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  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    adouglasmhor wrote: »
    Operator, gladiator, orator, sollicitor, cantor, etc. are ‘O' s though, bet there is anther ‘a' someone can think of.

    Peddlar, Registrar, Bursar, Burglar....
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    Loughton_Monkey wrote: »
    Peddlar, Registrar, Bursar, Burglar....

    thanks, i do admin for the Registrar's office so I should have got that one.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    If I heard right on the news this morn, it said these new notes are not going to be produced here.

    If this is the case that will be one more thing to add to the 'not made here' list.
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    kabayiri wrote: »
    If I heard right on the news this morn, it said these new notes are not going to be produced here.

    If this is the case that will be one more thing to add to the 'not made here' list.


    Yet another hole in the leaky bucket.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    edited 12 September 2013 at 11:31AM
    Bitcoin is not pure cash though. Its a global transaction which is useful where local or national problems exist like in Argentina.
    I dont think its quite as convenient to use as an actual coin and if they try it might be banned as we know cash use is a form of tax like petrol, etc


    Maybe the plan for plastic notes is that they will replace all cash, so no coins. IF they are more machine acceptable I can see this happening


    [Do you think theres any use to the altcoins out there?]
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    sabretoothtigger wrote: »
    Bitcoin is not pure cash though. Its a global transaction which is useful where local or national problems exist like in Argentina.
    And very open to money laundering and fraud.

    The horror stories about Bitcoin are rife, no wonder people have no faith in the operation.
  • dryhat
    dryhat Posts: 1,305 Forumite
    sabretoothtigger wrote: »
    Bitcoin is not pure cash though. Its a global transaction which is useful where local or national problems exist like in Argentina.
    I dont think its quite as convenient to use as an actual coin and if they try it might be banned as we know cash use is a form of tax like petrol, etc
    [Do you think theres any use to the altcoins out there?]

    Bitcoin is as convenient as cash, acts just like cash but has additional benefits over cash.

    Bitcoin cannot be "banned" and is here to stay.

    For anyone to suggest that Bitcoin is somehow a fraud or is any worse than cash when it comes to criminal activities shows a deep misunderstanding.
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    They used to argue AC electricity was dangerous by its nature only useful in killing murderers and should be banned in favour of DC electricity which is far safer.

    Bitcoin can be banned in the same way people can be banned from existance but hopefully not so in uk
  • dryhat
    dryhat Posts: 1,305 Forumite
    sabretoothtigger wrote: »
    They used to argue AC electricity was dangerous by its nature only useful in killing murderers and should be banned in favour of DC electricity which is far safer.

    Bitcoin can be banned in the same way people can be banned from existance but hopefully not so in uk


    .... but the better system won in the end though.
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    dryhat wrote: »
    .... but the better system won in the end though.

    AC is certainly easier to transmit.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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