[Gaim-i18n] 5c worth

[Clytie S. <cl...@ri...>]

On 24/03/2005, at 8:12 AM, Ethan Blanton wrote:

>> Just my 5 cents.
>
> Cursed inflation.

Reminded me of the other night, we were watching a DVD and my teenage=20
daughter, after watching someone pay for something, looked at me with=20
her eyes wide and said, "Dollar NOTES?"

It's been quite a while since one- and two-dollar notes became devalued=20=

to the stage that they became coins, only, in Australia. Cute coins,=20
but coins nevertheless.

How do you explain inflation to someone who's never lived with anything=20=

else? "Um, you know how the prices go up all the time..."

"Yes..."

"Well, they didn't used to."

She looked at me warily, and moved away from me on the couch.

<sigh>

from Clytie (vi-VN, team/nh=C3=B3m Gnome-vi)

Clytie Siddall--Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia

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