It looks like Blue-Ray will win the HD format war.
Oops, I gambled on the wrong side.
Ah well, lord knows I've had worse losses.
Though nothing like Steve Jobs. He once lost 200 million dollars in a couple months. "Very character building", as he put it. :)
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"Very character building"...
You've got to admire the man.
And envy his wealth to death, goes without saying! :-)
I wouldn't mind having the financial means to lose $200 million. :-)))
Heck, $200 thousand would make me happy.
Or better yet, Euros. ;-P
The Euro?! Bah! Little more than expensive toilet paper!
Ah, but getting a teeny-weeny more expensive every day!
These days it would be less costly to use dollar bills. Literally.
Euros are also very nicely decorated, for mere TP!
At $1, a one dollar bill is cheaper than most book marks you can buy at the store. It also is a lot more durable. When it gets too beat up you can exchange it 1:1 with a newer dollar bill.
The alternative bookmark is a grocery receipt, but they tear up quickly and the toner comes off.
Oh, try using a 1GBP as TP. Just doesn't work. Smallest bill in circulation in the UK is 5GBP.
What do you expect from a nation which had a 2.5p coin called a sixpence.
"Oh, try using a 1GBP as TP"
It'll get rid of the big lumps.
Though a bigger coin would be easier to use.
I'm amazed that the US still has one-dollar *bills*. Even the five-pounds notes here, worth ten times that, are always very worn indeed.
"At $1, a one dollar bill is cheaper than most book marks you can buy at the store. It also is a lot more durable."
Brilliant idea, old chap!
And our 1,000 Lebanese Pound bill is worth about 67 cents.
"Oh, try using a 1GBP as TP"
It'll get rid of the big lumps.
No doubt about it, this blog is getting more educational and cultivated every day!
:-D
On a slightly more down-to-earth "note" (pun intended), the Lebanese Pound is indexed on the US dollar. So if a shopkeeper doesn't have 30,000 to return your change, they'll just whip out an equivalent $20.
Makes one wonder why the Central Bank still bothers the expenses of printing local currency...
And they release new designs every now and then, as if the old ones looked too nice, and not enough "Monopoly®-like".
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