Comments on: $10 million note arrives http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kalulu http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-131509 Kalulu Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:37:31 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-131509 Khumbulani January 24th, 2008 08:32 Kutambura maface. Zim is in trouble only prayers can move mountains so they can move a president, with our faith. Suggest you pray harder, much harder, muggers aint moving.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('131509','Kalulu'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('131509','Kalulu','Khumbulani\r\nJanuary 24th, 2008 08:32\r\n\r\nKutambura maface. Zim is in trouble only prayers can move mountains so they can move a president, with our faith.\r\n\r\nSuggest you pray harder, much harder, muggers aint moving.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Khumbulani
January 24th, 2008 08:32

Kutambura maface. Zim is in trouble only prayers can move mountains so they can move a president, with our faith.

Suggest you pray harder, much harder, muggers aint moving.

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]]> By: Adam http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-129883 Adam Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:01:26 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-129883 In Canada, our largest legal tender bill is $1000. However, in the opposite of your situation, the Bank of Canada has begun removing them from circulation to fight money laundering! They are still valid, but when deposited into a bank, they are destroyed. $1000 in Canadian funds will buy 28 months of student-rate Montreal bus passes. They are valid for unlimited trips anywhere within the city on the bus or subway.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129883','Adam'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129883','Adam','In Canada, our largest legal tender bill is $1000. However, in the opposite of your situation, the Bank of Canada has begun removing them from circulation to fight money laundering! They are still valid, but when deposited into a bank, they are destroyed.\r\n\r\n$1000 in Canadian funds will buy 28 months of student-rate Montreal bus passes. They are valid for unlimited trips anywhere within the city on the bus or subway.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> In Canada, our largest legal tender bill is $1000. However, in the opposite of your situation, the Bank of Canada has begun removing them from circulation to fight money laundering! They are still valid, but when deposited into a bank, they are destroyed.

$1000 in Canadian funds will buy 28 months of student-rate Montreal bus passes. They are valid for unlimited trips anywhere within the city on the bus or subway.

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]]> By: Jeff http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-129703 Jeff Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:51:58 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-129703 In Gainesville, FL, USA, a $100 bill will buy five bus passes...good for all the rides you want for a month, anywhere in the city. Effectively, a month's worth of public transportation for the average family of four with enough left over to stop at WalMart and buy each person a soft drink each day. Suddenly I feel a combination of very sad and slightly guilty. The sadness makes perfect sense - I feel for you folks in Zimbabwe. The guilt doesn't, I think. I suspect that in another few years we'll catch up with you. Our Federal Reserve Bank is running the printing presses 24x7 and dumping huge amounts of 'digital money' into the banking system. With any luck, we'll pass each other going in opposite directions. (grin) I'm picturing myself running a blog in 2018, and seeing comments from people in Harare saying, "Where's your bus pass now, Jeff?"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129703','Jeff'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129703','Jeff','In Gainesville, FL, USA, a $100 bill will buy five bus passes...good for all the rides you want for a month, anywhere in the city.\r\n\r\nEffectively, a month\'s worth of public transportation for the average family of four with enough left over to stop at WalMart and buy each person a soft drink each day. \r\n\r\nSuddenly I feel a combination of very sad and slightly guilty. The sadness makes perfect sense - I feel for you folks in Zimbabwe. The guilt doesn\'t, I think. \r\n\r\n I suspect that in another few years we\'ll catch up with you. Our Federal Reserve Bank is running the printing presses 24x7 and dumping huge amounts of \'digital money\' into the banking system. With any luck, we\'ll pass each other going in opposite directions. \r\n\r\n(grin) I\'m picturing myself running a blog in 2018, and seeing comments from people in Harare saying, \"Where\'s your bus pass now, Jeff?\"'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> In Gainesville, FL, USA, a $100 bill will buy five bus passes…good for all the rides you want for a month, anywhere in the city.

Effectively, a month’s worth of public transportation for the average family of four with enough left over to stop at WalMart and buy each person a soft drink each day.

Suddenly I feel a combination of very sad and slightly guilty. The sadness makes perfect sense - I feel for you folks in Zimbabwe. The guilt doesn’t, I think.

I suspect that in another few years we’ll catch up with you. Our Federal Reserve Bank is running the printing presses 24×7 and dumping huge amounts of ‘digital money’ into the banking system. With any luck, we’ll pass each other going in opposite directions.

(grin) I’m picturing myself running a blog in 2018, and seeing comments from people in Harare saying, “Where’s your bus pass now, Jeff?”

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]]> By: J.Guy http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-129554 J.Guy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:38:05 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-129554 In my home country a 500€ note will buy... a laptop computer! In my adoptive country a $100 note will buy between one and two weeks' worth of meat and groceries for one person. But all hope is not lost, Hope! Look here, Zimbabwe has still some way to go to reach the 500-billion note (what? two months? three?) http://www.rogershermansociety.org/yugoslavia2.htm<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129554','J.Guy'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129554','J.Guy','In my home country a 500€ note will buy... a laptop computer!\r\n\r\nIn my adoptive country a $100 note will buy between one and two weeks\' worth of meat and groceries for one person.\r\n\r\nBut all hope is not lost, Hope! Look here, Zimbabwe has still some way to go to reach the 500-billion note (what? two months? three?)\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.rogershermansociety.org\/yugoslavia2.htm'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> In my home country a 500€ note will buy… a laptop computer!

In my adoptive country a $100 note will buy between one and two weeks’ worth of meat and groceries for one person.

But all hope is not lost, Hope! Look here, Zimbabwe has still some way to go to reach the 500-billion note (what? two months? three?)

http://www.rogershermansociety.org/yugoslavia2.htm

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]]> By: Khumbulani http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-129506 Khumbulani Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:32:07 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-129506 Kutambura maface. Zim is in trouble only prayers can move mountains so they can move a president, with our faith.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129506','Khumbulani'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129506','Khumbulani','Kutambura maface. Zim is in trouble only prayers can move mountains so they can move a president, with our faith.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Kutambura maface. Zim is in trouble only prayers can move mountains so they can move a president, with our faith.
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]]> By: Kalulu http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-129314 Kalulu Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:22:47 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-129314 £50 note = Z$ 2,992,643<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129314','Kalulu'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129314','Kalulu','£50 note = Z$ 2,992,643'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> £50 note = Z$ 2,992,643
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]]> By: katherine http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720/comment-page-1#comment-129285 katherine Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:34:55 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/720#comment-129285 in Israel, the 200 shekel note will buy you about 45 trips on the bus.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129285','katherine'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129285','katherine','in Israel, the 200 shekel note will buy you about 45 trips on the bus.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> in Israel, the 200 shekel note will buy you about 45 trips on the bus.
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