5 Cent Coins

Here is an Australian 5 cent coin:

The Australian 5 cent coin is pretty worthless. It is worth only a little more than a penny, and apparently it is starting to get close to being worth less than the metal it is made from. Australia stopped production of 1 and 2 cent coins almost twenty years ago for exactly that reason.

So here's the story. I regularly go to this convenience store near my work for snacks or drinks or the like, and recently they've decided to stop giving 5 cent coins in the change. It's not an official signposted policy of the convenience store, but it's happened a number of times, so I figure that it must be some sort of trend.

Have any other Australians experienced this?

Is this a wide spread phenomenon?

Is the 5 cent coin being phased out by the public?

Is this sort of thing happening elsewhere around the world? Do North Americans round things to the nickel? Do the British round things to 5 pence? Do Europeans round things to 5 euro cents?

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Pace Bailey

Here is a kid who has his head and his heart in the right place. He is intelligent, socially aware, tolerant, accepting and is only 14 years old. This generation will have a lot of influence in the world one day, and it's only a matter of time before allies (straight supporters of gay rights) like him start voting and make some real change in the world.

I personally cant wait.

Until then, we have to support the tolerance that these kids are learning, so check out his video on Prop 8 and leave a comment, subscribe and let him know that we appreciate his support.

Happy Halloween!

So I've been preparing my blog for next weekend, and I realised tonight that I will completely miss Halloween (in terms of posting videos). Not that Halloween is a very big deal here in Australia, but thought that I would wish all those Americans celebrating a very happy Halloween and not to eat TOO much candy (just enough).

I don't know if anyone reads this blog yet, so it's a little weird thinking that I may be talking to nobody... It actually feels like when I first started video blogging on YouTube, and realising that very few people were actually watching. So if anyone is reading this, please leave me comments saying what sort of things you would like to see here, I'll be posting topical things and my comments on them, and my everyday happenings, and random thoughts, and recommended videos and channels on YouTube, and extra stuff not included in my posted videos... but let me know if there is anything in particular you think I might be able to comment on, or anything you would like to know about me... I feel I'm rambling, so will leave it at that.

Have to do an assignment now... Wish me luck.

Don't vote and blow

Kaysea81 is another youtuber who I really enjoy watching. He is creative with his videos and obviously has a lot of fun making them but often also sneaks in a few important messages, such as in this video: "don't vote and blow at the same time"

Use your vote wisely America