So, how great is Kromm anyway?

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by Kromm

Obviously, were someone to have a spare $44 billion, I wouldn't feel the same way. I'm talking about normal folks. ;)

On my personal (imaginary) GURPS character sheet, my starting wealth is $30 billion. So sorry I fall short!

Seriously, "I know how you feel" doesn't literally work. But I do understand that having problems that hit one after another can make even day-to-day functioning difficult. And I'm glad you have someone who cares who can help. We all need help sometimes. Take care, and come back refreshed!

[Anders]

I have 500 million Deutche Mark from 1922. Will you take that?

[Þorkell]

Originally Posted by Anders

I have 500 million Deutche Mark from 1922. Will you take that?

He specified dollars, didn't specify which countries dollars.

Also, slight nitpick here, Deutche Mark is a post-WWII name for the currency of Germany.

[ravenfish]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Also, slight nitpick here, Deutche Mark is a post-WWII name for the currency of Germany.

To nitpick the nitpicking, while the old currency was simply called the "Mark", it was undeniably a German currency, so it would be reasonable to refer to it as a deutsche Mark, in the same way one can refer to a British Pound.

[Farmer]

Originally Posted by ravenfish

To nitpick the nitpicking, while the old currency was simply called the "Mark", it was undeniably a German currency, so it would be reasonable to refer to it as a deutsche Mark, in the same way one can refer to a British Pound.

Sort of and not really at the same time :-).

The Mark that was introduced in about 1914 I think it was (maybe slightly later) and in use in 1922 was the Papiermark which replaced the Goldmark (which was officially just the Mark) after the link between the Mark and gold was abandoned. The Deutschemark is a very specific name for the Mark that followed the Papiermark

Now, you'll notice in Papiermark and Deutschemark the words are not separate. The correct usage prior to the Papiermark was just "Mark", then Papiermark, then Deutschemark until the Euro was adopted.

Whilst you could say "Deutsche Mark" that would technically only refer to the Mark prior to the Papiermark which was simply the "Mark". You might say "Deutsche Papiermark" although it would seem odd since no one else used a currency by that name, but you'd surely never say "Deutsche Deutsche Mark".

[Kromm]

I speak Canadian dollars (CAD) and U.S. dollars (USD). I, too, have devalued dead currencies as a curiosity, but they're worth about 10 cents as collector's items. ;)

As I said, though, I'm not fishing for funds. It'd be nice to have the money to take a real break. However, I'm from a time and place where to have that, you (1) earn it, (2) inherit it, which is always sad and not actually a thing you look forward to, or (3) win it, but for that I'd have to buy lottery tickets, bet, play games of chance, or otherwise gamble, which I do not.

There's also (4), which is that a random – and probably slightly crazy – rich person just gives you money. Hey, it happens in movies. I have no problem with that option because anyone rich enough to toss cash at unknown people isn't going to miss it. I'm enough of a socialist to believe that transfers down the wealth pyramid are a good thing. However, I haven't seen Randolph and Mortimer Duke around here lately.

[Kromm]

Compared to last week, a slightly less minor new entry posted in the GURPS thread of my DW. Still not very thrilling, but at least I did a couple of things.

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by Kromm

Compared to last week, a slightly less minor new entry posted in the GURPS thread of my DW. Still not very thrilling, but at least I did a couple of things.

The GURPS news may not be "very thrilling," but your getting better is!

[Anders]

For some of us, feelers to editors to unstuck the editing queue is very exciting.

[thebigh]

I'm glad to hear you're recovering well.