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How many different dollar coins are they going to mint before they get that nobody's ever going to use them? You have the old silver dollar, the Susan B. Anthony, the Saca-whatever coin and now these.
Mick….you are an eeediot!
Did you ever stop to think about the coins being useful for the visually impaired?
By the way it is Sacagawea you clod.
A clod AND an eeediot, eh? High marks indeed.
Last I checked, blind people have a very clever method of folding paper currency to identify the demonination of the bill. Then again, the Susan B. Anthony dollar was virtually indistinguishable from a quarter in terms of size and weight. Thats very useful for blind people isn't it?
If I actually cared about the name of the sacagawea dollar, Id have taken the 8 seconds to google it, just like you did. But I don't, so I didn't.
mick……..
Add moron to the marks.
The Sacagawea coin is slightly larger than a quarter and has smooth edges as opposed to ridged.
I suppose folks handing change to the visually challenged, fold the paper currency correctly as well?
Wow. I find it odd that someone would get so riled up over… coins, that they'd come out all insult-guns blazing over this. Do you really feel this passionately about coins or is something else bothering you?
I seem to detect a familair, heady mixture of megalomania and unwarranted vitriol that completely lacks a sense of irony and logical cogitation in your posts Herr General. It almost smells like… a trap. Ok, I'll bite.
"The Sacagawea coin is slightly larger than a quarter and has smooth edges as opposed to ridged. "
Granted, but I think you'll find the reasons for this was to remedy the failure of the Susan B. Anothony dollar to circulate, not to accomodate blind people. The SBA dollar was mistaken so often for a quarter (even vending machines often registered it as one) that nobody wanted to use it. In the case of the sacagawea coin the mint sought to drastically differentiate it from all other coins. The size and edge are certainly different. You'll also notice the nice gold color (another helpful feature to those who cannot see).
"I suppose folks handing change to the visually challenged, fold the paper currency correctly as well?"
Its appalling that in this day in age there are people who equate blindness with stupidity. This comment is completely insensitive, ignorant and intolerant. What makes you think that when a cashier counts the bills out into their hand, that they cant remember the amounts counted to them, cant remember the order in which they recieved them and are incapable to then fold the bills themselves? Let me guess, you're a racist too aren't you?
In any case, the point is moot. Cashiers don't have any sacagawea dollars give them since noone else uses them to buy things. Funny, that.
"Racist" mick. Why is it that you refuse to capitalize Sacagawea?
"Cashiers don't have any sacagawea dollars give them since noone else uses them to buy things."
Add mental giant to the marks mick.
By the way it is you bothering me.
"Racist" mick. Why is it that you refuse to capitalize Sacagawea?
"Cashiers don't have any sacagawea dollars give them since noone else uses them to buy things."
Add mental giant to the marks mick.
By the way it is you bothering me.
Gosh. Things seem to be getting personal. Maybe we should settle this by asking the Canadian mint what the national feelings are about "loonies" and "toonies." On second thought… Canadians seem to love just about anything that separates them from Americans…
"Why is it that you refuse to capitalize Sacagawea?"
Because I suspected it would annoy you. Thanks for confirming that I was in fact, correct.
"Add mental giant to the marks mick. "
If you dont like my reasoning then debate the point. Tell me why I am wrong, offer a counter point. Show me that you can construct a logical argument and prove me wrong. Yes, you've shown you're very adept at flinging feces, so are howler monkeys. Show me you're better than a monkey.
"By the way it is you bothering me."
Thats ok. One day you may get over the hurt, anguish and outrage you feel that there are others allowed to live on the planet who may think differently than you.
mick
"hurt, anguish and outrage"…… Hardly…..I just don't believe I like you. I have seen enough of your messages to build that opinion.
You don't have to be liked by everyone you know.
My counter points were offered, and obviously rejected by you. So be it.
"I just don't believe I like you. I have seen enough of your messages to build that opinion."
And more power to you. My only possible response however, is apathy.
"My counter points were offered, and obviously rejected by you. So be it."
If thats the best you can do, you may want to think twice before engaging in a debate with clods and idiots. It doesn't reflect well on you when you lose to one.
And what exactly is it that you believe to have "won" mick?
Do you honestly think you have convinced EVERYONE that there is no need for metallic coins? That was the discussion wasn't it?
"That was the discussion wasn't it?"
No, thats not even close to what the discussion was. If thats what you think then I feel sorry that the school system has failed you so badly. I never said there was no need for metallic coins (or wood or plastic for that matter), and cannot even fathom where you came up with that nonsense.
Another remedial lesson in logic:
1. My original premise in a nutshell is "We dont need yet another dollar coin because nobody uses them."
2. Your response is that they help the blind.
3. I dispute that argument and offer evidence as to why.
4. You give up by saying "My counter points were offered, and obviously rejected by you. So be it."
In this debate, the onus is upon you to prove that we do need another dollar coin. You tentatively tried to by saying that the blind use them, but you subsequently gave up.
What did I win? Nothing. You simply failed prove me wrong, thereby losing the argument. And Im not sure what your "EVERYONE" qualifier is supposed to mean. Noone can convince EVERYONE of anything.
OK, mick,
You are right. I never "proved" to you that we need another dollar coin. I never felt the need for you to come around on that. I think it is fine and useful to have one, you don't. Big whoop. You came across as so pompous and irritating I couldn't stop "flinging feces" at you. I apologize and shall quit.
Fair enough.