Re: [Nolug] Fw: new credit cards

s/inverse/linear/

On 01/28/2011 01:49 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>
> That doesn't contradict what I wrote, since "convenience" and "cost"
> are literally orthogonal, but in practice usually inverse.
>
> Businesses who take credit cards post the processing fees as a
> "sales expense".
>
> Besides, "cash only" lets you pocket more and report less.
>
> On 01/28/2011 01:35 PM, general.reikan@gmail.com wrote:
>> Quite a few of the restaurants and bars in my neighborhood don't
>> take anything but cash.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> On Jan 28, 2011 1:23 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 01/28/2011 01:08 PM, general.reikan@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Why I would want to put my passport, much less my financial
>>> information, on an RFID chip is beyond me. I guess it's time to make
>>> a little tin foil hat for my wallet.
>>
>> US Passport Cards (valid -- as identification and -- "only for
>> international land and sea travel between the US, Canada, Mexico and
>> the Caribbean") come in a foil-lined Tyvek sleeve.
>>
>>> Whatever happened to good old fashioned cash?
>>>
>>
>> Less convenient...
>>
>

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