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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (245264)4/22/2010 6:06:50 PM
From: Travis_BickleRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
the british empire used debt free tally sticks to great success for something like 700 years

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I figure I am good for AT BEST another 40 years, so 700 years isn't of great relevance, I guess the guy who built the ark lived that long.

What form of currency is preferable to last for something like 40 years?

/no point in buying a Cadillac when all you need is a Yugo
//38 years is also okay, I'll be senile and toothless by then
///people talk about passing the cost on to future generations ... what did those unborn bastages ever do for me?



To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (245264)4/22/2010 7:22:23 PM
From: GSTRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 306849
 
So, there is no country since ancient Rome that has used what you call debt-free money?


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