Comments on Coffee Bean Goddess: The Eagle Squawks

I like the Sacajawea* coins, but I haven't seen on...

2007-03-01T16:56:00.000-08:00

I like the Sacajawea* coins, but I haven't seen one for a couple years...it was fun leaving them for tips, but perhaps the wait staff weren't pleased...

Monkey Boy

* Sah-cah-gah-way-uh, I'm told, not the sack-a-jah-weee-ah we learned in school

As a Canuck, we don't even think about the fact th...

2007-02-13T07:33:00.000-08:00

As a Canuck, we don't even think about the fact that we have more and heavier change now. As far as the cost of production goes, when you think of the relatively short life span of paper money and the fact that we are cutting down trees to make it, the coins are actually far more economical.

They keep making them too small. That's what they...

2007-02-12T07:05:00.000-08:00

They keep making them too small. That's what they aren't catching on about. Silly them. And yes, you will just have to get addicted to baseball. The season begins soon.......oh hurrah. I'll vanish into work. Oh hurrah. The only thing I worry about is, will I get my quilt done before the baseball season begins. Oh, worry.

I do hope they manufacture some good coin purses a...

2007-02-12T05:10:00.000-08:00

I do hope they manufacture some good coin purses as the wallet will end up being used only for pictures and plastic.

There was a move, on the introduction of the one-p...

2007-02-11T23:30:00.000-08:00

There was a move, on the introduction of the one-pound coin, to name it the 'thatcher' because it was small, brassy, and thought it was a sovereign. Didn't catch on.

The old pound notes (bills) disappeared without too much weeping; they were simply too fragile to the kind of use inflation had forced upon them, with the result they were filthy, tatty things within days of being issued.

So, we lost the ten-shilling note and the one-pound note. Now it's beginning to look like we'll lose the five pound note too, in favour of another coin.

Life goes on... :-)

Dee...don't get yer knickers in a bunch. :) For on...

2007-02-11T20:16:00.000-08:00

Dee...don't get yer knickers in a bunch. :) For one thing, that's uncomfortable! For another.... Back in the 80's I was in England and they either had just minted the pound coin or were about to. Everyone was griping, they didn't want it, and would never get used to it! Then we, in Canada, got the $1 coin he "Loonie")...larger than the quarter and 'gold' coloured. People griped for a bit but didn't take long to accept them. Later, they even gave us the "Toonie" $2. coin...silver and a different coloured metal in the centre. I haven't heard anyone griping since soon after the Loonie arrived! It's amazing how quickly the angst disappears. So, try not to fret it if you can!