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Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by Johnny555 »

teddyh wrote: post #28
samstave wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of times people who are traveling do not want a digital record of their payments for things such as alcohol or "food for two"

Why would anyone want a digital record of any of their payments? By default? EDIT: I should have clarified that I was thinking of a digital record in someone else’s possession . Having a record of your own transactions yourself could certainly be useful.

One reason is to load it into their employers expense system for reimbursement... My company credit card expenses automatically show up in our expense system for easier expense reporting.

Another reason is so I can audit the charges -- if my credit card had an option for "Don't track individual purchases", I wouldn't use it since I want to look at the charges at the end of the month and make sure they were mine.

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by Rebelgecko »

Johnny555 wrote: post #16
mikeyouse wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In California, lead shot was a contributor to the near extinction of the California Condor so it’s effectively banned for hunting purposes. You can basically just find steel now. https://www.kqed.org/science/1944241/lead-ammunition-is-now-...

It may be banned in certain areas but lead shot is still sold: https://www.cabelas.com/category/104567580.uts?CQ_view=list&... https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Lead-Shot-2-25-Pound/dp/B001QV... And some bans have been reversed: New U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday issued an order overturning an Obama administration ban on the controversial use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle used on federal lands and…

I'm guessing most ammo being used isn't for hunting, it's for target shooting. Lead ammo is still legal for that (and ranges can make some decent money by sifting through their berms and recycling the lead).

Kind of a moot point, but I don't think Cabela's has any locations in California, and they stopped shipping here after Prop 63

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by jefftk »

Johnny555 wrote: post #31
teddyh wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would anyone want a digital record of any of their payments? By default? EDIT: I should have clarified that I was thinking of a digital record in someone else’s possession . Having a record of your own transactions yourself could certainly be useful.

One reason is to load it into their employers expense system for reimbursement... My company credit card expenses automatically show up in our expense system for easier expense reporting. Another reason is so I can audit the charges -- if my credit card had an option for "Don't track individual purchases", I wouldn't use it since I want to look at the charges at the end of the month and make sure they were mine.

Going even farther, I'd love it if full receipts passed through the credit card system. Yes, my credit card company would mine the data, but replacing "$20 at FOOCORP on 11/23" with "$20 at FOOCORP on 11/23 " would be well worth it to me.

(I wrote up something advocating this in https://www.jefftk.com/p/attach-receipts-to-credit-card-tran...)

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by close04 »

owlninja wrote: post #18
Johnny555 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It may be banned in certain areas but lead shot is still sold: https://www.cabelas.com/category/104567580.uts?CQ_view=list&... https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Lead-Shot-2-25-Pound/dp/B001QV... And some bans have been reversed: New U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday issued an order overturning an Obama administration ban on the controversial use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle used on federal lands and…

Lead is still used for dove and clay shooting. I think in most places the steel restrictions only applies to waterfowl (may even be federal).

The point is to keep lead out of the carcasses many other animals eat as direct ingestion would cause the second most harm (first being to have it delivered straight from the barrel). Lead shot that falls to the ground when clay shooting is potentially dangerous but far less than when ingested.

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by thaumasiotes »

teddyh wrote: post #28
samstave wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of times people who are traveling do not want a digital record of their payments for things such as alcohol or "food for two"

Why would anyone want a digital record of any of their payments? By default? EDIT: I should have clarified that I was thinking of a digital record in someone else’s possession . Having a record of your own transactions yourself could certainly be useful.

Johnny555 makes some good points, but I think the focus here is on the case where someone ordinarily ambivalent about digital purchase records specifically seeks to avoid creating one for a questionable purchase.

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by solotronics »

Change doesn't make sense today. Comparing the value of a penny in 1900 it would be worth $0.31 today. Therefore we should get rid of pennies, nickles, and dimes. It is a huge waste of human time to count these small denominations out. They should round up to the nearest $0.25

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1900?amount=0.01

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by thordenmark »

reljac wrote: post #27

Season 7 of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel showed this in action (I still enjoy reruns of Dirty Jobs) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dirty_Jobs_episodes#...

I love Dirty Jobs. I don't understand the criticisms of the show.

Re: Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)

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Post by OJFord »

jefftk wrote: post #33
Johnny555 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One reason is to load it into their employers expense system for reimbursement... My company credit card expenses automatically show up in our expense system for easier expense reporting. Another reason is so I can audit the charges -- if my credit card had an option for "Don't track individual purchases", I wouldn't use it since I want to look at the charges at the end of the month and make sure they were mine.

Going even farther, I'd love it if full receipts passed through the credit card system. Yes, my credit card company would mine the data, but replacing "$20 at FOOCORP on 11/23" with "$20 at FOOCORP on 11/23 " would be well worth it to me. (I wrote up something advocating this in https://www.jefftk.com/p/attach-receipts-to-credit-card-tran... )

There's a startup or two doing that in the UK (can't recall the names), but if course it only works for shops that are on board and use a till system that supports it.
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