Follow me here. This is just musing....
Barter turns to currency. Coins are used and gold, silver and bronze, among other metals are used in their tradeable form.
Coins, in time, become cumbersomer, so, a paper money is introduced. It's unique in it only represents the gold, silver and bronze you
"own".
Virtual money is now the norm. Dollars and cents, Euros and Pounds are all just figures in a computer program somewhere. You hold a card that
accounts for your money and also records your spending habits. Clever? Oh yes. Until something like
this little beauty gets used once or twice on selected surgical targets.
Just musing, of course.
Cuhail
[edit on 10/12/2008 by Cuhail]
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