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gg as I have previously said MrC Ash is king and long live this king
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I was in a medium sized country town yesterday, stopped for lunch, walking past the bank I noticed a well-maintained ATM machine and people withdrawing cash.
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JohnDe and no doubt the businesses love the cash also.
We had lunch in Toodyay 2 weeks ago and was asked cash or card. A bit cheaper if folding was handed over. A no brainer
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forgot to mention my local Thai restaurant has 10% discount on cash.. love it
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Very hard to account for cash in this "cashless" society. The local food food we patronise never says no either.I noticed thr other day it went straight into his wallet.
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Friends of mine are traveling through Europe, currently in Italy and said that his lunch cost him 7 euros, and the beer 2 euros.
It isn’t cash or card that makes things expensive, it’s taxes and regulations upon regulations.
It isn’t cash or card that makes things expensive, it’s taxes and regulations upon regulations.
“Not just a random food photo . On the way back to the train station after visiting Herculaneum stopped for lunch . This place had no menu , some old tables out the front , so I asked what was lunch .. he said spaghetti vongole .. luckily a favourite of mine ..,it was delicious and reminded me of the pasta I had growing up at home with freshly caught goolwa cockles . Total cost 7 euros plus 2 euros for the peroni .”
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am looking at MrCash's cousin MrBarter for alternatives could be useful in the area i now reside ( population around 300 with many only home on weekends and holidays ) ...26 km to my local bank
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BTW cash implies you trust your government ... do you really .. after all they promise so much and deliver so little ( that was promised )
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Yeah.
But in a functional village, we need a unit of account as barterers may not require each other's offering.
Joe my not need a horse shod even though I may want to acquire a dozen of his duck eggs.
Cash solves this, if we trust the untrustworthy. In reality, we may need to develop some other peer to peer unit of account.
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but the government desire is to go cashless , ( because commodity prices make coins worth more than their face value ( 1 , 2 5 , 10 and 20 cent pieces )
also many villagers are semi-self sufficient , several have chickens some have ducks , geese there are even domesticated pheasants , not to mention sheep , goats , and cattle and this property used to raise ostriches ( cattle now ) timber for building and heating etc. , and some solar panels ( off-grid and on-grid ) and fruit trees and herbs
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And there may be a bit of a key in what you say, becoming somewhat self- sufficient.
Maybe not a path to acquiring status toys, but survival in the anti human WEF world... Perhaps even true contentment.
Bohemians rule, okay?
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Did some work for a bloke a few years ago who only used Barter Card.
I had never heard of it before so was pretty wary.
Told him I only understood MrC Ash
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Wayne the hard part is we still an income of sorts to pay for what not is tradeable.
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Exactly
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Pity we can't barter with Govt depts, though I might be soon because of road width requirements.
Perhaps I should engage one of those well experienced 1st people who specialisein extortion of Govt and individuals.
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Went to a country agricultural show today, got there early and stayed most of the day. Excellent fun, enjoyed being part of the opening of a restored building converted to a bar.
One thing I noticed and enjoyed seeing, cash was the king.
Almost everyone was paying with cash, cards was most definetly the minority. And some stalls had 'Cash Only', others said that the EFTPOS was not working. But no one seemed to car, because they all seemed to prefer cash. Felt good to be part of the crowd that thinks like me hahaha.
One thing I noticed and enjoyed seeing, cash was the king.
Almost everyone was paying with cash, cards was most definetly the minority. And some stalls had 'Cash Only', others said that the EFTPOS was not working. But no one seemed to car, because they all seemed to prefer cash. Felt good to be part of the crowd that thinks like me hahaha.
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my parents grew up during the great depression so 'barter ' included work for food ( and sometimes accommodation ) i still have grandmother's ration books , so one might wonder if food was traded as well ( and of course Australia had a thriving black market during WW2 )
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WHAT ... union officials ??
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I've never used it but it was (is?) a legit thing as such.
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