April 10, 1999

Have you seen the new quarters yet? Yesterday I got two of them when I received change from a cashier. I was putting them away when I saw the back and started to cuss about getting two Canadian coins. But Delaware isn’t in Canada last I heard. The other one had Pennsylvania on it. I vaguely remember something about new coins but like stamp price increase, I’m the last to know. Oh and that’s why my mortgage payment was late, Mr. Kent Mortgage. They increased the stamp price without telling me.

I really HATE the new paper money. The first week the new twenties were out I got change for a fifty at two different places. Good thing I’m honest. Or maybe I’m just not that quick on my feet. Anyway, I just don’t think messing with our money is a good idea. Ben Franklin just looks nerdier and Andrew Jackson’s bad hair day is just more noticeable. As my personal form of protest, I think I will refuse all ‘new’ dollar denominations and insist on the older versions. If yall want me to get real radical about this, send me your new $20s and $50s and I’ll burn them on the courthouse steps. I’ll be sure and call the Action/Eye Witness News crews first.

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