If it helps blind people - then well done judge..... As a sighted person the notes in the US are a pain and I have not personally visited any other country where all denominations of currency were the same color and same size....
James F. Smith -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Brick Sent: 19 December 2006 18:05 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Plurals and language confusion McKown, John wrote: > Yes. And it likely will. A judge has ordered the US Treasury to make it > easier for blind people to determine the denomination of paper money > (which is good since there are SOBs who would cheat their own family out > of a penny, given the chance). Many have said that this may result in > the various bill being different sizes. Now, that is going to be a royal > pain. > > Coming from a country that has different size and colour notes I found the USA with notes the same colour and size a PITA Ken PS. The sight impaired find the different size notes and different embossing (yes our notes have slightly different feel to them) very important so don't knock the judge ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
