OiRuby’s Weblog

OK, so I was writing an email to a good buddy to give my “two cents” on a conundrum he’s facing and I was overcome by the aggravation that there is no longer a cent sign on the keyboard. Writing $0.02 just isn’t as satisfying. I’ve also always loved the fact the cent sign follows the numeral instead of rushing ahead of it.

I’m rather confident that when I used to set up the old noisy Selectrics in my parents den and play travel agent or university professor that the keyboard included a cent sign, that beautiful and squirrley “c” shape with the slanted line through it. And I’m almost certain that our first old PC that required the insertion of 6 disks to “boot-it-up” also had the cent sign. So, why did it disappear? Where’d it go? Was it a result of inflation? Did some silly patent symbol trump it?

I miss the cent sign, just my $0.02.

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