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From: ma...
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:06

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On 2018-02-08, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2018-02-08, Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote:
>> On 2/7/2018 8:39 PM, John Levine wrote:
>>> In article <p5g9ut$oks$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>> Dave Garland  <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote:
>>>>> 	You can't pay taxes in bitcoin, therefore it isn't money.
>>>>
>>>> You're not allowed to send them cash, so that's not money either?
>>> 
>>> My town and village are delighted to accept tax payments in cash.  If
>>> you have some you don't want, I'd be happy to come pick it up.
>>
>> Your town and village, maybe. Try that with the feds, who're the ones 
>> that minted it. UK pound notes are money, 
>
> No they aren't. The pound note was withdrawn in 1988.
>
>

And withdrawn in favour of a heavy coin. A comedian that worked on
the North sea oil  rigs said that the audience would throw pound
coins at people who did not amuse.


-- 
greymaus.ireland.ie
Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man

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