Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site persci.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tikal!cholula!persci!bill From: bill@persci.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc,net.jokes Subject: Re: Ah ! The Good Old Times Message-ID: <196@persci.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 17:04:46 EDT Article-I.D.: persci.196 Posted: Sat Jun 22 17:04:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 07:54:20 EDT References: <1046@peora.UUCP> <305@ihlpa.UUCP> <196@frog.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Personal Scientific, Woodinville WA Lines: 21 Keywords: usury Xref: watmath net.misc:8152 net.jokes:12947 >> > *************************************** >> > When the white man discovered this country >> > Indians were running it >> > No taxes or debt >> > Women did all the work >> > WHITE MAN THOUGHT HE COULD IMPROVE ON A SYSTEM LIKE THAT >> > *************************************** >> > See what happens when you try to fix something that's working. >> If some descendant of the indians the early settlers dealt with still >> has his reciept of purchase and $24.00 than I believe a refund can be >> arranged. >I recently heard that had that $24 been invested at 6% interest, it would >currently be worth more than the estimated real-estate value of Manhattan. But it would have run afoul of usury laws. By the way, does anybody know the origin of the word 'dollar'? I've never met anyone who does. The nearest word to it is the Spanish (Latin?) 'dolore', which, I'm told, means 'pain'. -- Bill Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill