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> Given that even most smartphones require a thumbprint or PIN entry to spend as little as 99 cents, it's a little horrifying that you can get billed fourteen b

> Given that even most smartphones require a thumbprint or PIN entry to spend as little as 99 cents, it's a little horrifying that you can get billed fourteen big ones from a couple of mis-swipes by anyone who sits in the car. Either I’m getting old, or inflation is hitting our language over here too. There’s one more digit than I was expecting on those ‘Fourteen Big Ones’.

stavros 5y ago
What do you mean? "Fourteen big ones" = 14k.
- nickthegreek 5y ago
  Maybe I'm old too.. I would of said 14 big ones = $1.4k (a big one being a one hundred dollar bill).
  - stavros 5y ago
    Ahh, I see, maybe you're right, I don't know.
  - voakbasda 5y ago
    I’m old too, and inflation has not been kind to the hundred dollar bill. I cannot justify calling that a “big one” anymore. Welcome to the new century, I guess.