On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > It's an interesting joke... Google search failed to find sufficient proof.... > :) > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:15 PM, AndyHC <[email protected]> wrote: >> This story rings alarm bells - why would the US mint even hold $3 worth of >> nickels for every man. woman & child in the country? - Even if they did, how >> would you persuade them to issue them to you? (I suspect they cost more than >> 5 cents to make)?
Here's some disproof for you: <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/bl og/2012/aug/29/apple-samsung-trucks-nick els-fake> a.k.a. <http://tinyurl.com/mkmvekn> Someone did the math, at 5 grams per nickel, 1E9 nickels would weigh 100,000 metric tonnes and need 2,755 18-wheelers to move. dt -- Dave Thayer Denver, CO _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAAo+qoUYzsC+9P18GfwMUttWU-bbqk83i+o_n=kuxez6qzx...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
