From: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:05:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABH=_VQ+42wT5ao2F4K2aDuDC75cOnTNkxtb1r50pTASsg3+Ow@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201106063725.GB99027@eureka.lemis.com>
On 11/6/20, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:
>
> Was the US $ bill really that big in those days?
Yes, it was. IIRC, the modern, smaller bills first went into
circulation in the 1930s.
There's an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies based on the old dollar
bill size. Jed Clampett's uncle didn't trust banks and in the 1920s
had been burying mason jars full of dollar bills in his backyard.
Most were the old-style, punch card-size bills. He tells Drysdale the
banker that his uncle has "big money". Drysdale of course thinks that
if Jed Clampett the millionaire thinks it's big money, that uncle must
be very rich, indeed....
-Paul W.
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Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-05 22:10 Tyler Adams
2020-11-06 0:39 ` Kevin Bowling
2020-11-06 1:41 ` Larry McVoy
2020-11-06 5:04 ` John Cowan
2020-11-06 5:16 ` Steve Nickolas
2020-11-06 6:34 ` Rob Pike
2020-11-06 13:20 ` Will Senn
2020-11-06 15:07 ` Clem Cole
2020-11-06 15:40 ` Will Senn
2020-11-06 15:46 ` Chris Torek
2020-11-06 22:54 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-11-06 23:29 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2020-11-06 22:31 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-11-06 23:41 ` Warren Toomey
2020-11-06 6:37 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-11-06 15:06 ` Larry McVoy
2020-11-06 15:18 ` Bakul Shah
2020-11-06 15:19 ` Chris Torek
2020-11-06 16:46 ` Stephen Clark
2020-11-06 18:51 ` Jon Steinhart
2020-11-06 22:09 ` John Cowan
2020-11-06 22:44 ` Jon Steinhart
2020-11-06 22:12 ` Andy Kosela
2020-11-06 22:23 ` Larry McVoy
2020-11-07 0:16 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-11-08 23:23 ` George Michaelson
2020-11-06 17:05 ` Paul Winalski [this message]
2020-11-06 17:07 ` Larry McVoy
2020-11-06 17:25 ` Warner Losh
2020-11-06 17:13 ` Adam Thornton
2020-11-06 17:26 ` Stephen Clark
2020-11-06 18:24 ` John Cowan
2020-11-06 21:10 ` Dave Horsfall
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