{"id":84,"date":"2008-11-09T19:31:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T03:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-11-09T19:31:28","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T03:31:28","slug":"wanna-play-some-poker-with-bill-serial-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Wanna play some poker with bill serial numbers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, I started sporadically collecting bills with good serial numbers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/images\/serial_number_poker_bills_001_small.jpg\" alt=\"Bills with good serial numbers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No cheating here. They all came through my wallet in day-to-day use.<\/p>\n<p>So. Is a straight a flush, too?<\/p>\n<p>And, what about 6, 7, or 8 card poker?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/aboutthefed\/fedpoint\/fed01.html\">Fed<\/a> says that there is around $800 billion in cash out there. That&#8217;s 2 grand, plus, for every man, woman, and child in the states &#8211; over $100 for every human alive. Someone&#8217;s carrying around one &#8230; thick &#8230; wallet.<\/p>\n<p>And $800 billion is very close to the bailout numbers. Hmmm. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orwelltoday.com\/jfkcoincidences.shtml\">Coincidence?<\/a> &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcs.harvard.edu\/~demon\/issues\/nov_20_1999\/lincoln-kennedy\/lincoln-kennedy.html\">I think not.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let the meme begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, I started sporadically collecting bills with good serial numbers. No cheating here. They all came through my wallet in day-to-day use. So. Is a straight a flush, too? And, what about 6, 7, or 8 card poker? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/?p=84\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggy-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}