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Post by melanell on Jul 14, 2014 1:01:22 GMT
LOL, OP!
I must be getting old. I remember spending 2 dollar bills just like any other bill as a kid. I spent half dollars and Susan B. Anthony dollars, too.
Somewhere I have a 2.00 bill that a man gave to my son at a garage sale one year. By that point I wasn't seeing them anymore, so I kept it so we'd have one around. I think they are pretty neat.
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Post by melanell on Jul 14, 2014 1:05:08 GMT
These stories are all great. I need to go buy some $2.00 bills now.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Jul 14, 2014 2:06:23 GMT
I have 1 left. When the boys saw it they thought it was fake money.
My brother use to collect half dollars, when he moved out he left them behind. Well I was broke and we needed milk and bread and some other things so I took them to the store to buy this stuff and the cashier had to ask a supervisor if it was ok to take them. Did she think I made fake coins? Apparently she had never seen a half dollar coin.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 14, 2014 2:08:06 GMT
I made money leis with $2 bills for ds, his girlfriend and his best friend. They haven't had any issues spending them.
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Post by KateMarie on Jul 14, 2014 2:23:41 GMT
My husband is a plumber. When he turns in scrap copper, they often pay him with crisp $2. bills. I have one tucked away to keep myself, but I've also given them to friends that rarely see them.
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Post by wholarmor on Jul 14, 2014 2:34:26 GMT
I remember $2 bills with fondness, but I hate the implication of this story that people who have no experience with this money and who may look at it with suspect are stupid or must deserve to work at their menial jobs.
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Post by elaine on Jul 14, 2014 2:44:59 GMT
Must be me. But i think its more funny you think people would be irritated to break a fifty. Even in a small town fast food. Its no biggie. Do people not take fifties for small amounts? According to Snopes the story in the OP is an urban legend email/story that has been around for a while.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 2:46:16 GMT
So happy you gave your grandchildren $2 bills. I cherish the 2 that I got from mine. Still have them in the envelope and everything. One even has the serial numbers in red. They have long since past, but I smile whenever I see them.
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Post by bebe on Jul 14, 2014 3:03:58 GMT
One of my favorite memories involves a $2 bill and a dime. My grandfather, whom I adored, gave me one of each when I first started dating. He said, stick this in your wallet and you will always have the means to take care of yourself if you end up on a "bad date."
My mom was one of three daughters, so he had already been through all the dating woes, marriages, divorces and children of those daughters. He wanted to make sure that if I was ever stuck and a boy "was doing me wrong" I had a least enough to make a phone call (pay phones were a dime then) to get someone to pick me up and the bill just in case the dime wasn't enough.
To this day, I still have that $2 bill in my wallet, the dime long gone. I have been so poor that I have thought about spending it, but every time I look at it, I remember my grandfather telling me that I should always keep it "just in case," so I do. Through 30 plus years of wallet changes, that bill has been placed behind my driver's license each and every time.
Anxiousmom--what a wonderful story and memory. I have a "silver dollar" given to me when I was born.
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Post by mztfied on Jul 14, 2014 5:22:30 GMT
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 14, 2014 5:42:07 GMT
The tooth fairy gives my kids $2 bills for their molars.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 10:44:59 GMT
Hysterical! My great-aunt kept a stash of two dollar bills that she would give to all the great-great nieces and nephews whenever she saw them. She has since passed but the thought makes me smile whenever I see a two dollar bill.
It's never got as far as the original story, but I've gotten some funny looks and comments when I've paid with dollar coins.
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Post by travelscrapper on Jul 14, 2014 16:58:14 GMT
I bring $2 bills with me when we go on vacation for tipping--it's way easier to bring a small stack of $2 bills vs. a huge stack of $1 bills.
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