Recent content by JayR

Speaking of jumping to conclusions... The 2 one hundred dollar bills may well have been rejected as a general store policy so were most likely legit and my understanding of the clerks explanation was limited due to their accent/mexican english(a few of the petrol stations also refused my Visa...

So do I mate. And I haven’t found any published statistics on counterfeit money in circulation. I don’t have access to these journals…. Journal of Criminal Justice “Correlates of currency counterfeiting” Volume 37, Issue 5, September-October 2009, Pages 472-477 Journal of Monetary...

This from the link in my original post. "We estimate that about $70 million, or less than one counterfeit per 10,000 notes, might be in circulation at anyone time. In addition, we consider a range of $20 million to $200 million, or between about 25 cents and $2.50 per $10,000 in circulation...

Ok. That's a cop out. And if they scanned my money I should have asked them to scan their own. Either way I passed fake bills and knew it. Somehow I don't think my travel insurance will have covered it.

Most of the scanners used were like this one - http://www.dongbo2008.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/ProductInfoExhibit.html?ProductInfoExhibit_ProductID=c373e90db1ee096c8ffa46bc4e3154c5&ProductInfoExhibit_isRefreshParent=false" Some had a red and a green light to interpret the...

No. Well, yes. And that it may not be a small percentage. My first interest was in the prevalence of counterfeit bills. Was my experience unusual and is anyone aware of studies other than those cited by the reserve? Who is paying for these fake dollars? I mean how many people use card only for...

Perhaps my original post would have been better placed in General Discussion. I am, however, interested in the economic ramifications of so many fake bills in the states and elsewhere. How much fake money might there be? As it certainly isn't all being reported to the Fed or Secret...

Hi all, I've just returned from a trip to the US, California... Disneyland...Sequoia and Yosemite Nat. Parks. Incredible! While in Anaheim, I cracked several US $50's and $100's. I was provided with 10 x US $100's at a Sydney Airport currency exchange. I wanted to enhance my foreign...

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Gday Zooby and Wolram, if you are still interested in dissociation – and it is interesting, check-out "The Myth Of Sanity" by Martha Stout. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k60GAAAACAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1_1 Dissociation is a slippery bugger, a kind of circuit...

Can we observe them without notice? It would make sense to give it ago. We may discover that they are under the rule of a tyrannical dictator. A terrible figure imposing their will upon the people. Under these circumstances how could we not intervene? Let alone worry about the affect of...

Glossolalia is interesting. "Speaking in tongues" appears to be easily falsifiable as does a lot of other religious phenomenon.

I can't see the "magic" here at all. This could be moved to General Discussion. I would like this chat continue though. We can't do the math, nobody strikes another with their full capacity, unless their life depends on it. How do you measure that? It could be done but would, I figure, be...

Sorry Evo, that was me blurting out an opinion, I was thinking acute-geri-psych-ward type depression. I did a placement on one during training and pick up overtime shifts there occasionally.

It's no surprise that the brains of those with Major Depression begin to atrophy, everything else looks like it's shutting down too, they certainly aren't looking after themselves very well anymore.