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August 18, 2007
Spinning hunks of metal and magnets are so 20th century, so are $1 bills.
Spinning hunks of metal and magnets are so 20th century - JeffB
This was a quote from one of my co-workers last week, while talking about using solid state drives(SSD) in our project.
It got me thinking about other things that are 20th century.
Dollar Bills - Dollar bills are a real anachronism. They represent a wasteful use of resources. If the US stopped making $1 bills, it would save $500 million a year according to the US GOA.
I am doing a 6 month experiment to use the $1 coin.
Today, I went to Washington Mutual in the market in Stanwood, Wa to see if I could find any. To my surprise, they had $25 worth on site, I took $10 and spent $1 at Starbuck's.
Nobody got upset getting me them, Starbuck's took it without a blink of an eye. The only person who gave me grief was my wife. She hates them.
I'll keep blogging on my adventure with the $1 coin.
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