the Bank would have taken that money..
Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia

"Office Space" has entered the chat

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge?h hil at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (xG4kz)

104 The only reason I prefer plastic over coinage?

I can track where every dime is spent without wondering where that $12.87 in cash went last Wednesday.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (soZKq)

I pay off my card every month. I get a small amount of money back for purchasing things which I would have purchased anyway. I can replace a stolen credit card with a bit of hassle but I cannot replace stolen cash.

I use a card for everything but, if given a choice, I won't use a card-only register at checkout because I don't want to encourage them to go cashless.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

105 Check the fine print on the back of your property tax bill.
Posted by: Common Tater

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**Checks the fine print on the back of his property tax bill**

"Only checks or money orders made payable to the Township of XXXX" will be accepted."

Oh well. Paying in pennies appears not to be an option.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:24 AM (1Nv0l)

106 Not sure you can rent a car with cash either.

They want a credit card. Not even a debit card. A credit card. Told the asshole," no big deal. There's $3 left before I hit my limit, but here's the f'n card".

(Not true, but he didn't have to know that)

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:24 AM (soZKq)

107 Didn't someone shoot dimes?
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Was popular to shoot a big stack of (silver) dimes out of shotguns during previous wars. Too expensive now! Silver is pretty heavy. The cupro-nickel sammich coins probably lose something in the translation.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:25 AM (1meqy)

108 Nickels have $0.06 to .07 of metal, so look for their composition to change.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 12, 2025 11:05 AM (0sNs1)

1. Pretty doggone hard to melt nickel.
2. Not much of a scrap market for nickel or cupronickel alloy.

You'd probably have to melt a metric fuckton of it, and negotiate a sale to an overseas buyer, all to make 10 to 20 percent?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 12, 2025 11:25 AM (npFr7)

109 I think the material is cotton. At least that's what the movie "Inside Man" told me, which, by the way., is a fun movie.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Your nic is very appropriate. The company that makes the paper the bills are printed on is Crane & Co.

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

110 ‘ If you want a real laugh, read HP Lovecraft's attempts to mimic a NH or MA accent in some of his stories.’

How the hell did he get that wrong? Wasn’t he from there?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)

HPL was from Providence, RI and spent almost all of his life there. I don't believe there are any recordings of his voice, but I do know that if you read {i]The Dunwich Horror, you read lines like "I guess they're gittin' ready to ketch my soul. They know it's a-goin' aout, an' dunt' calc'late to miss it," which to me reads a great deal more like Gabby Hayes than Bert & I.

As an aside, HPL was friends with Vrest Orton (founder of the Vermont Country Store) and did take trips to Weston, so perhaps he was giving his characters his interpretation of a Vermont accent.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:26 AM (ufSfZ)

111 I'm so old I remember when a penny bought a baseball card with a stick of gum.

Posted by: pikkumatti at November 12, 2025 11:26 AM (FY8nG)

112
ObligatRory Gallagher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlEfyMoR49M

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 12, 2025 11:26 AM (y9nCu)

113 Been using pennies for washers since washers cost .03 cents.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:16 AM (soZKq)

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Heh. After turning 21, I worked one summer as a "Slot Floorman" in a Vegas casino (back in '82).

The Mexican peso was significantly devalued against the US dollar beginning in February of that year; it turns out the Mexican Peso coin was about the same size as the US quarter.

Suddenly we found thousands of quarter slot machine hoppers plugged with Mexican pesos ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:26 AM (j3AS4)

114 Pennies From Heaven was a 1936 movie starring Bing Crosby. Co-starred Bing's friend Louis Armstrong.
Posted by: Johnson and Burke

Didn't Steve Martin make a movie with that title that bombed?

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

115 We earn CC bucks too. Pay it off every month and we're definitely ahead of the game. BONUS: They will handle billing disputes for us.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

I'm dumping the Sears Mastercard because they wouldn't. F them.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:27 AM (soZKq)

116 When I was stationed in Germany, the PXs and commissaries rounded to the nickel. Saw very few pennies. You kind of just get used to it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 12, 2025 11:27 AM (PSEDc)

117 *meant to say found dozens of quarter slot machines plugged with thousands of Mexican pesos ... need coffee!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:28 AM (j3AS4)

118 I'm dumping the Sears Mastercard because they wouldn't. F them.
Posted by: rickb223

F*ckers.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:28 AM (abIsI)

119 The saddest thing is if you buy something for $4.78, you can't make the cashier's job easier by giving them $10.03.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 11:03 AM (Sco7b)
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It doesn't make her job easier anymore. If anything, it makes it harder. I've seen it numerous times. They are unaccustomed to getting cash in the first place and the register just spits out the total and they often automatically key in some round number, then have to go fix it. At best, this often takes more time. At worst, it causes a psychological event for the cashier and getting wrong change. I once had a girl at a Wendy's give me wrong change five times in a row. I corrected her each time and told her what the change was supposed to be. It just didn't matter. She was far, far too stupid to handle the register and I eventually gave up when she finally shorted me by a few cents - her smallest error in her own favor of all attempts to that point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:28 AM (yjAVs)

120 Since I went pantsless, I've gone cashless.

Posted by: No Pocket Pool, Either! at November 12, 2025 11:29 AM (oftw2)

121 I'm so old I remember when a penny bought a baseball card with a stick of gum.
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And you never thought that Honus Wagner card your mom threw away would one day be worth so much.

Posted by: Crusader at November 12, 2025 11:29 AM (TN0g+)

122 Suddenly we found thousands of quarter slot machine hoppers plugged with Mexican pesos ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:26 AM

The knockouts in electrical junction boxes were close to quarter size. You could find an arcade game that would take them on occasion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:29 AM (yn1Pr)

123 Pennies From Heaven was a 1936 movie starring Bing Crosby. Co-starred Bing's friend Louis Armstrong.
Posted by: Johnson and Burke at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (oftw2)

Also a 1981 movie with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. And a 1978 BBC musical drama.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (ufSfZ)

124 I wonder how many people are like me and have been throwing my pocket change into a jar for 20+ years. Last time I cashed it out I got about $200.00 and it's way fuller than the last time.
I'm going to hold out until the price of a penny is around $1.08 per hundred.

Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (phGCW)

125 I'm so old I remember when a penny bought a baseball card with a stick of gum.

Posted by: pikkumatti at November 12, 2025 11:26 AM (FY8nG)

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I remember candy bars at the local 7-Eleven costing either a nickel -- or a dime for the bigger, more popular ones.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (j3AS4)

126
They never minted any, but the “Mill” was once widely used in accounting. 1/1000th of a dollar. A big outfit like GM watched how much they spent on parts. If they can save 200 Mills on a part, that adds up.

That’s the etymology of “Millage rate” too.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:21 AM (1meqy)

Still use millage when calculating taxes around here.

Posted by: javems at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (8I4hW)

127 We had a Mastercard CC that cancelled our account because we didn't use it frequently enough. No warning, just cancelled. F*ckers.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (abIsI)

128 Only checks or money orders made payable to the Township of XXXX" will be accepted."

Oh well. Paying in pennies appears not to be an option.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:24 AM (1Nv0l)

***********

We accepts goats.

Posted by: Taliban Tax Agency at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (Y9Q55)

129
My mother gave me a nickle to buy a pickle
I didn't by a pickle, I bought some chewing gum

Chorus:
Num, num, num, num, num, num, chewing gum
Num, num, num, chewing gum
Num, num, num, num, num, num, chewing gum
Num, num, num, chewing gum

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge?h hil at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (xG4kz)

130 dumping the Sears Mastercard"

WTF?
/Discover Card

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM (tubbA)

131 We had a Mastercard CC that cancelled our account because we didn't use it frequently enough. No warning, just cancelled. F*ckers.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM

They need to save the precious bits in their filesystem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 12, 2025 11:31 AM (jc0TO)

132 When I got a bill from the OK Turnpike Authority for the tolls I accumulated traveling to Texas, I was sorely tempted to send them 42 rolls of pennies.

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at November 12, 2025 11:31 AM (5Lgbj)

133 It doesn't make her job easier anymore. If anything, it makes it harder. I've seen it numerous times.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Same here. I stopped doing it after the last time when I had to tell the cashier how much change she had to give me.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (1Nv0l)

134 I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Easier to subjugate the population that way. Which is THE mission of our betters. And the government.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (NwnyJ)

135 Morning.

When I'm home, I shop at HEB. When you go to pay they always ask if you want to donate an amount to charity and I just hit the "round up" option. It's handy. Makes balancing my "checkbook" easier.

And yes, I have a little notebook I use to balance my account.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (3Bc1O)

136 You could find an arcade game that would take them on occasion."

Still worked when youngn went to chucky cheese...
So I'm told

Posted by: man at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (tubbA)

137 I'm so old I remember when a penny bought a baseball card with a stick of gum.

Posted by: pikkumatti

And the oils from the gum ruined rookie cards.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (soZKq)

138 More places are adding a 3% service charge for CC use.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 11:33 AM (zzXla)

139 I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Easier to subjugate the population that way. Which is THE mission of our betters. And the government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (NwnyJ)

It'll be easy since most people under the age of, probably, 50 never touch cash anymore.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 11:33 AM (ExV1e)

140 I wonder how many people are like me and have been throwing my pocket change into a jar for 20+ years. Last time I cashed it out I got about $200.00 and it's way fuller than the last time.

I have a "piggy bank" in the shape of a black bear that I put my change into. When the bear is almost too heavy to pick up, I empty it and use the money for a nice streak dinner.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:33 AM (ufSfZ)

141 Pennies From Heaven was a 1936 movie starring Bing Crosby. Co-starred Bing's friend Louis Armstrong.
Posted by: Johnson and Burke at November 12, 2025 11:23 AM (oftw2)

Also a 1981 movie with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.
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Peak Bernadette Peters was a smokeshow.

Posted by: Crusader at November 12, 2025 11:34 AM (TN0g+)

142 Mercedes Slashes Prices By Up To $50,000 As EV Inventory Piles Up

LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:34 AM (abIsI)

143
More places are adding a 3% service charge for CC use.
Posted by: Ben Had

Some have already been doing that for a decade.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge?h hil at November 12, 2025 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

144 They need to save the precious bits in their filesystem.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 12, 2025 11:31 AM (jc0TO)
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It's risk management. An idle credit card is still an active liability on their books and if you're not using it, you don't need it. The odds are good that if you *do* suddenly use it, it's likely that you're in some sort of high-risk position. Suddenly tapping disused credit is a sign that you're out of money and falling back to emergency positions. There is nothing a creditor hates more than his risk assessment suddenly changing.

So they cancel it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:34 AM (yjAVs)

145 That said, I had to pay for my marriage license in cash. Exact change only. Since I didn't have the exact change I tried to round it up and was informed that they could not accept the extra.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:34 AM (1Nv0l)

146 Didn't Steve Martin make a movie with that title that bombed?
Posted by: Bulg

Yes, in 1983, or so. Think of it. 1983 is further from now than 1936 was from 1983.

Posted by: Slipping Into The Future at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (oftw2)

147
I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Easier to subjugate the population that way. Which is THE mission of our betters. And the government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (NwnyJ)

Cashless economy fails Joe Huffman's Jews In The Attic Test.

https://joehuffman.org/Freedom/JewsInTheAttic.htm

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (y9nCu)

148 We had a Mastercard CC that cancelled our account because we didn't use it frequently enough. No warning, just cancelled. F*ckers.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

And I'm dumping American Express. When I went to bury my wife, they declined the charge from the funeral home. Double fuck them. I've paid everything off.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (soZKq)

149 If coinage goes away, how will people be able to sit at the slots and pump in quarters? Or is that even done anymore?

Posted by: Ripley at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (GUOwU)

150 >>I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future.

It's already happening in the EU.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (viF8m)

151 146 Didn't Steve Martin make a movie with that title that bombed?
Posted by: Bulg

If memory serves, it was only his second role and it was a very depressing movie. Audiences didn't want that from him.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 12, 2025 11:36 AM (WPL6O)

152 ‘Save a penny everyday, kid. When you get to my age you’ll be rich.’

Well you can forget that.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2025 11:36 AM (i+bC1)

153 116 When I was stationed in Germany, the PXs and commissaries rounded to the nickel. Saw very few pennies. You kind of just get used to it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 12, 2025 11:27 AM (PSEDc)

And $2 bills were more common than $1 bills. I sent my brother a hundred dollar stack of 2's that were sequential serial numbers for his graduation.

Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:36 AM (phGCW)

154 Update saya my loved one is doing well and the surgery is progressing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:37 AM (yn1Pr)

155 Yes, in 1983, or so. Think of it. 1983 is further from now than 1936 was from 1983.
Posted by: Slipping Into The Future at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (oftw2)

'36 to '83 is 47 years. '83 to now is 42.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 11:38 AM (3Bc1O)

156 I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Easier to subjugate the population that way. Which is THE mission of our betters. And the government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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It is, but it is also rayciss: cash is often the only option for "unbanked" people of color. I will shamelessly exploit wokeism to keep cash alive.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:38 AM (1Nv0l)

157 If coinage goes away, how will people be able to sit at the slots and pump in quarters? Or is that even done anymore?
Posted by: Ripley

Bills. And when you cash out, it's prints a ticket.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:38 AM (soZKq)

158 Toyota will produce hybrid only vehicles starting next year.
LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:38 AM (abIsI)

159 And $2 bills were more common than $1 bills. I sent my brother a hundred dollar stack of 2's that were sequential serial numbers for his graduation.
Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:36 AM (phGCW)

O yeah. I had totally forgotten about that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 12, 2025 11:38 AM (PSEDc)

160 I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Easier to subjugate the population that way. Which is THE mission of our betters. And the government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 12, 2025 11:32 AM (NwnyJ)
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They'd doubtless like to do so, but there are two things working against it:
1. People freaking hate it, even when they use plastic for most or all transactions. Someplace in Scandinavia tried it a few years ago and even their cowed and compliant populace blew up over it
2. Cash has no value if it cannot repatriate at some point, so it is very hard to use overseas for perfidious purposes if it can't come home to spend. So much nasty business is financed with pallets of hundred dollar bills that this alone helps prevent it.

Most transactions are already traced and logged courtesy of credit cards, checks and retail club memberships and going after the rest is well into diminishing returns territory, especially given the damage it would to financing nasty stuff abroad with US cash money.

It isn't impossible they'll try to go entirely cashless and they certainly really want to do so, but it is not a huge concern of mine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:38 AM (yjAVs)

161 Update saya my loved one is doing well and the surgery is progressing.
Posted by: Sponge

YAY!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (soZKq)

162 If coinage goes away, how will people be able to sit at the slots and pump in quarters? Or is that even done anymore?
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The last time I was in Vegas they had completely done away with coin slots (both on the Strip and downtown). There are no coin slots in Oklahoma either. I suppose there may be smaller venues that still use coins?

Posted by: Crusader at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (TN0g+)

163 "I predict cash will be entirely phased out at some point in the not-too-distant future."

Oddly, I often find myself asking if the vendor accepts cash, like at a large BBQ festival I went to last weekend. Many did not. Complete reversal from 20 years ago.

Add cash to things kids will soon have no idea how to use.

Posted by: Ripley at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (GUOwU)

164 I collect the pre-1982 pennies for the copper.

Just a stupid hobby, but it fits my frugal personality.

Posted by: no one at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (W7XSX)

165 149 If coinage goes away, how will people be able to sit at the slots and pump in quarters? Or is that even done anymore?
Posted by: Ripley at November 12, 2025 11:35 AM (GUOwU)

No, it's not. Long gone are the days of ringing coin hoppers. They are all bills now or as I like to call them Slit Machines.

Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (phGCW)

166 And $2 bills were more common than $1 bills.

Men's clubs.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (soZKq)

167 We had a Mastercard CC that cancelled our account because we didn't use it frequently enough. No warning, just cancelled. F*ckers.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:30 AM
~~~~~

I lost three cards that way during the financial crisis '08. Same stupid reason. Took me years to develop all that credit then--*poof* gone!--for no good reason.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 12, 2025 11:40 AM (3ImbR)

168 When I went to bury my wife, they declined the charge from the funeral home. Double fuck them. I've paid everything off.
Posted by: rickb223

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I was going to say they probably flagged it as fraud due to the unusual transaction, but then who steals a credit card and goes on a spending spree at funeral homes?

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:40 AM (1Nv0l)

169 Slit Machines.
Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (phGCW)

*Bites tongue*

*Bleeds to death*

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 11:41 AM (3Bc1O)

170
What will today's young scamps use to idle away their time if there no longer are quarters to pitch at street corners and alleyways?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge?h hil at November 12, 2025 11:41 AM (xG4kz)

171 "Only checks or money orders made payable to the Township of XXXX" will be accepted."
——-

It hasn’t ever been tested in court, but it is a novel legal concept.

Some lawyers hold that if they refuse the cash payment, the debt is Extinguished. Try that.

Paying in pennies is a Dick move. The courts have generally held that coinage is Legal Tender, but only up to $25, or, they must be rolled. Dumping a garbage can worth of pennies on the counter isn’t appreciated.

And they will seek their revenge.

Taxing authorities MUST take cash. That’s what LEGAL TENDER is all about. There would be zero demand for pieces of paper with dead guys on it, they are forcing you to take it, the motherfuckers have to take it back in kind.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:41 AM (p9bn0)

172 I collect the pre-1982 pennies for the copper.

Just a stupid hobby, but it fits my frugal personality.
Posted by: no one
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You're simply following the path of least resistance.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:41 AM (1Nv0l)

173 166 And $2 bills were more common than $1 bills.

Men's clubs.
Posted by: rickb223

I heard a comedian once say "In the dim lights of a strip club, a two dollar bill looks like a twenty and you really get your money's worth."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 11:41 AM (NR6c1)

174 Update saya my loved one is doing well and the surgery is progressing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:37 AM (yn1Pr)

That's wonderful, Sponge!

And work is done for the day. See you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:41 AM (ufSfZ)

175 I was going to say they probably flagged it as fraud due to the unusual transaction, but then who steals a credit card and goes on a spending spree at funeral homes?
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators

Exactly. And without calling to confirm.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:42 AM (soZKq)

176 '36 to '83 is 47 years. '83 to now is 42.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus

Dear Robert, I posted that bit of misinformation just so I could yell at someone-NO MATH ON THE BLOG!

Posted by: Slipping Into The Future! at November 12, 2025 11:42 AM (oftw2)

177 Taxing authorities MUST take cash. That’s what LEGAL TENDER is all about. There would be zero demand for pieces of paper with dead guys on it, they are forcing you to take it, the motherfuckers have to take it back in kind.
Posted by: Common Tater
----
I wonder if this is only true for the Feds.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:42 AM (1Nv0l)

178 Cashless economies create black markets and bartering systems -- often via substitute "instruments" of exchange.

"Food Stamps FTW, yo!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:42 AM (BZKvP)

179 The 1982 is a weird duck. Some are copper. Some are not. You need a decent scale to know. Zinc are 2.5 grams. Copper are slightly over 3 grams. Small date, large date.

Posted by: no one at November 12, 2025 11:42 AM (W7XSX)

180 "What will today's young scamps use to idle away their time if there no longer are quarters to pitch at street corners and alleyways?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:"

There will be a game on their cell phone for that.

Posted by: Ripley at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (GUOwU)

181 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

182 OT, but former football star Antonio Brown was charged with attempted murder for a shooting "in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood."
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing Little Haiti is every bit the shithole that the original Haiti is. If you're there, isn't it assumed you're up to something nefarious?

Posted by: Wally at November 12, 2025 11:44 AM (qeNaE)

183 147
‘https://joehuffman.org/Freedom/JewsInTheAttic’

Interesting read. I’ve been doing this in my head subconsciously.
For instance, the main reason I’m against ‘free’ healthcare isn’t because I think the government would fuck it up (although they would).
It’s because I don’t want my healthcare to be in the hands of democrats.

Posted by: Drew Carey at November 12, 2025 11:44 AM (jbnUc)

184 Trump killed pennies.
I like them

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at November 12, 2025 11:44 AM (J2DSD)

185 Friend of mine is traveling in Ireland. Let me copy paste her story:

My credit card company has declined every transaction in the past three weeks ago, suspecting fraud. I called to put a travel alert on the account when I reserved a hotel. They then declined a small transaction at home, so I rang about that. While on the phone, I confirmed the travel alert. Nope, no alert on here, you need to call the other number. So I spent over an hour going back and forth on Monday. Okay, you’re all set. But the card was declined at the hotel, and I got a fraud call an hour later and spent 20 minutes in an international call with a non-US rep who didn’t understand that 11/11 was a federal holiday and she wasn’t going to get through to anyone at my credit union but insisted on trying anyway. I’m going to cut up the card at the CU in front of everyone when I get home.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 12, 2025 11:44 AM (s/QWj)

186 Posted by: Slipping Into The Future

Two demerits, one for the math being wrong, the other for introducing math in the first place.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at November 12, 2025 11:45 AM (OUMaO)

187 Target Stores New policy:

Target introduces the 10-4 policy to enhance customer service during holiday shopping.

-Staff must greet customers within 10 feet and engage personally within 4 feet.
The program delivers on the name, requiring employees who are within 10 feet of customers to either smile, make eye contact, wave and “use friendly, approachable, and welcoming body language,” per USA Today.
-----
Nothing says welcome to Target like a false smile and a hand gesture.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:45 AM (abIsI)

188 I like them
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at November 12, 2025 11:44 AM (J2DSD

Yoy DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 12, 2025 11:45 AM (yn1Pr)

189 I was going to say they probably flagged it as fraud due to the unusual transaction, but then who steals a credit card and goes on a spending spree at funeral homes?
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators

The dems, trying to get voters.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:45 AM (snZF9)

190 The dems, trying to get voters.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:45 AM (snZF9)
++++
*snort*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:46 AM (yjAVs)

191 I would like to see widespread circulation of $1, $2, and $5 coins.

The Old World has 2 Euro and 5 Euro coins and I really enjoyed carrying those around and tipping people or buying bottled water etc.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

The biggest problem with getting $1 coins into circulation is that the organization which promotes the use and circulation of $1 coins does so by encouraging people to petition their elected officials to make people use them instead of just... buying bags of $1 coins and using them to pay for things.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 12, 2025 11:47 AM (a+4eV)

192 No, it's not. Long gone are the days of ringing coin hoppers. They are all bills now or as I like to call them Slit Machines.
Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:39 AM (phGCW)

Used to be, when I passed through Nevada, I might stop at a casino for the cheap buffet, and drop a pocketful of coins into the slots. Now they demand I get a "players club" card from the cashier, and the slots run on that. No more happy jangle of coins spewing out into a cast aluminum bucket.

Well, fuck 'em. If I have make a determined effort to gamble, even for a trivial amount, it ain't happening. If I can transit Nevada without even stopping, fine by me. Last trip through, I got a drink and a sammich at Railroad Pass, and from there it was basically non-stop to Ogden.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 12, 2025 11:47 AM (npFr7)

193 If you're there, isn't it assumed you're up to something nefarious?

Going to a place called "Little Haiti" is grounds for the cops profiling you.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 11:47 AM (NR6c1)

194 I also like cash because it's resistant to bank closures, power failures and network interruptions. Some places (and most if not all major stores) simply can't function at all if the network is down, cash be damned, but many stores *can* still do business even during a network or power outage - but only if you have cash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:48 AM (yjAVs)

195 It is, but it is also rayciss: cash is often the only option for "unbanked" people of color. I will shamelessly exploit wokeism to keep cash alive.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators

Yeah, how can I impress the ladies at the shot house if I don't pull out my roll of bills? (Twenty on the outside, big mess of ones on the inside).

Posted by: Pee Wee Jones at November 12, 2025 11:48 AM (oftw2)

196 I would like to see widespread circulation of $1, $2, and $5 coins.

The Old World has 2 Euro and 5 Euro coins and I really enjoyed carrying those around and tipping people or buying bottled water etc.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

No coins! They fill up my pockets and it looks like I've grown another nutsack.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:48 AM (abIsI)

197 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:28 AM (yjAVs)

I was kind of joking but if I do that, I'll half jokingly tell them I'm giving them this amount so I get this amount back.

I'm not a complete bastard.

You are right though. Unexpected math freaks people out.

I usually use the credit card for points anyways. But if I have the exact coinage - loonies, toonies and other coinage, I'll pay that way.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 11:49 AM (Sco7b)

198 Meanwhile, from the prestigious AAAS, via ScienceAdviser, I have just been informed:

"Continents are like bananas"

Cripes. Cripes cubed.

Posted by: gp at November 12, 2025 11:49 AM (7imtn)

199 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Good grief. What an awful picture It look like the head was stuck on another body. I'm sure, though she gets enough money without picking up pennies from the floor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 11:49 AM (IeCgc)

200 Staff must greet customers within 10 feet and engage personally within 4 feet.
The program delivers on the name, requiring employees who are within 10 feet of customers to either smile, make eye contact, wave and “use friendly, approachable, and welcoming body language,” per USA Today.
----
I'll be taking a 10ft pole to target in future. To keep the employees at a non-interacting distance.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:50 AM (1Nv0l)

201 I’m going to cut up the card at the CU in front of everyone when I get home.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

I hate giving evil Amazon my business, but AmEx declining the charge at the funeral home and Sears not going to bat for me on a dispute is enough for me to dump them both.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:50 AM (soZKq)

202 I'll be taking a 10ft pole to target in future. To keep the employees at a non-interacting distance.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 11:50 AM (1Nv0l)
+++++
You could get one of those home-made "social distancing" rings some particularly insane people carried around during COVID...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:50 AM (yjAVs)

203 I wonder if this is only true for the Feds.
——-

It’s true for debts that are denominated in dollars.

State, Local, Individuals. If you owe someone money, they can’t refuse cash. That’s what “Legal Tender For All Debts Public and Private” means. Think about it.

They don’t have to like it, I get that. It’s a hassle, potential for robbery or pilferage. But that’s their problem.

“Nice boat you got there. You should give us $65 every year, just because” and the fuckers won’t take cash? Eat me.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (2Fnww)

204 Off sock.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

205 No coins! They fill up my pockets and it looks like I've grown another nutsack.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:48 AM (abIsI)

"Let me lay it on the line
He's got two on the vine.
I mean two sets of testicles
So divine!"

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (FTeCA)

206 154 Update saya my loved one is doing well and the surgery is progressing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:37 AM (yn1Pr)

If you don't mind my asking, what was she having surgery for?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (SRRAx)

207 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 12, 2025 11:47 AM (npFr7)

If you ever cross through Carson City hit me up. Dinners on me.

Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (phGCW)

208 I would like to see widespread circulation of $1, $2, and $5 coins.

The Old World has 2 Euro and 5 Euro coins and I really enjoyed carrying those around and tipping people or buying bottled water etc.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

Hard to put a toonie in a stripper's g string.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (soZKq)

209 If you swallow a penny whole, you will clear out any worms living in your GI tract.

Posted by: Dr. Fauci, Ass Man at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (UNIEM)

210 Her story continues:

The problem is my CU merged on 11/3. The old CU had a direct phone line to helpful people, the new CU has a convenient app. So my debit cards are fine. But my CC was issued by the old CC and managed by a third party. The old local phone number now takes me to the new CU phone system, but they don't oversee the old card and don't recognize it in their system. The number on the back of the card goes to a phone tree with seven options, none of which includes 'travel alert' or 'speak to rep.' When I finally got hold of someone Monday by pressing for 'fraud' she said I need to call a different number. Three guesses what number - the old CU's number that now goes to a the new CU system that doesn't recognize my old CU card. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (xuejv)

211 The Old World has 2 Euro and 5 Euro coins and I really enjoyed carrying those around and tipping people or buying bottled water etc.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis
_________

Do you flip the tip to them with your thumb, like back in the day?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (XvL8K)

212 "Staff must greet customers within 10 feet and engage personally within 4 feet.
The program delivers on the name, requiring employees who are within 10 feet of customers to either smile, make eye contact, wave and “use friendly, approachable, and welcoming body language,” "

I'd be happy if the bigbox store personnel would take some time out from their personal conversations among themselves, to attend to customers patiently waiting. It's happening everywhere now.

Posted by: gp at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (7imtn)

213 Great news Sponge. Good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (bfwj/)

214 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

1000 years...1000 frigging years

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (snZF9)

215 They can't eliminate the nickel without eliminating either the dime or the quarter.

Nice to know I'm not the only dinosaur who tends to spend the change in his pocket.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 12, 2025 11:52 AM (2Insx)

216 I think we sometimes take ourselves too seriously--if a retail store wants its "greeters" to...you know...actually *greet* people when they walk in, I'm fine with that.

Posted by: Crusader at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (TN0g+)

217 "Continents are like bananas"

Cripes. Cripes cubed.
Posted by: gp at November 12, 2025 11:49 AM (7imtn)

----------------

Fascinating! Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (2UnvF)

218 I saw Unexpected Math open for Nickelback. It wasn't worth a dime.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (CwwHD)

219 Mannix!

*Jazzy music plays*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (xcxpd)

220 Walking into a Buc-ees, multiple people will shout "welcome to Buc-ees!"

Target is way late to the party. Invading my personal space isn't goi.g to overcome the whole 'men in the ladies room' thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (yn1Pr)

221 The euro is a fairly cool looking coin. The one I have has DaVinci's Vitruvian Man.

I like it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 12, 2025 11:54 AM (bss/y)

222 I think we sometimes take ourselves too seriously--if a retail store wants its "greeters" to...you know...actually *greet* people when they walk in, I'm fine with that.
Posted by: Crusader at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (TN0g+)
++++
#meToo

And requiring staff to acknowledge customers is a good thing in my book.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:54 AM (yjAVs)

223 >>This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)
__
You could bounce a penny off that ...

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 12, 2025 11:54 AM (bNf8H)

224 If you don't mind my asking, what was she having surgery for?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (SRRAx)

Hysterectomy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:54 AM (yn1Pr)

225 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Fake tits. Fake lips.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (g8Ew8)

226 I collect the pre-1982 pennies for the copper.

Just a stupid hobby, but it fits my frugal personality.

Posted by: no one

-----------------

Also worked one summer in a Vegas casino "coin wrapping room" -- a pretty good workout dumping buckets of gathered slot machine coins onto a conveyor belt to be wrapped -- after which we'd load canisters filled with the wrapped coins to be sent to the cashier cage.

My partner had been doing it for years -- and when processing the dimes or quarters or half dollars or silver dollars, would sift through piles with one hand lifting and then dropping those onto the stacks.

If he heard the right sound -- SILVER! -- he'd stop the conveyor belt (machine was noisy as hell, we should have been wearing earplugs) and isolate and pick out the coin, put it in one pocket, and substitute with a non-silver coin of his own from the other pocket -- so he technically wasn't stealing for the casino (and they had cameras in there).

Dude collected A LOT of silver ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (T+a5s)

227 If you ever cross through Carson City hit me up. Dinners on me.
Posted by: Reforger at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (phGCW)

I would really like to meet you. Coming from Alberta to AZ via I-15, Carson City is off the track. Would likely have to go West, and then south by way of Highway 97 through WA and OR.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (npFr7)

228 I empty it and use the money for a nice streak dinner.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 12, 2025 11:33 AM

Doesn't that get chilly in the winter?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (bFu5X)

229 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001

Posted by: Joe Mannix
_________

She's Megyn Kelly thin. Needs a sammich.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (XvL8K)

230 Target is way late to the party. Invading my personal space isn't goi.g to overcome the whole 'men in the ladies room' thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (yn1Pr)

Don't forget not wanting to hire vets and banning military recruiters. Didn't they do that too, years ago?

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (JCLJi)

231 Pennies are expensive to manufacture (they have cost more than their face value for nearly two decades)
-
This seems to me that it would be beneficial, in that physical money is created to facilitate transactions, not provide government more ability to purchase things (in theory, taxes for that).

It also seems like effective deterrence against counterfeiting.

Posted by: Methos at November 12, 2025 11:56 AM (vSvIl)

232
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing Little Haiti is every bit the shithole that the original Haiti is.

"Everything is on the up and up here! Swearsies!"
-- Femto-Haiti

"You can fook right off, liar!"
-- Atto-Haiti

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge?h hil at November 12, 2025 11:56 AM (xG4kz)

233 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Fake tits. Fake lips.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (g8Ew

I don't car if there's enough plastic in her tits to build a jap car. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:56 AM (snZF9)

234 "Continents are like bananas"

Cripes. Cripes cubed.
Posted by: gp

... they... get brown and mushy when you leave them out for too long?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 12, 2025 11:56 AM (a+4eV)

235 And for the ladies. Short video of Pete Hegseth exercising with the troops . Sorry, gals, I could not find a picture of Pete Hegseth shirtless.😉

https://tinyurl.com/3vpn3tff

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 11:57 AM (IeCgc)

236
I am seeing more talk about chemtrails. which to me are an obvious crank belief. Why?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 12, 2025 11:57 AM (VWtfl)

237 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

******

That blond wouldn't go away when I tried to return to this thread

I'm thinking that she needs to replace goats as legal tender now.

Posted by: Taliban Tax Agency at November 12, 2025 11:58 AM (Y9Q55)

238 Target is way late to the party. Invading my personal space isn't goi.g to overcome the whole 'men in the ladies room' thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:53 AM (yn1Pr)

Don't forget not wanting to hire vets and banning military recruiters. Didn't they do that too, years ago?
Posted by: Doesn't Matter
Its like Cracker Barrel now having a greeter handing out chewing tobacco and a cup of shine. Phoney.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:58 AM (abIsI)

239 > "Staff must greet customers within 10 feet and engage personally within 4 feet.
----------
I've noticed this at a number of stores. "Can I help you find something?" is actually, you know, helpful.

Especially when the store has rearranged everything for the third time this year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 12, 2025 11:58 AM (NwnyJ)

240 Late

I rarely pay cash anymore, and when I do, I let the cashier keep the coins when making change. I started this during the Sniffle Scare. Filthy lucre.

Posted by: Don Black. at November 12, 2025 11:59 AM (AOsQT)

241 "Continents are like bananas"

Cripes. Cripes cubed.
Posted by: gp

...Eating them when they're green makes you mouth itch?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 12, 2025 11:59 AM (a+4eV)

242 I've noticed a sharp decrease in the use of coins everywhere. Credit cards really changed how people pay, virtual money...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 12, 2025 11:59 AM (xcxpd)

243 That’s what “Legal Tender For All Debts Public and Private” means. Think about it.
Posted by: Common Tater
---
I did, and I don't think that means what you think it means. It's "Legal Tender" but that doesn't make it "Required Tender".

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 12:00 PM (1Nv0l)

244 Target Stores New policy:

Target introduces the 10-4 policy to enhance customer service during holiday shopping

For a start, how about preventing ~~trans~~ fake women from using the women's bathroom. Maybe you should start there.

Posted by: Chuck C at November 12, 2025 12:00 PM (0GLZr)

245 236
I am seeing more talk about chemtrails. which to me are an obvious crank belief. Why?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug a

The Flat Earth thing and Alien Invasion not working out?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 12:00 PM (abIsI)

246 I'm thinking that she needs to replace goats as legal tender now.

Posted by: Taliban Tax Agency at November 12, 2025 11:58 AM (Y9Q55)

----------------

BREAKING: NYC and Dearborn Plan To Make Goats Legal Tender. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 12:01 PM (T+a5s)

247 237 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Tight and firm

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 12, 2025 12:01 PM (xcxpd)

248 And $2 bills were more common than $1 bills.

Certainly at the racetrack.

Posted by: no one at November 12, 2025 12:01 PM (W7XSX)

249 It sounds like Target is starting to realize that surly personnel are not a good investment.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 12:01 PM (NR6c1)

250 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Tight and firm

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 12, 2025 12:01 PM (xcxpd)

Purpose built.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 12:01 PM (snZF9)

251 "Continents are like bananas"

Cripes. Cripes cubed.
Posted by: gp

if you freeze them the outside turns black but the inside is still good to eat?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 12, 2025 12:02 PM (a+4eV)

252 224 If you don't mind my asking, what was she having surgery for?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 11:51 AM (SRRAx)

Hysterectomy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 11:54 AM (yn1Pr)

Are they able to do those laparascopically these days?

Prayers that everything goes well! 😊♥️🙏

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 12:02 PM (SRRAx)

253 "Target introduces the 10-4 policy to enhance customer service during holiday shopping.

-Staff must greet customers within 10 feet and engage personally within 4 feet.
The program delivers on the name, requiring employees who are within 10 feet of customers to either smile, make eye contact, wave and “use friendly, approachable, and welcoming body language,” per USA Today. "

If they start talking to kids and offering them candy it will not work out so well.

Posted by: Ripley at November 12, 2025 12:02 PM (GUOwU)

254 225 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Fake tits. Fake lips.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (g8Ew

You're probably going to see at least one of those assets with artificial enhancements on nearly every IG thot nowadays.

Posted by: Octochicken at November 12, 2025 12:03 PM (oCS0o)

255 Are they able to do those laparascopically these days?

Prayers that everything goes well! 😊♥️🙏
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 12:02 PM (SRRAx)

Its a robot, so.....

And thank you very much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 12:03 PM (yn1Pr)

256 Oddly, I often find myself asking if the vendor accepts cash, like at a large BBQ festival I went to last weekend. Many did not. Complete reversal from 20 years ago.

Posted by: Ripley

Particularly stupid due to bank fees on credit cards

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2025 12:03 PM (uWSFJ)

257 Diving forever out of reach in the cup holder.

I tell Wendy's to keep them.

Posted by: DaveA at November 12, 2025 12:03 PM (FhXTo)

258 Good news, everyone ! It was mostly peaceful!

https://is.gd/dT6Axc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 12, 2025 12:04 PM (jZDMh)

259 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Fake tits. Fake lips.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM (g8Ew

I don't car if there's enough plastic in her tits to build a jap car. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:56 AM (snZF9)

She cone with crumple zones?

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 12:04 PM (1AU8Q)

260 Conspiracy Theory: The real reason the penny is no longer being made is because the DMV, IRS, and other government agencies that collect fees and fines are sick and tired of angry people paying their fees and fines in all pennies they have to count.

Posted by: hadsil at November 12, 2025 12:04 PM (Xht4H)

261 No coins! They fill up my pockets and it looks like I've grown another nutsack.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 12, 2025 11:48 AM (abIsI)

I wouldn't want $5 coins. Loonies and toonies are enough.

You are right though. They add up so quickly if you keep paying with bills. Surprisingly fast.

One thing Canada does that I don't care for is a different type of quarter celebrating every province. They're all the same size so that makes things easier, but having 15 different types of quarters is annoying.

The toonies are unique and easy to distinguish. Loonies and car wash tokens I get from the local gas station are very similar and I keep them all in the same place.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 12:04 PM (Sco7b)

262 States that ban businesses from NOT accepting cash:

https://tinyurl.com/3rrbs6kj

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 12:05 PM (soZKq)

263 I remember seeing a seminar given by someone from the Canadian mint, explaining the science and economics of making currency. It turns out that the life expectancy of paper bills is roughly inversely proportional to their value. Which means that while it might make sense to print $20s, a $1 bill is a bit pricey to make because you have to replenish the stock more. Coins, although more expensive to make, last much longer. This explains why the Canadians got rid of the $1 and eventually the $2 bills (loonies and twonies). The sad thing is that when you go to Canada or the UK, if you use or get cash, your pockets fill with very heavy coins.

So watch out for an effort (again) to stop printing $1 bills. It will be interesting to see if they start printing more Jeffersons to compensate.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at November 12, 2025 12:05 PM (kkWqF)

264 One thing Canada does that I don't care for is a different type of quarter celebrating every province. They're all the same size so that makes things easier, but having 15 different types of quarters is annoying.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 12, 2025 12:04 PM (Sco7b)

The US 50 state commemorative quarters says hold my beer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 12:07 PM (snZF9)

265 This blonde in her underwear sometimes finds a penny on the floor:
http://tiny.cc/ncyu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 12, 2025 11:43 AM (yjAVs)

Fake tits. Fake lips.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 12, 2025 11:55 AM

That girl has more plastic in her than a modern car.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 12, 2025 12:07 PM (0N4FZ)

266 235 And for the ladies. Short video of Pete Hegseth exercising with the troops . Sorry, gals, I could not find a picture of Pete Hegseth shirtless.😉

https://tinyurl.com/3vpn3tff
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 11:57 AM (IeCgc)

Nice that our Secretary of War is so obviously in shape! (And easy on the eyes, as well)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 12:07 PM (SRRAx)

267 Only 1257 people were killed in Haiti between July and September. Up your game gangs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 12, 2025 12:07 PM (bfwj/)

268 The scarcity mentality in my brain will miss pennies. But I'm glad the mint didn't feel like in order to stay relevant they had to make the equivalent of loonies and toonies or something like that. Keep everything else status quo. Until in fifty years inflation scraps the nickel, I guess.

Posted by: LizLem at November 12, 2025 12:08 PM (vGFO6)

269 Are they able to do those laparascopically these days?

Prayers that everything goes well! 😊♥️🙏
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

They did on my wife. Laparoscopically and robotically and she went home that afternoon.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 12:08 PM (soZKq)

270 It turns out that the life expectancy of paper bills is roughly inversely proportional to their value.

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You mean proportional.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 12:08 PM (1Nv0l)

271 I don't car if there's enough plastic in her tits to build a jap car. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2025 11:56 AM (snZF9)

She cone with crumple zones?
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 12:04 PM (1AU8Q)

---------------

And spare bags?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 12, 2025 12:08 PM (+W0sM)

272 What ever happened to President Barbecue?

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 12:08 PM (1AU8Q)

273 Hakeem Jeffries vows House Dems won't support bill to reopen gov as Chuck Schumer attacked over Senate vote

… so THERE

Posted by: SMOD at November 12, 2025 12:09 PM (RHGPo)

274 The US 50 state commemorative quarters says hold my beer.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Then when they got tired of the states, they did territories.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 12:09 PM (soZKq)

275 Hakeem Jeffries vows House Dems won't support bill to reopen gov as Chuck Schumer attacked over Senate vote

… so THERE
Posted by: SMOD

Starve the poors.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 12, 2025 12:10 PM (soZKq)

276 Noooood

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 12, 2025 12:10 PM (bfwj/)

277 The Hill: Space food made from astronaut urine to be tested on ISS

https://tinyurl.com/mr2pxtad

Via Insty.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 12, 2025 12:10 PM (1AU8Q)

278 255 Are they able to do those laparascopically these days?

Prayers that everything goes well! 😊♥️🙏
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 12:02 PM (SRRAx)

Its a robot, so.....

And thank you very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 12:03 PM (yn1Pr)

Did they put her on an assembly line? 🤣🤣🤣

(Sorry - it just sounds so....industrial)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 12:11 PM (SRRAx)

279 It cost 14 cents to produce one nickel.
Economy sucks

300 Wendy's are closing locations because Americans can not afford to eat out even at a Wendy's
Car repos at record highs
When people lose their cars they can't work.
ADP just revised its October new job numbers from an already very weak 40000 to zero new jobs. That would make it 3 zero months in a row.
Trump is delusional if he expects anyone to believe him when he says the economy is going strong

Zero Hedge Ace's former go to source on the economy has turned against Trump

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at November 12, 2025 12:14 PM (J2DSD)

280 Chemistry department at the university I retired from (I was a physics professor) used to give students an experiment to determine the mass of a single penny. One approach is to weigh a large number of pennies and divide by the number of pennies to accurately get the mass of just one penny. Doesn’t work, because the pennies the students were given (and had to return) were a mix of pre-1982 and post-1982 pennies. The proper way to do it is weigh each coin as accurately as possible and do statistics. You quickly see a bimodal distribution. If you are smart.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 12, 2025 12:14 PM (F7P5/)

281 Toyota will produce hybrid only vehicles starting next year.
LOL
Posted by: Maj. Healey

All hybrids? They're dropping both pure electric and pure ICE?

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2025 12:18 PM (/4Xtr)

282 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 12, 2025 12:07 PM (SRRAx)

Yes. It is nice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 12:21 PM (WFtAr)

283 I did, and I don't think that means what you think it means. It's "Legal Tender" but that doesn't make it "Required Tender".
——

I know it means what I think it does, because the gubbmint made that law, not me. It’s not required to use cash. Try to read for content, M’kay?

Trust me, the state and local governments and everybody else is REQUIRED to accept US dollars in payment of debts if offered. Hope this helps!

You might have to force the issue with them, they don’t want to have to do this. They would rather you don’t know this; I’m quite certain.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 12:23 PM (p+X/W)

284 They want a credit card. Not even a debit card. A credit card. Told the asshole," no big deal. There's $3 left before I hit my limit, but here's the f'n card".

(Not true, but he didn't have to know that)
Posted by: rickb223
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The computer did.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2025 12:25 PM (uGpeQ)

285 Sounds like an excuse to me.

Florida Woman Going 107 MPH Tells Cops She Was Trying To Get To Little Caesars Before Close

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 12, 2025 12:28 PM (jZDMh)

286 I got a $1 coin back in change that the cashier probably had in the quarter drawer and just didn't even look at it.

They'll have to reformat the change drawers for my $2 and $5 coins.

It's a stupid idea but I still love it.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 12, 2025 12:28 PM (GD2xa)

287 All hybrids? They're dropping both pure electric and pure ICE?
Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2025 12:18 PM (/4Xtr)

The vehicles will self-deport.

Posted by: Seemed funny in my head at November 12, 2025 12:28 PM (TbWk/)

288
Its a robot, so.....

And thank you very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 12, 2025 12:03 PM (yn1Pr)

It will be (probably) a LAVH or laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy. If it is this type of surgery, it should go well and only one night in the hospital. And not a lot of pain. Three little tiny incisions. Prayers all will be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 12, 2025 12:31 PM (MAl//)

289 How are we supposed to check our tire treads now?

Posted by: Gay and POC Austere Muslim Scholar at November 12, 2025 01:08 PM (VZ8Zc)

290 We haven't needed that in a long time. That's a consequence of the monetary policy we've pursued in this country.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 12, 2025 11:04 AM (cuae1)

Easy solution.

Whenever we spend money, spend it on 1) a good 2) a service. Government is neither. Keep government spending to as low a point as you can get away with.

Inflation dies or is at least minimized.

People don’t like that as Americans worship Big Government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 12, 2025 01:12 PM (sVOFR)

291 283 I did, and I don't think that means what you think it means. It's "Legal Tender" but that doesn't make it "Required Tender".
——

I know it means what I think it does, because the gubbmint made that law, not me. It’s not required to use cash. Try to read for content, M’kay?

Trust me, the state and local governments and everybody else is REQUIRED to accept US dollars in payment of debts if offered. Hope this helps!

You might have to force the issue with them, they don’t want to have to do this. They would rather you don’t know this; I’m quite certain.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 12:23 PM (p+X/W

Think.

If I have a debt with my neighbor and we agree to pay it off with me giving him a bar of gold or a car or…whatever, how does anyone know?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 12, 2025 01:14 PM (sVOFR)

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