Archive for July 5th, 2007
Australia is (literally) a penniless society and other notes from the Chinese restaurant frontier
Thursday, July 5th, 2007The Australians eliminated their penny in 1991 — without too much of a fuss, so all cash transactions are rounded to the nearest five cents. Some Australians feel that Americans shouldn’t give up the penny without a fight (and indeed Americans for Common Cents seems to be holding the torch there). Other thoughts. Southern […]