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Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
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Try to Break a $20
Try this "social experiment". Ask around the office and see how many people can break a $20 bill - (2) $10s or (2) $5s and a $10 or mix in some $1s.
I tried to do this today at work and I must have asked twenty people. Nobody could break a $20. I guess people don't carry cash or maybe our company doesn't pay enough. How much cash do you have in your wallet on any average day?
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11-20-2006, 02:08 PM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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Soemhow whenever I have cash my wife needs exactly $1 less than I have on me. She must check my pockets at night. Scott
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11-20-2006, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NWNJ
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as little as possible, IMO the presence of ATM is responsible for people having nothing but twenties in their pockets.
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11-20-2006, 02:27 PM
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A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
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AHHH..What is Cash? I just use that Platic thingy and I get whatever I want whenever I want it!
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11-20-2006, 02:33 PM
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Who the hell carries cash anymore?
Actually I do have two 20s and a 10 stashed away for emergency, but I don't consider that to "really" be there.
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11-20-2006, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: a wretched hive of scum and villainy
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When I was young and single, I always had at least $200 in my wallet, and almost nothing in the bank.
Now that I'm old and married and have kids I have a whoooooole bunch O'money in the bank, and $3 in my wallet. |
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11-20-2006, 03:16 PM
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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
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$5
I rarely have more than $20 without a specific reason for using it.
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11-20-2006, 03:24 PM
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I like to keep enough for a fill up, a meal, and perhaps something if an activity comes up(such as karting, whatever). Normaly, when I get cash from my paychecks, I take it in twenties, so I don't have change for a twenty enless I've picked it up from spending twenties and getting change.
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11-20-2006, 03:50 PM
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I have a $1,000,000 dollar bill in my wallet.
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11-20-2006, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Worcester County, MA
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I don't get to the ATM much, so I tend to take out $500-$1000 at a whack. Depending on where I am in the cycle, my answer could be any of the above.
I do use AMEX for a lot (5% cash rebate on gas & groceries), but I am far too impatient to swipe a card for a $5 take out lunch at Wendy's. |
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11-20-2006, 05:02 PM
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Too many deals on the street are cash only.
$100 down will hold almost anything that's for sale. I wouldn't leave the house without a couple hundred bucks. Do hookers take plastic today? Jim
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11-20-2006, 05:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Lake Cle Elum - Eastern WA.
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All my money is tied up in CASH!!!
Seriously - I usually have between 40 and $150 in my wallet, but can never make change for a $20. The reason, it I spend most of one $20 before moving on to the next one...
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11-20-2006, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: southern California
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You get to have a 20? Wow, I need to talk to my wife.
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11-20-2006, 05:36 PM
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Quote:
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11-20-2006, 05:39 PM
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Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
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I spend less using cash only. I pull $1k cash at a time from my bank when I deposit checks...that goes into my safe. When my wallet is down to $100, I pull 5 20's from the safe...long time habit. I keep 2 20's hidden on each moto...10 motos. Also same in each vehicle...5 of them. There's a sense of lack w/o good cash with me...not unlike being on the road w/o heat.
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11-20-2006, 05:44 PM
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coulda, woulda, shoulda
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Louisiana
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Most of my jobs are $25-$30,000+. since it usually takes longer for a deposited check to clear than it takes for me to complete the job. I pay for everything in cash I don't have the money, I don't buy it.. one day I might have a ridiculous amount of money, next day a few hundred. on any given day I'd have to count it to see how much I have on me.. it just seems to disappear so fast with all I have to spend on materials and equipment, I have a hard time keeping track of where it's gone. Don't think I'd bother leaving the house with out a few hundred cash in hand. it's not like it's actually MY money, there's really not much left for ME after expenses.. it's just so much more fun spending all those $100 bills than signing my name on a receipt.
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11-20-2006, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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I usually start the week with ~60 that I use for lunch throughout the week. Helps me stay in budget, but I rarely have change for a twenty.
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11-20-2006, 06:16 PM
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Well, I still have quite a bit of Trip Cash left over...
$231 USD $30 CAN $325 EUR 200 French Francs (need to get rid of them the next time I'm France) 176 RON (Romanin New Lei) 2740 Mexican Pesos And while the USD & Euros are in my Wallet, the rest I do actually carry with me.
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11-20-2006, 06:41 PM
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canna change law physics
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Oh, and no, I can't break a US $20...
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11-20-2006, 06:42 PM
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Location: Lisle, IL
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I usually have $80-$120 cash in my wallet, tend to be 50's and 20's though, a few 5's and 1's would have a hard time breaking a 20. Also keep spending cash in my safe, not to mention my coin and currency collection.
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