What IS Money ?

[1dave]

What do you think money is?

1 YAHOO What is money Q 1.
2 YAHOO What is money Q 2.
3 YAHOO What is money Q 3.

EDIT Jan 2019 a thread transporter:

a Day's Wages

Making Change

What is a Short Snorter

Money DOES grow on Trees!

Confederate Money

Inflation

Money IS an Illusion

jamesp on Money

Bit Coins

What is a Pile of Money?

An 1890 Visit To The Mint.

The Gold Standard

The Case For Gold

[bushmanbilly]

[Pat]

A symbol used as a unit of exchange. Easier to carry around than the two goats I have to trade for your pig.

[Sabre52]

The most important thing is, money is freedom. With it, you are free to do as you like within the boundaries of the law ( or if you are a Clinton, heck outside the boundaries too *L*). I suppose, if you can do without it, you can be free too but most folks want or need "stuff" and so are enslaved by the need for money as a symbol of exchange to buy their stuff or take care of their needs.....Mel

[rockpickerforever]

Apr 21, 2015 13:42:36 GMT -5 Pat said:

A symbol used as a unit of exchange. Easier to carry around than the two goats I have to trade for your pig.

My pig is worth at least THREE of your goats, lol! Gotta get an extra one to pay the taxes on the barter (so sad!).

[mohs]

I'm sure I have a witty remark to
what is filthy lucre
but I too depressed to make one

monstly

[Fossilman]

I know a few people back home that have hoarded gold,silver and gems..Said it will be great barter tools when the time comes.....

[1dave]

The last quote from the third set of answers I find interesting:

money, is a part of you. so think of money as a change from your services.. you are your money, because your money is a product of you energy, strength and brain....

Probably true for most earthlings, but definitely not so for billionaires. They make it the old fashioned way, they steal it. If it weren't for money, no one could be rich.

Think about this. For over two thousand years a denarius (a silver coin about the size of a dime) was considered the value of a man's work for one day.
With our runaway inflation, what kept it stable for so long back then?

One thing I think was that there were few coins around so it was mostly book keeping, no actual coins to steal, but with the web today, not ever the books are safe.

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Best Answer: Here are some excerpts from Dave Barry's new book "Money Secrets":
"The problem was that gold is too heavy to be constantly lugged around. So, to make it easier for everybody, governments began to issue pieces of paper to represent gold. The deal was, whenever you wanted, you could redeem the paper for gold.... the government changed the deal. We don't have the gold standard anymore. Nobody does. Over the years, all the governments in the world, having discovered that gold is, like, RARE, decided that it would be more convenient to back their money with something that is easier to come by, namely: nothing. So even though the U.S. government still allegedly holds tons of gold in "reserve," you can no longer exchange your dollars for it. You can't even see it, because visitors are not allowed. For all you know, Fort Knox is filled with Cheez Whiz." (p.10)
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lord sesshomaru
Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack.
Money it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good b%^*(%$t
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away

"HuHuh! I was in the right!"
"Yes, absolutely in the right!"
"I certainly was in the right!"
"You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!"
"Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking
why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out"

OR

I've got ninety thousand pounds
in my pyjamas,
I've got forty thousand French francs
in my fridge.

I've got lots of lovely lire,
Now the Deutschmark's getting dearer,
And my dollar bills would buy
the Brooklyn Bridge.

There is nothing quite as wonderful as money,
There is nothing quite as beautiful as cash,
Some people say it's folly,
But I'd rather have the lolly,
With money you can ma-ake a splash.

There is nothing quite as wonderful as money
(chorus sings money money money)
There is nothing like a newly minted pound
(money money money)
Everyone must hanker
for the butchness of a banker
It's accountancy that makes
the world go round
(round round round)

You can keep your Marxist ways
For it's only just a phase
For it's money makes the world
go round

(money money money money
money money money money
money)
Source(s): pink fyold- money

Monty Phyton- money song
lord sesshomaru · 9 years ago

Sam
Blood flows for keeping the body healthy. So also, currency flows between government and public to keep society healthy and fine.
Sam · 9 years ago

cool and simple
money, is a part of you. so think of money as a change from your services.. you are your money, because your money is a product of you energy, strength and brain....
cool and simple · 9 years ago

[gingerkid]

Whatever money is, it doesn't grow on trees.

[1dave]

Way back in Jolly Old England along with guineas, crowns, pounds, shillings, hardheads, and tuppence, a penny was worth a lot so making change was a problem.

Where there is a will, there is a way!

[jakesrocks]

Swap ya a SFRB of jasper slabs for enough coffee grounds to make 2 pots, and a can of sardines.

[1dave]

Few have heard of the Military Script used as pay during WWII.



And even fewer have heard of the Bikini Short Snorter.
I know because my first stepfather was stationed as an officer on the atoll for the 1946 testing.

Not a great landing, but if you can walk away from it . . .


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[jakesrocks]

Hey Dave, somewhere in one of my tons of boxes, I have a few examples of the funny money (script) that we used in Vietnam. I'll see if I can find them & post a pic or 2.

[gingerkid]

Really like the military scripts, 1dave! Those are cool!!!

[1dave]

Apr 25, 2015 10:41:03 GMT -5 jakesrocks said:

Hey Dave, somewhere in one of my tons of boxes, I have a few examples of the funny money (script) that we used in Vietnam. I'll see if I can find them & post a pic or 2.

Thanks Don, I would appreciate that!

Wikipedia says:

Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay U.S. military personnel in certain foreign countries. It was used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War – from 1946 until 1973. MPC utilized layers of line lithography to create colorful banknotes that could be produced cheaply. Fifteen series of MPCs were created. However, only 13 series were issued. The remaining two were largely destroyed, although some examples remain.[1] Among the 13 released series a total of 94 notes are recognized.

[1dave]

Apr 25, 2015 11:24:26 GMT -5 gingerkid said:

Really like the military scripts, 1dave! Those are cool!!!

So much stuff to learn and understand Jan!
Wikipedia:

A short snorter is a banknote inscribed by people traveling together on an aircraft. The tradition was started by Alaskan Bush flyers in the 1920s and spread through the military and commercial aviation.[1][2] During World War II short snorters were signed by flight crews and conveyed good luck to soldiers crossing the Atlantic.[3] Friends would take the local currency and sign each other's bills creating a "keepsake of your buddy's signatures"

The Short Snorter Project
What is a Short Snorter?

A short snorter is a banknote which was signed by various persons traveling together or
meeting up at different events and records who was met. The tradition was started by bush
pilots in Alaska in the 1920's and subsequently spread through the growth of military and
commercial aviation. If you signed a short snorter and that person could not produce it upon
request, they owed you a dollar or a drink (a “short snort”, aviation and alcohol do not mix!).

Short snorters come to light at coins shops and coin shows where most dealers pay very
little for them as they are heavily worn and "not very collectible". A short snorter signed by
a famous person will add value to the bank note. Short snorters frequently sell on eBay
and at other auction venues. Click here to check current eBay short snorter listings...
Depending upon your perspective, short snorters are next to worthless or simply priceless.
Whatever you decide, short snorters are truly "history in your hand."
Posted 4.24.11
Howard "Jack" Fry Short Snorter - B-29 Superfort Pilot

[spiritstone]

Good thread 1dave. I have a few of your American silver certificates put away.

[MrP]

The dollar is only worth something because we all believe it has a 'value'. I read a very interesting book years ago called Greenback. Makes you wonder how stable or money system is....................MrP

[Deleted]

Apr 22, 2015 21:28:02 GMT -5 gingerkid said:

Whatever money is, it doesn't grow on trees.

Tell that to the farmers in California. Those guys are wealthy and their wealth does indeed grow on trees.

[Pat]

Seems that when I was in high school, there was a song called The Money Tree; a jazzy little tune. Don't remember the singer