Tom

Toms 90p a pound

“I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.

Poor Tom's a-cold.

"Good,—that's a whack. What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?"

What I'm worrying about is what Tom says when he starts talking." "Uncle Tom?" "I wish there was something else you could call him except 'Uncle Tom'," said Aunt Dahlia a little testily. "Every time you do it, I expect to see him turn black and start playing the banjo."

"We're not sure - we were expecting a girl for some reason. But we're thinking of something simple like Tom." "Thomas?" "No, just Tom."

For the last decade at least, the trend seems to be that more untraditional names are being chosen over the Bobs, the Toms, the Sues and the Marys.

At the heart of much of the controversy surrounding DOGE’s review and access to much of the federal government’s financial payment data was the unique pairing of Tom Krause, a long-time software CEO, and Marko Elez, a 25-year-old recent employee at Musk’s company SpaceX.

I thought it was nice for them [civil rights volunteers] to come in here. But they wasn’t welcome among white people. The black people welcomed them with open arms, but they wasn’t welcomed by the white people. And the churches began to burn: Everetts Chapel and Union Hill. I’ll be honest and tell you the truth, I was a little afraid sometimes, depending on where the meeting was. It looked like the group was pushing forward and I didn’t want to be a “Tom.”

Toms: two-dollar bills bearing the portrait of President Thomas Jefferson

The article on CNN.com says the Treasury has $96 million in $2s in their vaults. They are printing new ones just to assure a supply. The new ones will be 2003 series with the same design as now. Printing more will have no direct effect on whether they circulate more, but articles like the recent ones will make people aware that they are still available. I'm picking up another strap of Toms tomorrow, hopefully crisp new - at least that what I asked the vault teller to order.

In the past year I've spent over 2000 Toms with 90% used to well used. I have only seen a dozen or so with torn corners, almost always the upper left corner.

> I've listed some goodies on eBay. Some 1999 Two BEP bundles (including a Star bundle > with the striped wrapper) and a 2003 Two BEP bundle with a neat serial number. Whoops, you mean '95 Toms

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A two-dollar bill is sometimes referred to as a “deuce” or a “Tom.”

For a fun history of the challenges of the $2 bill, check out St. Louis Bank Historian Mary Piles’ article at https://www.cnbstl.com/about-us/news/the-history-of-the-two-dollar-bill. Wouldn’t it have been fun if “Toms” had become more mainstream in their usage?

Sorry, maybe next week. Uncle Tom is visiting.

Maybe later. Tom is in town.

They had a thick rim, and when struck with pieces of wood, gave out a tone deeper than that of some of the Great Toms renowned in belldom.

After these came innumerable little boys bearing little bells, which made little noises in comparison to the "Big Tom" that preceded them.

And there little Johnny Bell hung dangling along with the great Tom bell, and all the rest of the bells.

The city [New York] does not know a better auctioneer; the celebrated Tom Bell not ringing clearer.

Thus there are stages of gaze following, followed by primary ToM, then secondary ToM, then perspective taking, with the speed of transitions influenced by experience[…]