On Wed, 11 May 2011 05:33:52 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 10 May 2011 22:14:30 -0700 (PDT), Bob La Londe
wrote:

On May 10, 9:38*pm, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:

Sorry, that's a cash term from a certain shady trade.

Single = $1 bill
Fin = $5 bill
Sawbuck = $10 bill
Double = $20 bill
Half = $50 bill
Yard = $100 bill

* * * * O.K. *I was familiar with "Fin" and "Sawbuck", and "Single" is
fairly self-evident, but the others were unfamiliar. *Hmm ... from
Loan-sharking? *Betting?


Ummm.. something like that.

White slavery?

Must be a local tradition. The term around here for a 100 is a Ben or
a Benjamin.

I sell shade trees for cash. Every now and then some fella thinks a
check is the same thing. I remind them that I'm looking for pictures
of dead presidents.

Karl