Saturday 21st November 2009 - Quarters, Golfers, and Nothing Much Else

          If, like me, you have to make regular visits to the laundromat, you have to collect quarters.  Typically, you will require about 12 for soap powder, washing, and drying.  There are one dollar coins in circulation, but they are rarer than hens' teeth: I've only ever seen one.  Anyway, none of the machines accept them.  Americans seem to like their dollar bills.  There are two-dollar bills as well, but they seem to be collector's items.  Dollar bills look as though they must cost more than a dollar to make, and can't last very long. 

 

          Does anyone else think it's funny that someone called Stone should sell hearing aids?

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          Later that night, I encountered a group of people out on a pub crawl.  They were pretending to be golfers, all dressed in ridiculous checked patterns and funny hats.  And they were travelling in a school bus.