MrMango

I'm sorry if you took my comments the wrong way as I did not mean it as a negative comment. What I meant was the price is about the same today in real US$, accounting for inflation.

But 5K back then is worth more than 50K now, due to inflation

And Far more dangerous

Which one?

That is an all time classic! And It was done without the modern editing and scripting, live.

And of course you will need her as trading material

many decades ago, I helped a sideline squeeze open a bar. I took her to a sign supplier and they had a huge lot full of pld outdoor signs from bars that had closed. The price for a sign from a old named bar was a fraction of the price of a new manufactured sign. Maybe they are doing the same thing here.

It's 110 today in Vegas....

My first trip to Pattaya was 2001 or so, and Buffalo Bar was dying then! I made a couple of trips there, and it was a bunch of old farts who did not show much friendship to a newcomer.

I grew up in Seattle and it would rain 24/7 for a week and the total would be way less than an inch of rain. It would be just a constant drizzle and overcast. Very depressing...

My deraigned mind.....

I live in Hawaii, and a lot of people have said that today.....

More relevant? I was responding to the usually gold plating on the chip that acts as a connector when you insert the card into the reader. Which is the point of the OP.

Yes of course, the plating is very thin - A few microns.

As I posted there are other noble metals other than gold, Rhodium is one.