The Goths love ’em
Our newest £2 coins. The text around the edge reads “What a piece of work is a man!” I’m not sure I’m down with scary skellingtons on my money.
In March, they’re scrapping the old £1 coin design, which was round, in favor of an octagonal one. It’s to cut down on fraud.
The Royal Mint regularly conducts surveys to estimate the level of counterfeit £1 coins in the UK. A survey undertaken in May 2015 found that the rate of counterfeit UK £1 coins in circulation at the time was 2.55%, compared to 3.03% in May 2014.
Not sure if new coins mean all the coin machines will have to be scrapped.
Oh, changing the subject, I had a conversation with a tourist today. She heard my accent and asked where I was from and I told her. I asked her where she was from and she said, “Oregon. We’re very liberal and I guess we’re going to be punished for it now.” Right off the bat, first thing.
I never liked Limbaugh’s construction that liberalism is a mental disease, but it sure do seem like it sometimes.
January 3, 2017 — 10:29 pm
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Atkins, rolling in his grave
This is the breadmaker Sandy Claws brought Uncle B. At least, I think it’s this one. I got the picture off the web; I’m too lazy to go into the kitchen with a camera.
Yeah, still a holiday here. Because New Year’s fell on a Sunday, we got today off.
Don’t understand, but happy to accept it at face value.
He’s made a couple of excellent loaves just with the instruction book, but we were both a bit surprised to find there didn’t seem to be any good breadmaker forums online. I guess once you get it down, there’s not much to talk about.
Anybody know anything new and interesting to do with a breadmaker? ‘Possum stew or other regional favorite?
January 2, 2017 — 9:09 pm
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