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<p>[QUOTE="marid3, post: 1569776, member: 35968"]"A Pittsburgh-area tattoo parlor owner says she <b>saved some money </b>by using real money to tile her space — with 250,000 pennies. . . “Amazingly enough, <b>it’s a lot cheaper to glue money to your floor than to actually buy tile</b>. It’s about $3 a square foot.”</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/tattoo-shop-owner-tiles-floor-with-250000-pennies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/tattoo-shop-owner-tiles-floor-with-250000-pennies/" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/tattoo-shop-owner-tiles-floor-with-250000-pennies/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While the above speaks volumes, the link below is still the most entertaining and engaging argument I've seen:</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I've heard interesting arguments that state that we should simply stop making:</p><p>- the one cent (see above)</p><p>- the dime (small, expensive, nickel can make change for a quarter, dime can't)</p><p>- the paper dollar (same argument as the cent - too expensive)</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="marid3, post: 1569776, member: 35968"]"A Pittsburgh-area tattoo parlor owner says she [B]saved some money [/B]by using real money to tile her space — with 250,000 pennies. . . “Amazingly enough, [B]it’s a lot cheaper to glue money to your floor than to actually buy tile[/B]. It’s about $3 a square foot.” [URL]http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/tattoo-shop-owner-tiles-floor-with-250000-pennies/[/URL] While the above speaks volumes, the link below is still the most entertaining and engaging argument I've seen: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U[/URL] I've heard interesting arguments that state that we should simply stop making: - the one cent (see above) - the dime (small, expensive, nickel can make change for a quarter, dime can't) - the paper dollar (same argument as the cent - too expensive) Your thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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