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Post by tartanphantom on Apr 15, 2023 23:12:17 GMT -5
I can't believe I'm actually eating Cream of Wheat. When I was a kid, that was one of the ultimate old person/mom foods. Now it's on my too-small surgery recovery allowed foods list. Where did it all go so wrong? We used to call it Creamy Feet. Only Dad ate it. I've not touched that stuff in over 45 years.
I never could stand cream of wheat, but I can eat the heck out of some oatmeal.
Must be my Scottish bloodline.
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Post by Calidore on Apr 16, 2023 9:48:04 GMT -5
We used to call it Creamy Feet. Only Dad ate it. I've not touched that stuff in over 45 years.
I never could stand cream of wheat, but I can eat the heck out of some oatmeal.
Must be my Scottish bloodline.
I'm with you. Cream of Wheat isn't bad, at least the maple/brown sugar one, but oatmeal has texture and character. C of W is just goop.
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 16, 2023 16:23:46 GMT -5
But how do you all feel about cornmeal mush? Personally, I love it.
Cei-U! I summon oatmeal's midwestern cousin!
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 16, 2023 16:27:09 GMT -5
But how do you all feel about cornmeal mush? Personally, I love it. Cei-U! I summon oatmeal's midwestern cousin! I'm a gruel man m'self. (I summon the "Bah, humbug!")
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2023 17:03:12 GMT -5
There was a piece on the news over the weekend about how some are lobbying to get rid of the one-cent coin, which apparently costs $100mn more to produce than they are worth. It was stated that production and distribution costs have gone up, while the value has gone down.
2.72 cents was the figure given for how much it costs to produce the coin, and at times, including in 2017, there have been concerted efforts to abolish it. However, Americans for Common Cents (I like that!) are lobbying to retain it.
There are concerns that businesses would have to round up their prices if that coin was abolished, but I am baffled by that. Would it be too much of a hardship? I feel the same about our currency. If a £1.99 sandwich increases to £2, it hardly feels life-changing (I know those pennies add up!). If I pay £8.99 for a streaming service a month, would £9 be that bad? I’m probably missing something.
The article ended with mention that Canada got rid of the penny in 2013.
To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 16, 2023 17:23:55 GMT -5
There was a piece on the news over the weekend about how some are lobbying to get rid of the one-cent coin, which apparently costs $100mn more to produce than they are worth. It was stated that production and distribution costs have gone up, while the value has gone down. 2.72 cents was the figure given for how much it costs to produce the coin, and at times, including in 2017, there have been concerted efforts to abolish it. However, Americans for Common Cents (I like that!) are lobbying to retain it. There are concerns that businesses would have to round up their prices if that coin was abolished, but I am baffled by that. Would it be too much of a hardship? I feel the same about our currency. If a £1.99 sandwich increases to £2, it hardly feels life-changing (I know those pennies add up!). If I pay £8.99 for a streaming service a month, would £9 be that bad? I’m probably missing something. The article ended with mention that Canada got rid of the penny in 2013. To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished? I’m fine with them getting rid of it. If it saves money it seems like a no brainer. I’m also fine with them replacing dollar bills with coins which would also save money.
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Post by tartanphantom on Apr 16, 2023 17:47:15 GMT -5
But how do you all feel about cornmeal mush? Personally, I love it. Cei-U! I summon oatmeal's midwestern cousin!
Doesn't exist in the South. Mainly because we have its heartier cousin, hominy grits.
And yes, I love grits as a savory breakfast side dish, not as a breakfast cereal. Salt (a little), pepper, butter and Tabasco, please. Neither sugar nor honey will touch my grits.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2023 18:13:17 GMT -5
To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished? I agree it's time, but I have to wax a little philosophical on the topic. The one cent coin (to many a "penny" even though not the official name here) brings up a lot of memories, back when you might store them say in a jar and later roll them up and bring to the bank. Getting a couple of dollars that way could actually buy some comic books back in the day (among other things)! I also remember noticing the ones that were "different", in my case living near the Canadien border for several years and seeing Canadien change regularly mix in. Or "wheat pennies" (1909-1958 dates) with stalks of wheat on the reverse instead of the more contemporary Lincoln Memorial design. Some may even remember seeing the older "Indian Head" cents (the earlier design prior to changing to the Lincoln head design in 1909), or "steelies", the silver looking 1943 cents struck in steel with a zinc coating due to wartime shortage of copper. Eventually becoming a numismatist, I've enjoyed studying/collecting US coinage over the years (paper money as well), and while I love the historical association, I can also cite other precedents for discontinuing certain coins. In the early days of our nation, we also had a "half cent" denomination, but was discontinued in 1857. We've had some other denominations that were tried and also disappeared, including 2 and 3 cents, and even a 20 cent piece! We also used to have higher demonination coins, such as the gold struck $2.50, $5, $10, and $20 pieces, but ended with the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. A return to higher denomination coins of course would need to use non-precious metals, but again there is precedent. So way more than you were asking about, but again, I think the cent had a great long run. In lieu of how much things cost now and the overwhelming volume of digital transactions, and how many people don't even prefer to receive pennies in a physical transaction (those have been flipped to "leave a penny" trays for countless years already), I agree the cost doesn't make sense anymore. Rounding to 5 cents is not remotely material for anything anymore.
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Post by tartanphantom on Apr 16, 2023 18:19:58 GMT -5
To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished? I agree it's time, but I have to wax a little philosophical on the topic. The one cent coin (to many a "penny" even though not the official name here) brings up a lot of memories, back when you might store them say in a jar and later roll them up and bring to the bank. Getting a couple of dollars that way could actually buy some comic books back in the day (among other things)! I also remember noticing the ones that were "different", in my case living near the Canadien border for several years and seeing Candadien change regularly mix in. Or "wheat pennies" (1909-1958 dates) with stalks of wheat on the reverse instead of the more contemporary Lincoln Memorial design. Some may even remember seeing the older "Indian Head" cents (the earlier design prior to changing to the Lincoln head design in 1909), or "steelies", the silver looking 1943 cents struck in steel with a zinc coating due to wartime shortage of copper. Eventually becoming a numismatist, I've enjoyed studying/collecting US coinage over the years (paper money) as well, and while I love the historical association, I can also cite other precedents for discontinuing certain coins. In the early days of our nation, we also had a "half cent" denomination, but was discontinued in 1857. We've had some other denominations that were tried and also disappeared, including 2 and 3 cents, and even a 20 cent piece! We also used to have higher demonination coins, such as the gold struck $2.50, $5, $10, and $20 pieces, but ended with Gold Reserve Act of 1934. A return to higher denomination coins of course would need to use non-precious metals, but again there is precedent. So way more than you were asking about, but again, I think the cent had a great long run. In lieue of how much things cost now and the overwhelming volume of digital transactions, and how many people don't even prefer to receive pennies in a physical transaction (those have been flipped to "leave a penny" trays for countless years already), I agree the cost doesn't make sense anymore. Rounding to 5 cents is not remotely material for anything anymore. I totally agree.
And while we're at it, abolish the nickel and bring back the half-dime!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2023 18:24:52 GMT -5
And while we're at it, abolish the nickel and bring back the half-dime! Heck yeah! Let's add the near microscopic 3-cent silver "trime" and $1 gold while we're at it lol.
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 16, 2023 18:26:15 GMT -5
But how do you all feel about cornmeal mush? Personally, I love it. Cei-U! I summon oatmeal's midwestern cousin!
Doesn't exist in the South. Mainly because we have its heartier cousin, hominy grits.
And yes, I love grits as a savory breakfast side dish, not as a breakfast cereal. Salt (a little), pepper, butter and Tabasco, please. Neither sugar nor honey will touch my grits.
Oh, I'll take grits over corbmeal mush every time. My best friend in high school (later my first college roommate) was originally from Alabama and he introduced me to grits the first time I spent the night as his house. I became a fan for life.
Cei-U! I summon the Souths greatest invention!
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Post by Calidore on Apr 16, 2023 18:48:29 GMT -5
I have never tried grits or cornmeal mush, but I think grits would be my preference of the two.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 16, 2023 19:35:22 GMT -5
To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished? There's very little that you can get with a single penny anymore. A dollar seems to have superseded it as the base currency for pretty much everything
I wonder though what they're going to do with other oddball coins, they still make the JFK half-dollar and the Sacagawea Golden Dollar I believe, even the two dollar bill as well. They'll give them to you at the bank if you ask for them
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 16, 2023 20:40:14 GMT -5
The article ended with mention that Canada got rid of the penny in 2013. To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished? For my part, I was very reticent to get rid of the Canadian one dollar bill, two dollar bill and penny. In hindsight, I don't miss them one bit. I'm just sorry that a burglar stole my big jar of useless pennies.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 17, 2023 3:09:23 GMT -5
The article ended with mention that Canada got rid of the penny in 2013. To my American friends here, how would you feel if the one-cent coin was abolished? For my part, I was very reticent to get rid of the Canadian one dollar bill, two dollar bill and penny. In hindsight, I don't miss them one bit. I'm just sorry that a burglar stole my big jar of useless pennies. Aw, man, Croatia introduced the euro this year and we're all just getting used to euro cents, and now you guys are talking about abolishing them?! More seriously, though, I think most people throughout the European Union want to get rid of the 1 and 2 cent coins...
...and probably the 5 cent coin as well. Personally, I've found it interesting to have smaller denomination coins that are actually useful in certain small sum transactions, like buying bread in bakeries or produce at the outdoor markets. Previously Croatia used to have six different coins, called lipa and denominated 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 units, for its currency, the kuna - which had a fixed value of about 7 to the US dollar or euro. So those coins were less than worthless and would often accumulate because few people could be bothered to count them. There were calls to phase them out for ages (introduction of the euro took care of that issue). I used to gather them up and use them to pay certain bills to their exact amounts at banks - much to the alternating chagrin and amusement of the tellers.
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