Some of the newer photo printers these days have insane printing resolutions. If it weren't for the fact that legitimate paper money is also interwoven with cotton, and now includes more watermarks than a badly washed glass cup, some of the inkjet personal printers these days could do a very competent job of printing counterfeit money.
But what I do have to tell you today is that I ran across someone (a while back) that sorta made me feel that somehow one might still be able to get away with basic counterfeiting nowadays.
I'm not giving the name of the establishment, because I actually like the chain, and this was just an isolated incident. This chain sells sugary-treat-food, and at the time, my friends and I really wanted some. So we walk in, and I declare - out of good spirits - that all treats are on me.
Fortunately, my group of friends realize that none of us has unlimited volumes of cash, so they ordered reasonably.
Some of them even felt bad enough to attempt to pay for their treats themselves. I batted away their hands and shoved my money up to the cashier ahead of theirs. I proclaimed that, "I am the one with the bills - ones, fives, tens, twenties, heck, we even had a two dollar bill, and one of my 'special' three dollar bills!"
The cashier looked at me in honest surprise and said, "They're printing three dollar bills now?"
I think my whole group of friends and I did a very good job restraining ourselves from laughing out loud. I smiled and said, "No, no, they're not. But if I come into possession of a three dollar bill, I know where I should spend it first."
That location of the chain store has since gone out of business.
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion - In Your Room
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open packet, eat nuts
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