maybe the person was thinking 'another day another dollar'. i'm sure back in the 1930's-40's that's about as much as you got paid for a days labor.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Shannon Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com">shannon@scatter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">D'oh. This is what i get for scanning my email via iphone while in meetings.<br><font color="#888888"><br>
--S</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Lee Sonko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lee@lee.org" target="_blank">lee@lee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Please re-read my post and
question.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Lee</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net</a>] <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></div><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" target="_blank">lee@lee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" 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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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Shannon Lee<br>(503) 539-3700<br><br>"Any sufficiently
analyzed magic is indistinguishable from
science."<br></div></div></blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Shannon Lee<br>(503) 539-3700<br><br>"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br>
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