Subj : Re: German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux
To   : Ed Vance
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Apr 10 2024 06:53:00

-=> Ed Vance wrote to Blue White <=-

 EV> Reading about digital money made me think about the IRS tax form line
 EV> that asks if the person/family use BIT COINS.

 My answer was "Why, what have you heard?" :)

 EV> I heard a family member in another State tell me of a (I think)
 EV> restaurant that does not accept cash.

 EV> I couldn't eat there, Coins and Green Back Dollars are what I'm use to.
 EV> Checks too.

Some restaurants during COVID went cashless and stayed that way, because
of (looks in notes) increased crime and coin shortages.

I miss the days when I used to commute, and to get the cash discount at
my local gas station would just take out what I needed for the week in
cash and didn't worry about card skimmers, worn chips, needing to swipe
a card several times, squiggling a signature on a LCD pad...



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