Let's go on thwe washer standard

I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep

"beekeep" wrote in message
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I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep

And while you're at the hardware store, we also could solve the dollar coin
problem by replacing them with the knock-out disks on metal electrical
junction boxes. With each box yielding 4-8 electribux disks, you could
double your investment many times over on a wiring job.

On Oct 15, 6:49*am, (beekeep) wrote:
I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. *I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. *I *propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. *The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas. *

You guys would still have something to collect. *There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep

IIRC, the British West Africa 1/10¢, with associated hole, was
actually used as a washer, as it's value was less than the cost of
one. Go figure!

"mazorj" wrote in message
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"beekeep" wrote in message
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I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep

And while you're at the hardware store, we also could solve the dollar coin
problem by replacing them with the knock-out disks on metal electrical
junction boxes. With each box yielding 4-8 electribux disks, you could double
your investment many times over on a wiring job.

Of course the major TPGs would encase them and CAC would come along to add their
imprimatur to those washers that were strong for their grade!

(beekeep) wrote:

I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep


Approximate Current Cost of Minting Various U.S. Coins

* Penny - 1.26 cents
* Nickel - 7.7 cents
* Dime - 4 cents
* Quarter - 10 cents
* Dollar (Coins) - 16 cents
Maybe you should of drilled out a coin for the washers.

"Some Guy" wrote in message
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"mazorj" wrote in message
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"beekeep" wrote in message
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I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep

And while you're at the hardware store, we also could solve the dollar
coin problem by replacing them with the knock-out disks on metal
electrical junction boxes. With each box yielding 4-8 electribux disks,
you could double your investment many times over on a wiring job.

Of course the major TPGs would encase them and CAC would come along to
add their imprimatur to those washers that were strong for their grade!

Yep. And whizzing them to MS-70 with a buffer wheel would be absurdly
easy.

"Jud" wrote in message
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On Oct 15, 6:49 am, (beekeep) wrote:
I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep

- IIRC, the British West Africa 1/10¢, with associated hole, was
- actually used as a washer, as it's value was less than the cost of
- one. Go figure!

Just another example of coin multitasking, like using a penny as an
emergency replacement in the old electrical fuse boxes, or a quarter as a
screwdriver.

"dlhii" wrote in message
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(beekeep) wrote:

I was in the hardware store buying nuts and bolts the other day. I
noticed that a 1/2" washer cost 30 cents and a 3/8" washer costs 20
cents. I propose we do away with coinage and use wahers as change.
Round to the nearest dime and use 1/4", 3/8", & 1/2" washers as 10,
20, & 30 cent pieces. The govenment would save billions in minting
costs and you would no longer have to go to the hadrware store to buy
washers, saving gas.

You guys would still have something to collect. There are cliped
planchet washers!

beekeep


Approximate Current Cost of Minting Various U.S. Coins

* Penny - 1.26 cents
* Nickel - 7.7 cents
* Dime - 4 cents
* Quarter - 10 cents
* Dollar (Coins) - 16 cents
Maybe you should of drilled out a coin for the washers.

That's what I was just going to suggest. A nickel would probably work. It
is about 0.85 inches. So would a cent. It is about 0.74 inches.

Of course, in the day when one used fuse boxes and fuses instead of circuit
breakers, a cent was often used as an easy way to bypass a blown fuse. You
had to be really careful that you didn't overload the circuit too much or it
would really be a fire hazard. Ah! the good old days.


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Richard
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Don't lament that the rose bush has thorns. Rejoice that the thornbush has
roses.
[Ancient
Egyptian Saying]

Having been to India 4x in the past 8 years, (my son was living/ working
there), I started collecting coins of India.
Paise coins (still have a lot of them) in very small denominations. Some of
my son's friends were getting me lots of them. They were cautioned about
defacing them for a more practical usage...............drilling a hole in
them and using them as washers. Much cheaper (even in India) to do that than
to buy a washer. I also have a lot of Rupee coins as well. Lots more
information by searching google.
h

In article ,
Jud wrote:

IIRC, the British West Africa 1/10¢, with associated hole, was
actually used as a washer, as it's value was less than the cost of
one. Go figure!

At Brookhaven National Laboratory, one of the research groups had a
simple coffee vending machine that took dimes. They quit letting the
other research groups use it when someone repeatedly used stainless steel
washers in lieu of dimes. The kicker was, though, that those SS washers
did cost more than a dime...but that was no help to the person who was
paying for the coffee supplies out of their own pocket.

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