FIRST money

[Jeff Rodriguez]

No, sorry, FIRST doesn't have their own monetary system.

Anyway, you know how people are always writing things on dollar bills, I got an idea today from it.
Just for fun, FIRSTers should start writing their team number on dollar bills. It would be fun to recieve a dollar bill as change and have 2 or three team numbers on them. It also will show you the different regions the money has been in.
So, if you want, write your team number in the upper left hand corner of the front (face) of dollar bills.

[Mike Ciance]

interesting idea, but what would you write? 0?

[Jeff Rodriguez]

well, I'm actually writing 173 because of my former affilition and my future affilition with them.

[sanddrag]

It is an interesting idea but writing on money is like tagging on a school.

[Clark Gilbert]

Sounds like a good idea IF you don't get caught. I did a little looking and found this....

U.S. Code as of: 01/22/02

Section 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or
unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank
bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national
banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal
Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note,
or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...tle=18&sec=333

[MOEmaniac]

Great idea, but its illegal to write on money

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Clark Gilbert

Sounds like a good idea IF you don't get caught. I did a little looking and found this....
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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...tle=18&sec=333

Yeah I know all about that, but, eh, what can I say, I don't think there is anyone really keeping track. I just thought it would be fun.

[Cory]

I dont think that writing in ball point pen at most 4 digits in a corner would be considered an attempt to deface money to the point where it is no longer legal tender.

Regardless of that, noone is going to get caught for having a bill with writing on it. Even if you did, they can't prove you did it. I get money with marker and stuff on it all the time.

I'm not saying you should go write on money. Use your own judgement, not mine

COry

[Billfred]

(points the group to www.wheresgeorge.com)

It's legal to mark money--just as long as you don't make it unfit for reissue.

Although given the volume of money in our country today and the relatively small number of FIRST teams, I highly doubt that any team would be able to find another team's bills outside of FIRST-heavy events...namely regionals and the championship. But then at the championship, any place much away from the Georgia Dome would have a significantly lower probability of sending out FIRST money, since it'd get heavier civilian (for lack of a better term) traffic.

But that's just my speculation...YMMV.

[Heretic121]

um... this is strange... because last week... i serisously found a dollar bill w/ a 121 circled in the middle of the bill... im laminating it =D

[Lisa Rodriguez]

I'm up for it, although i must say, this one time, i got a dollar bill with people's phone numbers on it.....i was tempted to call but never did.
Actually i think that eventually, if you tag enough money, you could have a FIRST collection in your wallet......
Lisa: How much money you got?
Jeff: I got 3 254's, 4 173's, 2 181's and a 571
Lisa: Sweet, let's go get ice cream, i only got a 190 and 3 121's.......

(note...these team # just came randomly to my head!!!)

wouldn't that be fun?!?!?!

[SilenceNoMore]

Originally Posted by Keiko173

I'm up for it, although i must say, this one time, i got a dollar bill with people's phone numbers on it.....i was tempted to call but never did.
Actually i think that eventually, if you tag enough money, you could have a FIRST collection in your wallet......
Lisa: How much money you got?
Jeff: I got 3 254's, 4 173's, 2 181's and a 571
Lisa: Sweet, let's go get ice cream, i only got a 190 and 3 121's.......

(note...these team # just came randomly to my head!!!)

wouldn't that be fun?!?!?!

No son, destablizing the American economy by attempting to descreate our money supply with Dean Kamen's subversive messages is not fun. Its treason.