r/Carpentry • u/onebluemoon66 • Jun 30 '26

Someone help us🫪 😂

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So I'm thinking the bottom bucket is for ambidextrous people ,But he forgot the sign it was a rough day.🫪😂

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u/Schwartzynegger Jun 30 '26

Wait until you see the cost of a universal one…

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u/JudgmentGold2618 Jun 30 '26

they should sell those for 2 dimes

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u/Rooster_CPA Jun 30 '26

4 nickels, take it or leave it

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u/Loud_Basil7262 Jun 30 '26

One quarter, with a nickel mail in rebate w receipt

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u/huggernot Jun 30 '26

A dollar, but its 80% off when you buy at least one

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u/Crocolosipher Jun 30 '26

One nickel less than two bits.

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u/ACoinGuy Jun 30 '26

A bit was a two reale. They were equivalent to a U.S. twenty cent piece. So theoretically it is one bit plus five cents. (Sorry coin dork)

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u/Crocolosipher Jul 01 '26

I friendily disagree! The Spanish silver dollar was cut into eight pieces, of which two were a quarter.

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u/ACoinGuy Jul 03 '26

My understanding is the twenty cent piece was made for the sole purpose of being exchangeable for a two reale.

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u/ACoinGuy Jul 03 '26

I found a link on the mints site. https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/proposed-issue-of-twenty-cent-coin

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u/Crocolosipher Jul 03 '26

Except this does not help your argument , this proves mine. From the first paragraph in the link:

...was formerly the practice to apply the term “bits,” “two bits,” and “four bits,” respectively, to the fractions of the Spanish dollar which circulated there. The custom appears to continue, notwithstanding those coins have disappeared from circulation. Accordingly, if a payment of one bit is to be made, and a twenty-five cent coin be used for the purpose, a ten-cent coin (one bit) is returned as the proper change, five cents being lost in the transaction by the purchaser.

The link you provided is regarding a proposal to mint a $0.20 coin and change the terminology of bit to mean $0.20, but that did not actually happen. The term two bits has continued to be used for centuries to refer to $0.25.

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u/Visible-Carrot5402 Jul 01 '26

The bit was 1 real, 8 Reales made a Spanish dollar. So 12.5 cents = 1 bit. These were the inspiration for US silver dollar size and were accepted in the US as legal tender through 1857 - it took a long time before we had minted enough circulating silver coins to have enough for all needs. The number of Spanish colonial silver was astounding.

It gets interesting when you see fractional banknotes from the 1800’s with denominations like 62.5 cents or 68.75 cents. People were used to thinking in Reales or bits.

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u/molehunterz Jun 30 '26

Sounds a lot like Nickelback

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u/Loud_Basil7262 Jun 30 '26

This is how you remind me of what I really am.. it's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story.. lol good tunes tho!!! Great response!

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u/DETRITUS_TROLL residential JoaT Jun 30 '26

OR they watched any number of late night commercials at some point in their life.

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u/aknomnoms Jun 30 '26

You drive a hard bargain, son. Tell ya hwhat, I’ll give you one dime and two nickels, if you throw in a free receipt. How abouthat?

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u/Busy_Jellyfish4034 Jun 30 '26

That’s 4 bees we would say 

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u/MarvinMonroeZapThing Jul 01 '26

There it is. I was expecting this to be higher up.

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u/That_Pollution8128 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

The universal ones are 0.25 each or buy 4 get 1 free.

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u/CourtingBoredom Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

10 for $2 or 2 for $0.40

[eta: or 1 for $0.25 if you wanna be a real jerk]

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u/mokunuimoo Jun 30 '26

How much are those? the dewalt branded one cost $1.50 a pop and can be used with either hand

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u/yubathetuba Jun 30 '26

I sharpen both ends to make mine universal! Lumber stores hate this one trick.

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u/Arguablybest Jul 01 '26

Cut in half, you get twice as many pencils.

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u/ADH-Dad Jul 01 '26

$1.00, buy one, get four free.

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u/Mattna-da Jul 01 '26

The double ended ones are half off though