[real-eyes] Re: $5 System
- From: "& Ruthie" <chaosynchronous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:13:32 -0600
Problem with that is if you need cash from an ATM and it's after hours so
you can't go in the bank...you're stuck with 20's...since ATM's dont' give
you the option to get all your bills in $5's.
Ruthie &
C:\BELFRY is where I keep my .BAT files.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emily M. Parris" <emily@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] $5 System
> Since everyone is talking about money I thought it would be a good time to
> tell about my $5 System that could be implemented by any blind person.
>
> 1. Get all your money from the bank in $5 bills only! Keep those in one
> place.
>
> 2. As you pay for items all your change will be $1 bills. So keep those in
> another place. You never have to wonder whether a bill is a $10 or a $20
> because you won't be dealing with them. You just build upwards to pay a
> larger bill and all your change comes back in $1 bills or in change. You
> only need to keep track of 2 categories of money and you would always know
> what was happening.
>
> Emily
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Epley" <gregepley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:20 AM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: money follow up
>
>
>> Since I went blind in my late thirties and will likely never know
>> braille,
> I
>> like the idea of the different sized bills over using dots, unless they
> can
>> do the dots in a way that any blind person could understand. Braille's
> all
>> fine, well and good for those who know it. I'm fortunate to at least
>> have
>> one of the electronic readers right now. I'm just afraid their
>> solution's
>> going to be putting braille dots on the money and I'll still have to
> resort
>> to my electronic device because braille will never be an option for me.
>> -Greg Epley
>> Thinkzo Systems
>> Web: http://www.thinkzo.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chip Bloch" <wbloch@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:09 PM
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: money follow up
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Thanks to all of you who have participated in this debate, no matter what
>> your point of view. There is nothing so controversial that it can't be
>> talked about. I do agree with Reg, however, that timing is everything.
>> I
>> personally like the idea of different size bills with the one dollar bill
>> remaining the same size to minimize problems with the vending machines.
>>
>> Also, thanks to all of you for not pointing out that I do not know my
> period
>> from my comma when I originally posted the vote totals. My fingers were
>> going faster than my brain, which isn't that hard to do. <grin>
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chip Bloch" <wbloch@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:51 PM
>> Subject: [real-eyes] money follow up
>>
>>
>> > This is an interesting follow up to the story about accessible money
>> > for
>> > the visually impaired. CNN has been running an on line poll on their
>> > webpage at www.cnn.com
>> > The question is "Should dollar bills be printed so that blind people
>> > can
>> > tell the difference between denominations?"
>> >
>> > As of 9:50 pm Central Standard Time tonight the results are:
>> > yes 70% or 60.523 votes
>> > no 30% or 26,152 votes
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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