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[Robert]

"Asking for it" list :

Jousting tournaments
Cannon salutes
Invading Russia
Calling a ship's sides larboard and starboard
Re-designing an aircraft's control display
Having aircraft replacement parts that are different but look very similar
Wearing your gun stuck down your trousers instead of in its holster
Having a government owe you a lot of money
Sending a ship to sea without enough lifeboats for everyone
Trying to commit a perfect murder that involves telephones, computers, video or audio tape, or any other form of technology where records can be traced or recovered

[sdreid]

The last four living people who were born in the 1800s:

1-Gertrude Weaver (U.S.) born July 4 of 1898

2-Jeralean Talley (U.S.) born May 23 of 1899

3-Susannah Jones (U.S.) born July 6 of 1899

4-Emma Martinuzzi (Italy) born November 29 of 1899

Now there are three-Gertrude Weaver died today. R.I.P. Gertrude.

[sdreid]

Eight engine passenger aircraft (#Built):

Germany:
Hindenburg Class Zeppelins (2)

Italy:
Caproni Ca.60 (1)

Soviet Union:
Tupolev ANT-20 (2)

United Kingdom:
Bristol Brabazon (1)

[Mayerling]

Eight engine passenger aircraft (#Built):

Germany:
Hindenburg Class Zeppelins (2)

Italy:
Caproni Ca.60 (1)

Soviet Union:
Tupolev ANT-20 (2)

United Kingdom:
Bristol Brabazon (1)

Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage
Langley's Aerodrome (before Curtis "fixed it")
Ader's Eole
GeeBee Flyer
R-101 Government built zeppelin
Maxim's Steam driven airplane
Spruce Goose
Da Vinci's proposed helicopter

Jeff

[sdreid]

The world's 5 largest denominations of currency that can legally be used by private citizens and their approximate value in U.S. dollars:

5-United States 5,000 dollar bill-US$ 5,000
4-Brunei 10,000 dollar note-US$ 7,000
3-Singapore 10,000 dollar note-US$ 7,000
2-United States 10,000 dollar bill-US$ 10,000
1-Thailand 500,000 baht note-US$ 16,000

[GUT]

Australia $100 = US$ 76

[Mayerling]

Obsolete Coinage We have heard of

Three Cent Nickel (U.S.)
Two Cent Piece (U.S.)
Angel (English, medieval - very expensive money)
Mark (English, medieval - not German)
Florin
Guinea
Six pence
Tuppence
Farthing
Marivedi
Louis d'or
Continental (as in "Not worth a ....")
Assignat (as in "Not worth a ....")

[GUT]

Three Cent Nickel (U.S.)
Two Cent Piece (U.S.)
Angel (English, medieval - very expensive money)
Mark (English, medieval - not German)
Florin
Guinea
Six pence
Tuppence
Farthing
Marivedi
Louis d'or
Continental (as in "Not worth a ....")
Assignat (as in "Not worth a ....")

I must be old 'cause I remember the

Florin
Six Pence
Half-penny
Tuppence and
Florin

Together with the two cents [but that was in Aus]

We also have here $1 and $2 coin, and I suspect soon they will talk of getting rid of the 5cent piece, we no longer have one or 2 cents.

[Mayerling]

I must be old 'cause I remember the

Florin
Six Pence
Half-penny
Tuppence and
Florin

Together with the two cents [but that was in Aus]

We also have here $1 and $2 coin, and I suspect soon they will talk of getting rid of the 5cent piece, we no longer have one or 2 cents.

I remember reading of them, and of collecting some of them for my coin collections. But in the U.S. we never used these (our two cent piece in the 1850 was never called a "tuppence" , except in the early 19th Century before our own national currency really got organized). I could also have added that old stand-by of Robert Louis Stevenson and others writing about pirates - "pieces of eight' which was a specialized coin that one could break off bits from up to eight parts. Also the ha' penny!.

Jeff

[GUT]

Yep still got some ha penny's floating around, together with pennies and thripences, anything bigger probably got spent, but most are of course the Aussie version, though probably a few English ones.

[Robert]

There were also the crown (five shillings) and half-crown, plus of course the shilling.

[sdreid]

Just from memory (so I probably missed some), proposed denomination U.S. Mint issue coins that never made it into general circulation.

1-Four Dollar gold piece-a few test examples struck
2-Half Union ($50 dollar gold piece)-a couple of test examples struck
3-Union ($100 dollar gold piece)-Designed but no known examples struck

[Robert]

I assume (from the song) that a Nickelodeon was a kind of juke box. Did the price stay the same at a nickel?

[Mayerling]

I assume (from the song) that a Nickelodeon was a kind of juke box. Did the price stay the same at a nickel?

Hi Robert

The optical nickelodeon is just a quaint antique now (though some in working condition are in movie museums). The one that is mentioned in that popular song of the late 1940s early 1950s ("Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon. All I want is loving you and music, music, music!!!") still exists in well supplied diners in the booths (but it costs a few quarters to play the records now). Nothing from any earlier period costs under a quarter - Woolworth's which was the "Five and Ten Cent Store" of "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" went out of business over a decade back (and I really miss the one on our Main Street area here). There are "Mom and Pop" shops with "$1.00 Store" signs. Shows inflation, doesn't it?

Jeff

[sdreid]

The four smallest denomination U.S. Mint issued coins:

1-Half Cent (1793-1857)
2-Cent (in two sizes/1793-NOW+)
3-Two Cent Piece (1864-1873)
4-Three Cent Piece (in two sizes/1851-1889)