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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net
[mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Shannon Lee<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Lee Sonko<BR><B>Cc:</B> NoiseBridge Discuss<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Noisebridge-discuss] looking for the origin of the
dollar<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>"Dollar" comes from the dutch "thaler," which was fairly common
currency in the new world at the time of the American
revolution.<BR><BR>--S<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Lee Sonko <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:lee@lee.org">lee@lee.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote><BR>At a recent 5MoF someone spoke about "community
hours", Ithaca Hours and<BR>currency replacements. This might have been
Michael Rogers during his talk<BR>"Corporate Peoplehood - Can a corporation
become the embodiment of a<BR>people?"<BR><BR>I recall at recent 5MoF event
someone talking about the origin of the word<BR>"dollar" and how stemed from
the phrase "days of labor". I want to find this<BR>person and tap them
lightly with a truth stick. Does anyone recall this talk<BR>and
presenter?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Noisebridge-discuss
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clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Shannon Lee<BR>(503) 539-3700<BR><BR>"Any sufficiently
analyzed magic is indistinguishable from
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