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date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:57:44 +0100,    group: uk.transport.london        back       
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?   
Roland Perry  writes:

> In message , at 06:13:27
> on Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson 
> remarked:
>>Aren't US banknotes also all the same size
>
> Yes, they are.

Does the USA not have disability discrimination legislation? Having all
banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people.
date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:57:44 +0100   author:   Graham Murray

Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?   
wrote in
news:69S7k.69714$8k.25321@newsfe18.ams2:

> Will Britain or the Eurozone ever get polymer notes, I wonder?

One might be pedantic and point out that the current notes are largely made 
of cellulose, a polymer of glucose.  It has the advantage of being readily 
renewable and degradeable, unlike oil-based polymers.

Peter

-- 
Peter Campbell Smith ~ London ~ pjcs00 (a) gmail.com
date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:14:48 +0200 (CEST)   author:   Peter Campbell Smith

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