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monkey hanger · 05-10-2020, 08:43

[QUOTE=Less;1245379]I wonder, is this how it was way back in prehistory when the barter system was first replaced by money?

All the old folk full of distrust for this new fangled system and refusing to have anything to do with it.

actually a lot of the barter system still went on in some ways. it was called swapping. not just one item for another but swapping trades. my old man had no clue about painting and decorating but always found someone to do our house free. he just did various forms of metal work for the other person in return. as for old folk or should i say older folk who distrust plastic, they spent their whole lives paying by cash. saving up for something and distrusting the never never. most never got into the manure like the younger end do with their money, so why should they change. if youngsters followed their gran they may have a better life than constant worry about money for foreign holidays and christmas money they do not actually have.

05-10-2020, 08:43	#50
monkey hanger God Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: keighley Posts: 5,327 Liked: 2769 times Rep Power: 86405	Re: Does it worry you....? [QUOTE=Less;1245379]I wonder, is this how it was way back in prehistory when the barter system was first replaced by money? All the old folk full of distrust for this new fangled system and refusing to have anything to do with it. actually a lot of the barter system still went on in some ways. it was called swapping. not just one item for another but swapping trades. my old man had no clue about painting and decorating but always found someone to do our house free. he just did various forms of metal work for the other person in return. as for old folk or should i say older folk who distrust plastic, they spent their whole lives paying by cash. saving up for something and distrusting the never never. most never got into the manure like the younger end do with their money, so why should they change. if youngsters followed their gran they may have a better life than constant worry about money for foreign holidays and christmas money they do not actually have.