Last week, the second of two dining tables was picked up by an
friend. I made these things at his and his wife's insistence and thought
I was doing it as a favor as I have never been paid for my hobbyist
wooddorking.
Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my shirt
pocket and goes on and on about how pleased she is with her new tables.
I did the "aw, shucks - 'twern't 'nuttin" routine, but now I have an idea
of what others think of my work - and I can afford a decent tablesaw and
planer :-) Not only that, but some of the other folks were questioning me
about "do ya think you could make a burfl for us?"
-Doug
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
"Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:27:15 +0000, Leon wrote:
>
> > Aww..... An m-note would have been a prize on top of the surprise. Any
> > way, good going.
>
> Thanks Leon. The biggest bill I recall having held in my hot little hands
> was a D-note, and that has been some time ago. The C-note has been the
> largest in circulation for quite a few years - I think.
>
> --
>
I don't know what the letter designation would be, but as I sit here I have
a $1,000,000 bill stuffed away in my desk drawer. Too bad it is one of those
novelty bills! It looks and feels real. I carry it sometimes and try buy
stuff with it. Allot of people look it over, and ask, "is it real?". Nobody
ever has cash available to break it though!
Greg
"Kenneth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 17:07:56 -0500, "Greg O" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I carry it sometimes and try buy
> >stuff with it.
>
> Howdy,
>
> I am sure that is fun...
>
> I am also sure that the Treasury Department would not be amused. You
> are messing with the potential for serious trouble with that sort of
> seemingly innocent joke. Those Treasury folks are not a fun group.
>
>
Ther was a lady in our area that tried to buy something and pay with a phony
$1,000,000. The clerk, of course, refused it. The lady persisted! She is
sitting in jail at this time because of it!
I take it out from time to time, and when I get a funny smile from the
clerk, I take it back. Never pushed the issue!
Greg
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Greg O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Ther was a lady in our area that tried to buy something and pay with a
> phony
> > $1,000,000. The clerk, of course, refused it. The lady persisted! She is
> > sitting in jail at this time because of it!
> > I take it out from time to time, and when I get a funny smile from the
> > clerk, I take it back. Never pushed the issue!
> > Greg
> >
>
> I wonder if that is urban legend. I don't think the government ever
> printed a $1,000,000. bill. I wonder how they could charge counterfeiting
> on something that never existed.
>
>
It was in our local paper, apparently the woman is a bit of a nut!
Greg
In article <[email protected]>, Leon
<[email protected]> wrote:
> She had an actual M- note or was that a check.... I cannot recall having
> seen one in circulation.
My dad gave us a real one when we got married... "Course, it was
Canadian, so only about a 3/4 M...
djb
--
Okay, so this is my new sig line, eh?
In article <1gc3dil.1c4clm3s155euN%[email protected]>, p_j
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Are there still $1,000 bills in Canada?
There was at least one, 15 years ago. A quick Google search suggest the
M note is the highest denomination Canuck bill in circulation.
djb
--
Was that last sig line lame or what?
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 20:40:23 GMT, "Oregon" <[email protected]>
scribbled:
>Everyone's fixated on the "M-note". I understood that part. But what's a
>burfl?
>O.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=4fqe1c%24qro%40pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca
Luigi
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Apr 11, 2004, 7:37pm (EDT-3) [email protected] (Luigi=A0Zanasi) posted:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=3Den&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&oe=3DUTF-8&selm=3D=
4fqe1c%24qro%40pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca
That references a blivit. Different thing altogether. I heard of
blivits long ago, in the military, long, long, time before I ever came
around here. A blivit (or blivet), was always referred to as trying to
put 10 lbs of crap, in a 5 lb paper bag. Generally used in some sort of
reference to a 2LT.
JOAT
Don't e-mail me while I'm breathing.
What the heck is a C note????
Searcher1
"Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Last week, the second of two dining tables was picked up by an
> friend. I made these things at his and his wife's insistence and thought
> I was doing it as a favor as I have never been paid for my hobbyist
> wooddorking.
>
> Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my shirt
> pocket and goes on and on about how pleased she is with her new tables.
>
> I did the "aw, shucks - 'twern't 'nuttin" routine, but now I have an idea
> of what others think of my work - and I can afford a decent tablesaw and
> planer :-) Not only that, but some of the other folks were questioning me
> about "do ya think you could make a burfl for us?"
>
> -Doug
>
> --
> "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
> depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
>
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:47:31 -0400, J T wrote:
> I don't have any relatives I'd be willing to do that big a favor
> for, let alone a friend. Nice you got paid, even tho you didn't say what
> your materials costs were, and how long the labor took.
>
> So, how much an hour does it figure out to?
They paid the material costs and it took about 80 hours, so it came out
better than a Wal-Mart greeter wage :-) Of course, if I knew what I was
doing, it would have taken less than half the time.
-Doug
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:27:15 +0000, Leon wrote:
> Aww..... An m-note would have been a prize on top of the surprise. Any
> way, good going.
Thanks Leon. The biggest bill I recall having held in my hot little hands
was a D-note, and that has been some time ago. The C-note has been the
largest in circulation for quite a few years - I think.
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:53:54 +0000, Bob Schmall wrote:
> In the Latin numbering scheme, "C" means 100, and "M" means 1,000. Placing
> a C before an M means "100 less than" so MC means 900.
>
> Bobus
Close, Bobus
MC == 1100
CM == 900
Dougus
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
Sun, Apr 11, 2004, 2:29pm (EDT+4) [email protected]
(Doug=A0Winterburn) says:
<snip> thought I was doing it as a favor as I have never been paid for
my hobbyist wooddorking. <snip> tucks an M-note in my shirt pocket
<snip>
I don't have any relatives I'd be willing to do that big a favor
for, let alone a friend. Nice you got paid, even tho you didn't say
what your materials costs were, and how long the labor took.
So, how much an hour does it figure out to?
JOAT
Don't e-mail me while I'm breathing.
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:11:25 +0000, David F. Eisan wrote:
> Dear Doug,
>
>> Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my
>> shirt pocket and goes on and on about how pleased she is with her new
>> tables.
>
> Being a dumb Canuck, can you please tell me what an "M-note" is?
>
> Tainjewberrymush,
>
> David.
It's one of those Roman Numeral things - one more zero than a C-note.
-Doug
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
In article <[email protected]>,
Doug Winterburn <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:25:55 +0100, LRod wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:29:25 GMT, Doug Winterburn <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my
>>>shirt pocket...
>>
>> Is that the same as a "G"?
>
>100% equivalency :-)
Also equivalent to two D's
Note: those steel-engraved portraits of Grover Cleveland are _hard_ to come by.
In article <[email protected]>,
Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Greg O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>> Ther was a lady in our area that tried to buy something and pay with a
>phony
>> $1,000,000. The clerk, of course, refused it. The lady persisted! She is
>> sitting in jail at this time because of it!
>> I take it out from time to time, and when I get a funny smile from the
>> clerk, I take it back. Never pushed the issue!
>> Greg
>>
>
>I wonder if that is urban legend. I don't think the government ever
>printed a $1,000,000. bill.
The biggest 'general circulation' currency that the U.S. ever used was a
$5,000 bill. There were some large 'notes' used *only* in inter-bank
settlements -- $10,000 $50,000 and $100,000. The $100,000 one was a 'gold
deposit' certificate, issued *only* to banks, and representing physical gold
that they placed on deposit with the Fed. Reserve.
> I wonder how they could charge counterfeiting
>on something that never existed.
*VERY* EASILY. You have to recognize the difference between forgery and
counterfeiting. If you _claim_ it is something that it isn't, *that* is
what makes it counterfeit. If you create a 'copy' of something, and attempt
to pass it off as an 'original', that is _forgery_.
When somebody cooks up "funny money" copies of actual currency, *and* attempts
to 'pass' that paper, that is 'counterfeiting by forgery', in effect. _both_
actions are involved.
counterfeiting is the making of a 'false object'.
forgery is the making of an object 'in the likeness of something else'.
The laws on the books forbid you from making what purports to be "official
money" of the government. Doing so is the creation of a 'false object',
*whether*or*not* it 'is in the likeness' of something the government _actually_
produces.
Note: there is *NOTHING* on the books that prevents you from printing your
_own_ "money". All you have to do is convince others to _use_ it. It's
nothing more than a transferable IOU.
Many years ago, _most_ of the big banks *did* issue their own 'money'. That
is where the term "bank note" actually comes from. They were notes _issued_
by the bank, promising to deliver, 'on demand', the specified amount of the
precious metal (or whatever else) that those notes were 'backed' by.
I'm an American and I haven't a clue. Slang, either old time or regional, is
a pain.
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Being a dumb Canuck, can you please tell me what an "M-note" is?
>
> Tainjewberrymush,
>
> David.
>
>
"Greg O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ther was a lady in our area that tried to buy something and pay with a
phony
> $1,000,000. The clerk, of course, refused it. The lady persisted! She is
> sitting in jail at this time because of it!
> I take it out from time to time, and when I get a funny smile from the
> clerk, I take it back. Never pushed the issue!
> Greg
>
I wonder if that is urban legend. I don't think the government ever
printed a $1,000,000. bill. I wonder how they could charge counterfeiting
on something that never existed.
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:110420042102021585%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> > Are there still $1,000 bills in Canada?
>
> There was at least one, 15 years ago. A quick Google search suggest the
> M note is the highest denomination Canuck bill in circulation.
I had mine in 1994
Aww..... An m-note would have been a prize on top of the surprise. Any
way, good going.
"Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:49:50 +0000, Leon wrote:
>
> > She had an actual M- note or was that a check.... I cannot recall having
> > seen one in circulation.
> > I am sure that even at the price that you were paid, she recognized a
> > bargain.
>
> A check, of course.
>
> -Doug
>
> --
> "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
> depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
>
A manufactured widget.
"Oregon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Everyone's fixated on the "M-note". I understood that part. But what's a
> burfl?
> O.
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
Doug Winterburn <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:49:50 +0000, Leon wrote:
>
>> She had an actual M- note or was that a check.... I cannot recall having
>> seen one in circulation.
>> I am sure that even at the price that you were paid, she recognized a
>> bargain.
>
>A check, of course.
A genuine "Grover Cleveland" is a _lot_ more valuable. <grin>
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:02:35 -0700, "CW" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'm an American and I haven't a clue. Slang, either old time or regional, is
>a pain.
>
Hi CW,
"haven't a clue" would certainly seem to qualify... <g>
Slang is:
"A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech,
made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that
are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness,
humor, irreverence, or other effect."
All the best,
--
Kenneth
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:41:51 +0000, Searcher wrote:
> What the heck is a C note????
Sheesh, don't they teach anything in school anymore?
I = 1
V = 5
X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1000
http://home.planet.nl/~napel/roman.htm
-Doug
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
> I am also sure that the Treasury Department would not be amused. You
> are messing with the potential for serious trouble with that sort of
> seemingly innocent joke. Those Treasury folks are not a fun group.
>
> All the best,
> Kenneth
>
At a place I used to work, a woman brought her dipstick teenage daughter
in for the day. The lunchroom had several vending machines and a $1/$5 bill
changer. Dipstick took a $5 bill, made a photocopy, colored it in with a
green magic marker, and ran it through the bill changer, getting 5 Susan B.
Anthonys in return. When Mom realized the potential for serious charges, she
informed the VP, who called the vending company. The vending company was
more amused than pissed, and graciously settled for the return of the money
and an apology without notifying the authorities.
Now I don't know about you, but if I'm designing sensors for a bill
changer, the FIRST thing I would guard against is a dipstick with a magic
marker.
B.
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:25:55 +0100, LRod wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:29:25 GMT, Doug Winterburn <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my
>>shirt pocket...
>
> Is that the same as a "G"?
100% equivalency :-)
-Doug
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 20:09:00 -0500, [email protected] (p_j)
scribbled:
>Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote:
>
>> My dad gave us a real one when we got married... "Course, it was
>> Canadian, so only about a 3/4 M...
>
>Are there still $1,000 bills in Canada?
Not for long:
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/faq.htm#23
Luigi
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:49:50 +0000, Leon wrote:
> She had an actual M- note or was that a check.... I cannot recall having
> seen one in circulation.
> I am sure that even at the price that you were paid, she recognized a
> bargain.
A check, of course.
-Doug
--
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
> I don't know what the letter designation would be, but as I sit here I
> have a $1,000,000 bill stuffed away in my desk drawer. Too bad it is
> one of those novelty bills! It looks and feels real. I carry it
> sometimes and try buy stuff with it. Allot of people look it over, and
> ask, "is it real?". Nobody ever has cash available to break it though!
> Greg
Nice job, Doug - post some pics on ABPW!
AS for changing a $1,000,000 bill, read Mark Twain's "The Million Pound
Bank Note" for some ideas on how to make it work.
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:25:55 +0100, LRod
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:29:25 GMT, Doug Winterburn
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my shirt
>>pocket...
>
>Is that the same as a "G"?
No, the "G" is a string, Rod.
GigoloMan got a thousand dollars from the lady.
Though he says it was for wooddorking, the ex-
Heidi Fleiss team has been mobilized.
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:29:25 GMT, Doug Winterburn
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my shirt
>pocket...
Is that the same as a "G"?
- -
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> She had an actual M- note or was that a check.... I cannot recall having
> seen one in circulation.
One time when I needed $6000 cash for a raffle, I had my bank get one for
me. (Canadian $1000 dollar bill). Took them two days to order it in. It's
got a bird on it, a Grosbeak if I remember. It was kind of neat, but I liked
the stack of $100 dollar bills better. Told my friends I had 25 feet of
money. (6" each). You'd think that $5000 cash laid end to end would be
longer than that.
In the Latin numbering scheme, "C" means 100, and "M" means 1,000. Placing a
C before an M means "100 less than" so MC means 900.
Bobus
"Searcher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What the heck is a C note????
>
> Searcher1
>
> "Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Last week, the second of two dining tables was picked up by an
> > friend. I made these things at his and his wife's insistence and
thought
> > I was doing it as a favor as I have never been paid for my hobbyist
> > wooddorking.
> >
> > Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my
shirt
> > pocket and goes on and on about how pleased she is with her new tables.
> >
> > I did the "aw, shucks - 'twern't 'nuttin" routine, but now I have an
idea
> > of what others think of my work - and I can afford a decent tablesaw and
> > planer :-) Not only that, but some of the other folks were questioning
me
> > about "do ya think you could make a burfl for us?"
> >
> > -Doug
> >
> > --
> > "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
> > depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
> >
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
Doug Winterburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:11:25 +0000, David F. Eisan wrote:
> > Being a dumb Canuck, can you please tell me what an "M-note" is?
> >
> > David.
>
> It's one of those Roman Numeral things - one more zero than a C-note.
>
> -Doug
Ahh, me dumb canuck too. Now it begins to make sense...was thinking, if
an M-note is less then a C-note then seems like a very bad deal to me,
cause really it would take more then a few C-notes to make me think that
I got "paid" (vrs a token of thanks from a friend). Never made the roman
numeral connection.
I thought such notes were being taken out of circulation as they were
just the tools of drug dealers and terrorists? Well according to the
government, anyway....real story is they want more trackable
transactions to keep ppl from skipping out on taxes... :)
A Canuck
"Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Last night at a party at their house, the lady tucks an M-note in my shirt
> pocket and goes on and on about how pleased she is with her new tables.
>
Congratulations. Now that you have set a standard for pricing I'm going to
follow suit Nothing I do will be sold for less than an M-note per pair.
I'm sure you had a smile when you went to bed that night.
Ed
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 17:07:56 -0500, "Greg O" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I carry it sometimes and try buy
>stuff with it.
Howdy,
I am sure that is fun...
I am also sure that the Treasury Department would not be amused. You
are messing with the potential for serious trouble with that sort of
seemingly innocent joke. Those Treasury folks are not a fun group.
All the best,
--
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Sun, Apr 11, 2004, 10:33pm (EDT+4) [email protected]
(Kenneth) says:
I am sure that is fun...
I am also sure that the Treasury Department would not be amused. You are
messing with the potential for serious trouble with that sort of
seemingly innocent joke. Those Treasury folks are not a fun group.
Ah, let him play. When he gets picked up for trying to pass funny
money, he'll learn. Apparently, a women got picked up for just that,
trying to buy stuff with a $1,000,000 bill, a bit back. Heard it on the
news. Dunno if she's till in the jug, or not.
JOAT
Don't e-mail me while I'm breathing.
"Greg O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
>
> It was in our local paper, apparently the woman is a bit of a nut!
> Greg
>
LOL.. Yeah...
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 18:07:16 -0500, "Greg O" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Kenneth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 17:07:56 -0500, "Greg O" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I carry it sometimes and try buy
>> >stuff with it.
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I am sure that is fun...
>>
>> I am also sure that the Treasury Department would not be amused. You
>> are messing with the potential for serious trouble with that sort of
>> seemingly innocent joke. Those Treasury folks are not a fun group.
>>
>>
>
>Ther was a lady in our area that tried to buy something and pay with a phony
>$1,000,000. The clerk, of course, refused it. The lady persisted! She is
>sitting in jail at this time because of it!
>I take it out from time to time, and when I get a funny smile from the
>clerk, I take it back. Never pushed the issue!
>Greg
Howdy,
Perhaps you never pushed the issue from your perspective, but...
One store keeper who got up on the wrong side of the bed could put you
in real trouble...
All the best,
--
Kenneth
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