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ayanami
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"I thought they were like Pesos" - Fitz in The Hub Jun 5, 2017 15:18:51 GMT Jemma Simmons likes this

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Post by ayanami on Jun 5, 2017 15:18:51 GMT

During the recent re-watch of episode 1x08 The Hub, I stumbled over this little conversation between Ward and Fitz, after the latter had managed to arrange passage across the South Ossetian border for them:

Ward: "2 million Rubels. We need to work on your negotiation skills. "
Fitz: "I thought they were like Pesos."

As I was wondering how much money they were actually talking about, I did a quick Google search and apparently, 2 mil Rubels is roughly 35k USD, while 2 mil Pesos would have been about 107k USD! Wth, Fitz??

We all know the guy is a total genius, but don't you ever leave him in charge of your money!!!

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"I thought they were like Pesos" - Fitz in The Hub Jun 5, 2017 16:01:11 GMT via mobile

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Post by Jemma Simmons on Jun 5, 2017 16:01:11 GMT

Jun 5, 2017 15:18:51 GMT ayanami said:

We all know the guy is a total genius, but don't you ever leave him in charge of your money!!!

Yeah, that was hilarious! 😄

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"I thought they were like Pesos" - Fitz in The Hub Jun 5, 2017 20:07:45 GMT via mobile

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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Jun 5, 2017 20:07:45 GMT

When I lived in Florida the vending machines at my school would spit out pesos.

I couldn't figure out how'd they even take them...

Regarding this episode, this is the one when Coulson finally catches onto his 'It's A Magical Place' trigger.

I wish I could keep up with the live chat rewatches.

Last Edit: Jun 5, 2017 20:11:04 GMT by caseyrook AKA Mechelle

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Hari Seldon
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"I thought they were like Pesos" - Fitz in The Hub Jun 6, 2017 3:09:10 GMT

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Post by Hari Seldon on Jun 6, 2017 3:09:10 GMT

Jun 5, 2017 20:07:45 GMT caseyrook AKA Mechelle said:

In the early 90's a lot of vending machines couldn't tell a Susan B Anthony from a quarter. Once it a while I'd get lucky getting change.

In the touristy areas of Mexico the stores all welcome US dollars and give out change in pesos. Generally they post their exchange rate on the front window. When the official rate was 10.5 pesos/$ there were some stores that exchanged at 11p/$ and some that were 10p/$, so it paid to check the sign before going in and use $ if it was 11 and use pesos to pay if it was 10.

And Fitz probably didn't mean the exact amount, just that they were worth a small fraction of a dollar.

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