Dollars are made up of Quarters. Quarters are made up of Nickels. Nickels are made up of Pennies. There is no place for Dimes in this system. A Quarter can not be divided up into Dimes unless you go through the trouble of cutting a Dime perfectly in half. Most establishments lack the resources to accomplish this for you when giving you your change.
Brilliant. Logic worthy of Spock... on acid. Made perusing the link totally worth it.
kimdog's right. Nickels are much worse. Dimes rule.
I hate nickels, because when I'm really poor and emptying the change jar to buy a cup of coffee, those damn nickels just take up space and hardly provide any buying power.
Damn nickels!
I hate dimes because their value is not marked anywhere on them.
Sure it is. It says: ONE DIME
Apart from the bizarre size of dimes relative to their value compared to the other U.S. coinage, I have no issue with them. And I think that was put in place ages ago by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving just to keep the citizenry on their toes.
Dumb. I want my 10 minutes back.
Well, in the spirit of things, if dimes eat babies and puppies, I'm sure that Euros do the same thing only 13.10 times as fast and efficiently. Please send your Euros, so that I can convert them safely into a currency I can spend convert to good and safe currency not including dimes OR Euros. Won't someone think of the chiiiiiiildren?
Why do Yanks have these stupid names for their coins? "Dime"? "Nickel"? WTF? I know what they are, I just think it's st00pid.
Says the guy from the country of kangaroos and platypuses, wherewhere they call themselves ozzies, the girls are sheilas, and their neighbors are kiwis.
:P
Those make sense.
Chy's a corker.
Sure it is. It says: ONE DIME
My point, of course, being that it does not explain how it fits into a currency system apparently made up of dollars and cents. You just have to know it.
Officially, it appears that there are four levels: dollar, dime, cent and mill, the last of which has never existed in coin form. But did you know that "dime" comes from the French dixième? Perhaps they should be renamed to, I don't know, "freedom coins" or something...
Personally, I hate web pages that are trying to make a buck (or, in this case, lots of dimes) by providing nothing of any worth (or, in this case, providing NO humor or funny stuff)..
this scam artist should get a day job... he certainly ain't gonna get rich talking other people out of money (or, in this case, talking other people out of dimes OR designing web pages)...
sheesh...
HuronBob, I think of it as natural selection. Anyone willing to send all thier dimes to this guys deserves to be taken.
And you didn't move your cursor over the picture of the baby, did you? That was what made me post it...
weezel..you got me! I didn't move my cursor over the baby (guess i stopped doing that when I gave up on Myst!) ...but, i went back and did it... ok.. i chuckled..i admit it..
i always thought dimes were cute.
Why do Yanks have these stupid names for their coins? "Dime"? "Nickel"? WTF? I know what they are, I just think it's st00pid.
Try having a wallet full of loonies.
spendconvert to good and safe currency not including dimes OR Euros. Won't someone think of the chiiiiiiildren?