George,

 GP> Like guy who the waden said he'd release  him early if he helped refit
 GP> his(warden's) kitchen, as the guy was a detail carpenter.

 GP> Con said, "No way, sir, counterfitting's what got me in here in the
 GP> first place!"

  Touche'.

 GP> Yeah, stores here have been requesting payment by card, if possible
 GP> (but most still accept coins)

  I usually just pay with the debit card.

 >   Sort of like the guy who got his final paycheck from his job in pennies
 > (along with a vulgar note).

 GP> Never heard of this one.

  It has been on the FoxNews website at times.

 >   Reminds me of the cartoon, where the elderly woman is going to make a
 > deposit in pennies.

 GP> Don't know it.

  It was about the woman telling her husband that "you thought YOU had a 
rough day".

 GP> There was a $3 bill, legal tender, long ago, in Utah.  It failed.

  There was a $2 bill years ago...I still have the one my late father
gave me.

 >   They are still talking about ending manufacturing of the pennies, and
 > upping all prices to end in 5 or 0, with tax.

 GP> We did this a while ago -- so much less change to tote around!

  I like to have a small pouch/coin purse for my change...although I
normally don't carry that much change with me.

 >  GP> My uncle used to be a rare coin dealer...
 >  GP> Until a group of crooks broke into his shop & beat him 'cent-less'

  Never mind penniless.

 >   Never mind Grandma Dynamite in an episode of The Flintstones.

 GP> Refresh my memory, please?

  She went and robbed the banks, and changed the assets to what she had
left...63 cents. At the end, they thought it was Wilma's Mother-In-Law
who was the guilty party.

 GP> Yup, they do love to spend; our houses are the same. . .

  Both parties accuse the other of "tax and spend". Talk about the pot
calling the kettle black.

 >   If you leave them in your clothing and they get washed, they will be.

 GP> That's not what they mean by "money laundering".

  Really.

 >   I saw a ham radio cartoon, where the woman was in front of the wishing
 > well, wanting to be "irrestible to men". She got changed into a top of
 > the line ham radio rig. 

 GP> Could've become a roast beef sandwich, or a triple BBQ burger!

  That works, too. I need to stop answering messages and go eat!!

 GP> Man ordered a hot dog from a Coney Island Philosopher's Hot Dog cart by
 GP> asking, "Make me one with everything."

 GP> He paid with a $20 bill.  Not receiving money back, he asked for his
 GP> change.

 GP> The cart man replied, "Change must come from within."

  LOL!! Good one!!

Daryl

... Does "MNP-5" mean "Modem needs a 5 topping pizza"??
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