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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 8084212, member: 24633"][USER=34674]@Southernman189[/USER] </p><p>I would imagine that there have been hundreds of similar stories ever since the tour bus driver in Baltimore was arrested for trying to pass a "counterfeit" $2 note at a McDonald's about 15 years ago. Not only did the clerk not know that there was such a thing as a $2 note, but neither did the manager, the police officers that responded and took him to the station and the duty sergeant as well. It took a pair of Secret Service agents who had to make the trip from D.C. to ask, "What's wrong with it?"</p><p>Naturally, the lawsuits against McDonald's, the Baltimore Police Department and the City of Baltimore were settled quietly out of court.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I could never understand is how so many people could be so unaware of the existence of $2 notes in a city that is home to the Pimlico race track, the second leg of the Triple Crown, where all bets are based on a $2 wager.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 8084212, member: 24633"][USER=34674]@Southernman189[/USER] I would imagine that there have been hundreds of similar stories ever since the tour bus driver in Baltimore was arrested for trying to pass a "counterfeit" $2 note at a McDonald's about 15 years ago. Not only did the clerk not know that there was such a thing as a $2 note, but neither did the manager, the police officers that responded and took him to the station and the duty sergeant as well. It took a pair of Secret Service agents who had to make the trip from D.C. to ask, "What's wrong with it?" Naturally, the lawsuits against McDonald's, the Baltimore Police Department and the City of Baltimore were settled quietly out of court. What I could never understand is how so many people could be so unaware of the existence of $2 notes in a city that is home to the Pimlico race track, the second leg of the Triple Crown, where all bets are based on a $2 wager.[/QUOTE]
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