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MONEY MATTERS

by Kathy Wolfe

Author Jonathan Swift said “A wise person
should have money in their head, but not
in their heart.” With that wisdom in mind,
Tidbits digs deep for these facts on money
and riches.

• It took nearly 300 years for the U.S.
government to accrue a national debt of
$1 trillion, a figure reached in 1982. Four
years later in 1986, that figure had doubled
to $2 trillion, and doubled yet again to $4
trillion by 1992. At the end of November,
2021, the national debt had reached nearly
$30 trillion, about $88,000 per U.S. citizen.

• In mid-2021, credit card debit in the U.S.
exceeded $998 billion. That’s an average
of about $5,100 per cardholder. Baby
boomers had an average exceeding $6,000
each, while Gen Xers (age 40 to 55) average
upwards of $7,000.

• Where does the U.S. Government spend
some of the budget? A few years back, it
gave an $856,000 grant to scientists to
study how three captive mountain lions
would perform on a treadmill. It took
eight months before the animals were even
“comfortable on the treadmill,” followed by
more research to determine that mountain
lions “do not have the aerobic capacity for
sustained high-energy activity.”

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of the High Desert MONEY MATTERS (continued): * To save a pot of burning soup, remove from
• Although you’ve heard that “Money is the the burner and DO NOT stir. Pour the unburned
Diane Flores contents into a new pot, while trying not to
root of all evil,” that is a misquote. The correct disturb the burned-on bottom of the pot.
Owner/Publisher quote is “The LOVE of money is the root of
all kinds of evil,” written by the Apostle Paul * Experts say that those who keep track of their
608 Barstow Rd. in a letter to his companion Timothy. nutrition and exercise are more likely to keep
Barstow, CA 92311 • We might call it “paper money,” but it’s not it up. This can be as simple as a pencil and
bus: (760) 953-8959 that at all. Currency is made from a blend of notebook paired with a calorie guidebook,
[email protected] 25% linen and 75% cotton. Our banknotes or one of the many great apps for your
w w w. h i g h d e s e r t t i d b i t s . c o m used to be 30% larger. In 1929, the Federal smartphone. In any case, set yourself up for
Reserve reduced the size in order to lower success this year. You deserve it!
printing costs, so that all bills now measure
6.14 x 2.61 inches. Each is 0.0043 inch thick * After-Christmas sales are a great time to
and weighs about 1 gram. It would take 454 buy not only gift wrap (look for solid colors
bills to equal one pound of currency. Want that you can use all year long), holiday cards
to stack your paper money a mile high? You and decorations, but also next season’s winter
would need upwards of 14.5 million bills. wear. Things like scarves and gloves can be
• How much does $1 million weigh? If you’re great bargains. And even coats can go on
using one-dollar bills, the weight is 2,040.8 sale. Take advantage -- especially if you have
lbs. (926 kg). Use $100 bills and the pile will kids -- and buy up. -- A.K. in Tennessee
tip the scale at only 20.4 lbs. (9.25 kg).
• According to the Federal Reserve System, * Want to include more produce in your diet?
the life expectancy of a one-dollar bill is 6.6 Sources say prep is the step that makes it work.
years. A five-dollar bill is in circulation for 4.7 Clean, chop, slice and otherwise prepare all
years, a ten-dollar bill about 5.3 years, with the your produce choices for the week on the day
average twenty-dollar bill in use for 7.8 years. you shop. When it’s ready and waiting, you’re
Because larger denominations such as the less likely to skip it in favor of something more
$100 bill pass between users less frequently, convenient (and likely less nutritious).
their lifespan is longer. The $100 bill endures
nearly 23 years. * “A pinch of salt tossed in the coffee grounds
• The Federal Reserve also tells us that there will cut the bitterness in lower-quality coffee.
are more U.S. $20 bills in circulation than This is especially useful if you get a good deal
there are people on Earth, about 9.5 billion on a can of coffee that’s not your normal
bills. Nearly half the money in circulation is brand.” -- P.L. in New Jersey
$1 bills.
• Paper money is pretty strong stuff. It would
take 4,000 double folds, forwards and
backwards, to tear a bill.
• Even though the $5 bill has been redesigned
several times, it has always featured the face
of 16th President Abraham Lincoln since its
inception in 1914.

* If all the stars in the Milky Way were grains of
salt, they’d fill an Olympic-size swimming pool.
* The Louvre museum in Paris was originally built
as a fortress to repel Vikings.
* In 1887, a group of men added Susanna
Madora Salter of Argonia, Kansas, to a mayoral
ballot as a prank intended to embarrass and
curtail the influence of the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union, of which she was an
officer. Instead, she won over 60% of the vote
and became America’s first female mayor.
* Olympic medalist Mark Spitz was famed for
his large mustache in an era when swimmers
shaved their bodies to become more
hydrodynamic. He once joked to the Russian
team’s coach that his mustache helped him
swim faster by deflecting water from his mouth
and making him more bullet-shaped. The
following year, a mustache was sported by
every member of the male Russian team.
* Despite their humps, camels have straight
spines.
* The first use of the word “Superbowl,” credited
to a Chinese writer named Lom Ba Di, dates to
the third century.
* In 2008, Chile minted 1.5 million 50-peso
coins with a spelling error, only noticing a year
later they’d spelled “CHIIE” instead of “CHILE.”
* Honeybee venom has been found to destroy
some types of cancer cells.
* There’s a Google map for Mercury, Venus,
Earth’s moon, Mars, Pluto, three out of four of
Jupiter’s moons, and all but one of the round
Saturnian moons.

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Syrupy Banana-Nut MONEY MATTERS (continued): WAIT! Don’t call a Real Estate
Overnight French Toast
• We’re used to seeing the face of seventh company from out of town before
A great make-ahead brunch recipe. Serve President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, but speaking to us. Give us a chance
with bacon or sausage, and fruit salad. he’s actually appeared on 18 different pieces here locally to show you how we
of currency. Jackson was first on the $10 bill, can benefit you during the very
6 tablespoons butter or margarine from 1914 until 1929, when founding father stressful time of selling or buying a
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar and former Treasury Secretary Alexander home. We have built long-standing
5 large ripe bananas Hamilton replaced him. Jackson then moved to relationships with the nearby escrow
1 long loaf French or Italian bread the $20, replacing President Grover Cleveland, and title companies that can help
6 large eggs who moved to the $1,000 bill. you save money and time. We
2 cups milk don’t charge the buyers or sellers
2 teaspoons vanilla extract • We can only remember the face of George any fees for paperwork such as
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Washington on the front of the one-dollar bill, Administration fees or Transactions
1/2 cup sliced almonds or coarsely chopped but it wasn’t always so. When the bill was fees. Don’t pay those fees; therefore,
walnuts or pecans introduced in 1862, it featured the Secretary you may want to use us. Paperwork
of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase. He was is something we do for free. The
1. In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat replaced by Washington in 1869. There was transactions coordinating cost and
butter in microwave oven on High for also a $10,000 bill, with Chase’s face, but the the Administration or Document
1 minute or until melted. Stir sugar into Treasury discontinued printing it in 1945, along preperation fees are free as part of
butter until moistened. With fingertips, with the $5,000 bill featuring fourth President our service! Call anytime to discuss
press sugar mixture onto bottom of 13- James Madison, and the $500 and $1,000 bills. the process and why we can be of
inch by 9-inch glass baking dish. (It’s okay The bills remained in circulation until 1969. service to you, our Local Community.
if mixture does not cover bottom.) Spread Please give us a chance to be here
fresh or dried fruit sugar mixture; top with • Although Susan B. Anthony and Sacajawea for you! We live here, work here, and
bread slices, cut sides down. have appeared on U.S. coins, Martha want to serve you.
2. In medium bowl, with whisk, beat eggs; Washington is the only woman whose likeness
whisk in milk, vanilla and cinnamon. Slowly has been on paper currency. Her face was on OUR COMMUNITY
pour milk mixture over bread; press bread the front of the one-dollar silver certificate in RESIDENTS MEAN THE
down to absorb egg mixture. Sprinkle 1886 and 1891, and on the back in 1896.
with nuts. Cover with plastic wrap and WORLD TO US!
refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. • In 2013, plans were announced to redesign
3. Preheat oven to 350 F. Remove plastic the $20 dollar bill to honor Underground
wrap from baking dish. Bake, uncovered, Railroad and Civil War spy heroine Harriet
45 to 50 minutes or until bread is golden Tubman. Initial hopes were to put the bill
brown and knife inserted in center comes into circulation on the 100th anniversary of
out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before the 19th Amendment, which gave women the
serving. right to vote, signed into law on August 26,
NOTE: If you don’t have bananas, 1920. Because of the complex security and
substitute 3 to 4 very ripe pears or peaches anti-counterfeiting measures required for a re-
(about 1 1/2 pounds), sliced; or 1 cup dried design, the release was delayed. The U.S. Mint
cherries, cranberries or raisins. states that it can take up to ten years to develop
a single security feature on a bill. The Tubman
currency is tentatively scheduled for 2030.

• The likenesses of writer Maya Angelou and
astronaut Sally Ride are slated to appear on the
back of U.S. quarters beginning in 2022.

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• In 1861, shortly after 11 southern U.S. states 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the largest island in Africa?
seceded from the Union, they developed their 2. LANGUAGE: What does “Auld Lang Syne” mean?
own Confederate States of America monetary 3. MOVIES: How many spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge
system. After seizing the U.S. Mint facilities in in “A Christmas Carol”?
North Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana, they 4. THEATER: On which opera is the rock musical
issued 10 denominations of banknotes and “Rent” based?
two varieties of coins. When the Confederates 5. FOOD & DRINK: What is marmite?
began to lose the war, confidence in the money 6. GAMES: How many weapons are available in the
weakened, but the Confederacy to print original board game “Clue”?
unbacked currency. By 1864, one dollar was 7. TELEVISION: What is Jean-Luc Picard’s catchphrase
worth just three cents of the U.S. currency. as captain in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”?
The money was quickly becoming totally 8. LITERATURE: Which Victor Hugo novel was made
worthless, with a ham selling for $300, a bar of into an animated Disney movie in the 1990s?
soap for $50, and a man’s suit at $2,700. Today, 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: When was the first Times
Confederate currency is highly collectible, Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve?
with bills in poorer condition started at $20, 10. SCIENCE: What is it called when a gas changes
and those in good condition fetching thousands into a liquid?
of dollars.

• When we refer to “plastic” money, we mean our
credit cards. But in Canada, plastic currency is
now the standard. In 2011, that nation replaced
the cotton and paper banknotes with bills made
from a synthetic polymer. There are numerous
benefits to plastic money, including its
longevity. It lasts from two to five times longer
than paper money and is much more difficult
to counterfeit. It works better in vending
machines and ATM’s. It’s waterproof, doesn’t
absorb perspiration or oils, and is less likely
to spread disease, making it a much cleaner
option than its paper counterpart. Canada isn’t
the only country doing this – at least 20 others
have made the change to plastic.

• The first ATM came along in 1963, installed in
New York City.

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OUT OF THIS WORLD:

THE MOON ROVER

Tidbits invites you to climb aboard the Moon
Rover and learn the facts about this historic
vehicle.

• When the astronauts from three Apollo moon-
landing missions reported how tiring and
disorienting it was to walk around the moon’s
cratered terrain, while gathering hundreds
of pounds of moon rocks, NASA engineers
devised a solution. The Lunar Roving
Vehicle, LRV for short, and nicknamed the
Moon Buggy, was contracted to Boeing for
development. NASA engineers had to design
a lightweight buggy that could fold up to a
size that could fit inside the lunar module. The
result was a vehicle about the size of a Lincoln
Continental, but folded up like a lawn chair to
less than the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.

• The vehicle was developed in just 17 months,
with an original cost estimate of $19 million.
The LRV ended up costing double that. Four
were built, one each for Apollo 15, 16, and 17,
and one for spare parts.

• To keep it lightweight, the buggy was
constructed primarily of aluminum. It was
powered by two 36-volt silver zinc batteries.
Each of its eight wheels, made of woven
piano wires, was independently powered by a
quarter-horsepower electric motor. At 10 feet
(3 m) long and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, its final
weight was 462 lbs. (210 kg) on Earth, which
was 77 lbs. (35 kg) on the Moon. Ground
clearance was 14 inches (35.6 cm).

• The rover’s maximum load was 1,080 lbs.
(490 kg), which included two astronauts and
their equipment, along with any lunar samples
they collected. Although it was designed for
a maximum speed of 8 mph (13 km/hr), on
the last mission, Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan
recorded a speed of 11.2 mph (18.0 km/h).

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THE MOON ROVER (continued):
• The first rover was carried aboard Apollo 15,

landing on the Moon on July 30, 1971, two years
after Neil Armstrong’s historic walk. Astronauts
David Scott and James Irwin spent more than 18
hours on the Moon, traveling 17.25 miles (27.76
km) in 3 hours and 2 minutes of driving time as
they collected 170 lbs. (77 kg) or lunar dust and
rocks.
• LRV-2 was launched with Apollo 16 on April,
16, 1972, landing on the moon four days later.
Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke gathered
up 209 lbs. (94.8 kg) of samples during three
excursions in the rover, traveling 16.5 miles (26.55
km) in 3 hours and 26 minutes of driving time.
They ventured 2.8 miles (4.5 km) from the Lunar
Module on their outings.
• LRV-3, the final buggy, was aboard Apollo 17
when it was launched on December 7, 1972, the
last mission to send humans to the Moon. Eugene
Cernan and Harrison Schmitt covered a total
distance of 22.3 miles (35.89 km) in 4 hours and 26
minutes of driving time. The mission brought back
243 lbs. (110 kg) of lunar samples when it splashed
down on December 19.
• All three of NASA’s lunar rovers were left behind
on the Moon near the landing sites of the Lunar
Modules. The buggies’ final mission was to film
the Module and the crew as they blasted off into
space for their return trip to Earth.
• For all the success of the LRV’s, they weren’t
the first rovers to successfully land on the lunar
surface. The Soviets had rocketed the Lunokhod
I aboard an unmanned spacecraft, Luna 17, in
November, 1970, and for 10 months, the vehicle,
driven by remote-control operators in the Soviet
Union, roamed the surface for 6 miles (10 km)
transmitting data and imagery back to Earth.

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