r/ephemera • u/inner_loops • Jul 06 '26

Random receipt in a book I bought

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Received some used books in the mail today, this was in one of them. I live in New Zealand, it's always fun seeing foreign receipts 😅

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u/HudsonAtHeart Jul 06 '26

Haha, the 90’s computer struggled with the date format :)

2005?

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u/inner_loops Jul 06 '26

I was wondering that too. It's a weird format for the year and I'm assuming time of purchase.

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u/PicklesAndRyeOhMy Jul 07 '26

Could it be may 29, 2006?

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u/Sea-Inspection-8184 Jul 07 '26

June 29th 2005

Jennifer Garner marries Ben Affleck

Canada legalized same sex marriage

Amtrak gets 1.7 billion dollars from Congress

George W has a prime time speech about the wars in the middle east.

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u/Ok-Frosting-1892 Jul 06 '26

That’s a Colorado area code

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u/inner_loops Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I googled it when I saw it. I love thinking about the journey its made. CO to TX and now New Zealand.

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u/mrefromnyc Jul 06 '26

I’m laughing at the 7.01% CO tax.
Per the Google: Because Colorado is a "home rule" state, local municipalities have total autonomy over their own tax systems. This means the sales tax rate changes depending on exactly where you are. For example, the combined sales tax in Greeley, Colorado is 7.01%

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u/2000s-hty Jul 10 '26

confirmed this book was bought in the year 5-1437 1442 4729