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Title: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: dbvirago on December 01, 2012, 14:22
Been stuck at $99.95 for 3 days. If somebody could buy one of those crappy .08 downloads, I could get my semi-annual payday out of them
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: jsmithzz on December 02, 2012, 03:42
Wow, are you joking? Since when did this become the pan-handlers forum? If you want more DL's, put the work in and earn them. 
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: aeonf on December 02, 2012, 04:31
I think the OP was using something called "humor"
look it up.
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: Mantis on December 02, 2012, 08:07
I think the OP was using something called "humor"
look it up.

Most definitely!
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: mlwinphoto on December 02, 2012, 13:07
I got a laugh out of it.  And, I can relate.
The way it's been going for us lately you'll probably get $.04 for your next download.  ;)
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: tee on December 02, 2012, 13:40
Wow, are you joking? Since when did this become the pan-handlers forum? If you want more DL's, put the work in and earn them.
^ Romney voter
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: FreeTransform on December 02, 2012, 15:00
Wow, are you joking? Since when did this become the pan-handlers forum? If you want more DL's, put the work in and earn them.
^ Romney voter
BWAH!!
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: RacePhoto on December 02, 2012, 16:02
Been stuck at $99.95 for 3 days. If somebody could buy one of those crappy .08 downloads, I could get my semi-annual payday out of them

I picked up a dime in the parking lot last week, where do I mail it?  8)
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: qwerty on December 02, 2012, 16:09
Why are they called dimes anyway ?
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: ShadySue on December 02, 2012, 16:27
Why are they called dimes anyway ?


According to Merriam-Webster:
"disme   noun \ˈdīm\
Definition of DISME  : a United States 10-cent coin struck in 1792
Origin of DISME:  obsolete English, tenth, from obsolete French, from Old French disme, dime —
First Known Use: 1792"


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disme (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disme)


Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: qwerty on December 02, 2012, 16:47
Why are they called dimes anyway ?


According to Merriam-Webster:
"disme   noun \ˈdīm\
Definition of DISME  : a United States 10-cent coin struck in 1792
Origin of DISME:  obsolete English, tenth, from obsolete French, from Old French disme, dime —
First Known Use: 1792"


[url]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disme[/url] ([url]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disme[/url])


Thanks, I'm surprised it is such a logical answer.
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: RacePhoto on December 02, 2012, 21:40
Why are they called dimes anyway ?


According to Merriam-Webster:
"disme   noun \ˈdīm\
Definition of DISME  : a United States 10-cent coin struck in 1792
Origin of DISME:  obsolete English, tenth, from obsolete French, from Old French disme, dime —
First Known Use: 1792"


[url]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disme[/url] ([url]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disme[/url])


Thanks, I'm surprised it is such a logical answer.


And next you'll want to know why a quarter is called Two-Bits?  ;D

If you take two sections of a piece of eight, it's two bits.

Yar Matey!
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: qwerty on December 02, 2012, 23:41
What about loonies and toonies or what ever they call them ?
Title: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: bokehgal on December 02, 2012, 23:48
I think you are all one short of a six pack.
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: qwerty on December 03, 2012, 02:22
"There are seven denominations of Canadian coinage circulating: 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, $1, and $2. Though officially titled the One Cent Piece, Five Cent Piece, Ten Cent Piece, Twenty-Five Cent Piece, Fifty Cent Piece, One Dollar Coin and Two Dollar Coin; they are colloquially referred to as the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, loonie, and toonie, respectively."

Source Wikipedia
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: leaf on December 03, 2012, 04:33
What about loonies and toonies or what ever they call them ?


The one dollar Canadian coin is called a Loonie because there is a picture of a Loon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon) on them.  The $2.00 coin is called a toonie because it was released a few years afer the loonie.  Toonie rhymes with loonie and well... sounds like two loonies.   The $2.00 coin has the picture of a polar bear on it and who would want to called it a poonie.
:)
Only in Canada!
Title: Re: Could somebody loan me a dime?
Post by: gillian vann on December 06, 2012, 06:23
it's a random and rare moment when you see a glimmer of Old Blighty left in Canada.