Today I saw on the evening news how Hungarians were coping with the bitter winter. They were burning bricks made from their currency.
At first I thought, "geez, talk about hyperinflation and worthless currency, then I searched for more details on online news. Here's what Reuters has to sayhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSRTR2XGJ3
Apparently this is a program in place for a long time to recycle worn out banknotes by letting nonprofit orgs burn them for fuel rather than destroy the notes with traditional burning procedures.
Now I find myself saying, "Hmm..."
Btw, since I am posting this via iPod the URL is a mobile URL. To read the article and see the photos of the money bricks, see the article in Reuters regular website.
Hungary burns money to get through winter
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