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Item 233: The Short Question Item

Entered by gull on Fri Sep 19 22:34:37 2003:

I couldn't find a short question item, so I'm entering one.
23 responses total.
#1 of 23 by gull on Fri Sep 19 22:35:11 2003:

I'm curious what these markings are all about:
http://www.gull.us/~gull/bill.jpg

#2 of 23 by tod on Fri Sep 19 22:49:36 2003:

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#3 of 23 by jaklumen on Fri Sep 19 22:57:01 2003:

Hot & sour soup is the bomb, man!

#4 of 23 by other on Sat Sep 20 00:26:36 2003:

It's a "chop."  Beady will tell you.

#5 of 23 by gelinas on Sat Sep 20 01:56:39 2003:

(The Short Question Item is #64.)

They look like chops to me, too.

#6 of 23 by tod on Sat Sep 20 03:48:46 2003:

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#7 of 23 by mcnally on Sun Sep 21 20:24:28 2003:

  It's unusual to see them on $1 bills, but on higher denominations 
  these marks are quite common.  I handled a fair number of $100 bills
  during my poker-playing days and I'd estimate that on the west coast
  at least 50% of the $100s I saw had either Asian (mostly Chinese,
  sometimes Korean) or Arabic stamps on them.  Our currency really gets
  around..

#8 of 23 by tod on Mon Sep 22 03:13:33 2003:

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#9 of 23 by sj2 on Mon Sep 22 10:07:11 2003:

?

#10 of 23 by mynxcat on Mon Sep 22 13:07:41 2003:

Why isn't agora turned over? I thought it would have changed September 21st?

#11 of 23 by cmcgee on Mon Sep 22 13:52:22 2003:

Um, look at your almanac.  The equinox isn't until Sept 23.

#12 of 23 by mynxcat on Mon Sep 22 14:32:50 2003:

ok. Just thought we always did the change on September 21st.

#13 of 23 by anderyn on Mon Sep 22 14:51:57 2003:

Ah. Really? I thought it was the 21st too, but I suppose the equinox can
change dates...

#14 of 23 by tod on Mon Sep 22 15:40:03 2003:

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#15 of 23 by mynxcat on Mon Sep 22 16:04:47 2003:

Exactly Twi, I thought the last day of summer was 20th September irrespective
of the equinox (just to keep everything neat and tidy. That is why we're on
the solar calendar instead of the lunar, right? ) Oh well, you learn something
new everyday.

#16 of 23 by gelinas on Mon Sep 22 18:10:33 2003:

Summer ends when the Sun crosses the Equator.  I head on the weather during
WDIV's news on Saturday, I think it was, that the equinox is at or about
06:45, but I didn't catch the date.

According to Weather Underground, Friday is the 12-hour day:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KARB/2003/9/26/DailyHistory.htm
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#17 of 23 by cmcgee on Mon Sep 22 18:24:29 2003:

The equinox is a solar-calendar phenomenon.

#18 of 23 by rcurl on Mon Sep 22 18:35:37 2003:

6:48 a.m. EDT 23 September.

#19 of 23 by tpryan on Tue Sep 23 11:38:54 2003:

        Has now gone by.  Where is agora47?

#20 of 23 by gull on Tue Sep 23 14:16:13 2003:

Re #7: What's the purpose of marking the bills that way?

#21 of 23 by remmers on Tue Sep 23 15:07:55 2003:

Re #19:  It's on hold just to tick off anal-retentive types.  :)

#22 of 23 by mcnally on Tue Sep 23 19:05:25 2003:

  re #21:
  > What's the purpose of marking the bills that way?

  I couldn't say for sure.  I've always assumed it was an indication that
  the bills had been checked for authenticity by some trusted source such
  as a bank or prominent money-changer.

#23 of 23 by gull on Wed Sep 24 01:02:11 2003:

Couldn't you just forge the marks, though?

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