Random Thoughts Thread

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by Godfather

NCC, ya need the white robe to go with the miracle........

Which miracle? Turning into a tree frog, driving to Havana, killing multiple love bugs, or washing my car (just before rain)? (It's hard for a tree frog to wear a robe).

Frog weather

[Godfather]

Hey, they've got geckos wearing suits........ I was thinking of the drive to Havana...... say hi to Fidel?

[Suze]

And I drove only to downtown Portland for drinks and play pool with John_H. And now I own snow tires. (John, the check's in the mail... honest)

[NCC1701]

Ah, but that's not really so miraculous. Any more than Bum-bling-B driving to Bagdad. It's a Florida thang.

[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by Godfather

Hey, they've got geckos wearing suits........

...if your gecko is sick will you suffer from reptile disfunction?????

jetfuel...not sick

[BigWarpGuy]

Even though we call the 1 cent coin a penny, it isn't. I believe it is a British coin and not an American coin. It is odd that we call it a penny.

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by BigWarpGuy

It is odd that we call it a penny.

Yes it is, and I don't. It says, plain as day on the reverse, "One Cent".

US Cents have been copper plated zinc since 1983 (1982 was transitional), with only 2.5% copper content for the past 27 years. US Cents minted prior to 1982 were 95% copper and as of today are worth nearly 2x face value in metal content.

Today's zinc Cents weigh 2.5 grams. The 95% copper Cents weigh 3.11 grams.

Even with the zinc composition, Lincoln Cents cost more than one cent apiece to manufacture.

[Suze]

I think the Brits never call their penny a penny. They call it a p.


But we never call our 1 cent coin a p.

[John_H]

Someone recently mentioned that it takes about a dime to mint a nickel and about a nickel to mint a dime.






I highly recommend pool and drinks with Suze whenever the chance arises.

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by John_H

Someone recently mentioned that it takes about a dime to mint a nickel and about a nickel to mint a dime.

Primarily because zinc [in addition to copper] has soared in value, producing a penny now costs about 1.7 cents.
…The Treasury incurs an annual penny deficit of about fifty million dollars — a condition known in the coin world as “negative seigniorage.

Nickels, that's what the US Mint calls them, are 75% copper and cost around 10¢ each to mint.
The Great "Penny" Debate

I highly recommend pool and drinks with Suze whenever the chance arises.

Can I bring my Billy Beer?