Re: Corrosion Control

["Simon Austin" <simon_mgb@hotmail.com>]

> ps. A little bit of trivia: Saying U.S. after the $ sign is a little
> redundant from a historical viewpoint. The original sign for the U.S.
> dollars was a U stamped over an S. This morphed into the S with the two
> vertical lines through it (think of 1920's era publications). Then, being
> the lazy bastards we are, this became the S with a single vertical line
> through it that we all know today $. We have the distinct honor of being 
> the
> only nation who's initials are (were) the sign of our money. Then again
> our founding fathers were all business men.


Ahh....we use the $ sign up here in the Great White North as well so 
sometimes  a "US or CDN" is required.  Interesting bit o' trivia, though!

Cheers
Simon

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