Re: Tollgate change in Chicago?

In article <7o6jar$1cuo$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>, "SP Cook" <PACEFSC@prodigy.net> wrote: > Michael G. Koerner <mgk920@dataex.com > > wrote in message , I will miss that > > very convenient way to pay the road's $2 toll (throw two 'SBA' (and in > > the very near future, 'Saca') $1 coins at it) > > What we are talking about it the US Mint's plan to try yet again with a $ > coin. This time it will be the color, size, and shape of the highly > successful Canadian "Loonie". One of the reasons the "Loonie" was successful was that the Bank of Canada simultaneously pulled the dollar bills out of circulation (or did so shortly after its introduction). Why people get so upset in the US when anyone suggests we do the same baffles me. > I used to get a lot of SBAs at the Post Office and use them on the WV > Turnpike. Totally freaked out the toll takers. Had no clue what it was. PATCO riders in Southern New Jersey know very much what a "Susan B" is. -- Sandy Smith, University Relations / 215.898.1423 / smiths@pobox.upenn.edu Associate Editor, _Pennsylvania Current_ current@pobox.upenn.edu Penn Web Team -- Web Editor webmaster@isc.upenn.edu I speak for myself here, not Penn http://pobox.upenn.edu/~smiths/ "Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas." --------------------------------------------------------Paula Poundstone--