imho
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Hey y'all!
Here is ANOTHER useless hobby of mine called "Bill (as in paper money) Tracking".
I stumbled on to this hobby when I picked a dollar bill with a stamped message that read:
See where I've been
Track where I go next!
www.WheresGeorge.com
Basically, you go to the website
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
and enter the serial number of the bill and the year the bill was printed and you can tell where the bill started out from and where it has been.
And believe me fellas, this site is NO joke, just look at the site summary!
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper....ge=sitesummary
As you can see, so far 82 million bills totaling $461 million US dollars have been entered to date. (That is larger than some country's GNP or GDP). And I bet most you did not know that at the present time there are in excess of over $719 BILLION US dollars circulating as hard currency in the United States ALONE!
I got myself a rubber stamp and printed some bills and started using them wherever I went (yes, I have too much free time on my hands). It is funny how long or short it takes for the bills to go from one place to another and how far or near it can go.
There is the popular "user profile" page, (check out some of the profiles, puts head-fi profiles to shame),
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/top10users.php
the ever popular "top bills"
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper....=top10bills_d0
and my personal favorite "site wide hits by county map"
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper.php?page=county_map
Since "Money" seems to be one of the most talked about subjects of all time, no wonder people are fascinated with money in general.
Have fun and hope you guys learn something!
*And, next time you see "Where's George?" on a bill, enter it into the website and see where it came from...
There is a Canadian site also called "Where's Willy?"
http://www.whereswilly.com/
Here is ANOTHER useless hobby of mine called "Bill (as in paper money) Tracking".
I stumbled on to this hobby when I picked a dollar bill with a stamped message that read:
See where I've been
Track where I go next!
www.WheresGeorge.com
Basically, you go to the website
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
and enter the serial number of the bill and the year the bill was printed and you can tell where the bill started out from and where it has been.
And believe me fellas, this site is NO joke, just look at the site summary!
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper....ge=sitesummary
As you can see, so far 82 million bills totaling $461 million US dollars have been entered to date. (That is larger than some country's GNP or GDP). And I bet most you did not know that at the present time there are in excess of over $719 BILLION US dollars circulating as hard currency in the United States ALONE!
I got myself a rubber stamp and printed some bills and started using them wherever I went (yes, I have too much free time on my hands). It is funny how long or short it takes for the bills to go from one place to another and how far or near it can go.
There is the popular "user profile" page, (check out some of the profiles, puts head-fi profiles to shame),
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/top10users.php
the ever popular "top bills"
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper....=top10bills_d0
and my personal favorite "site wide hits by county map"
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper.php?page=county_map
Since "Money" seems to be one of the most talked about subjects of all time, no wonder people are fascinated with money in general.
Have fun and hope you guys learn something!
*And, next time you see "Where's George?" on a bill, enter it into the website and see where it came from...
There is a Canadian site also called "Where's Willy?"
http://www.whereswilly.com/
