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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/43350212

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some workers even ended up painstakingly picking up the dimes one at a time by hand and dumping them into one of the vacuum cleaners.

This cannot possibly be cost effective.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One cent every 4 seconds ends up in a whopping 9€$£ an hour, shrugs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I like your unit of currency. Given it's a total cluster fuck I'll suggest it as the new EU digital currency. But given England left nobody will vote for this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And now you know why most countries' coinage is ferrous.

[–] m4xie 1 points 1 month ago

Dimes are ferrous. I use them as wargaming bases for my squads of 6mm soldiers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Boys! I found the shitload of dimes that Taggert sent us to find! We can finally raid Rock Ridge! Fill your hands, you sons of bitches!