Hello, ALL.

It is an honor to be here.

Somewhere around my fifteen years, I read a short story in Playboy (who told you we don't read ALL Playboy? Even when we are 15-y-o?) which I am not certain to be penned by Ray.

It is about our society in a time where money was completely substituted by a "time currency", so if you come into a bar and ask for a soda, you would have to press your hand over a plate and have it charged in terms of minutes of life: a soda would be 1 minute, a whiskey, maybe 10, and I cannot imagine how badly they would charge me for a Mac...

Anyway, another tip to the story includes the pressing the earlobe to find out what is left of "money" (or time) in your account.

I think I've given enough clues to the story, but even Google is unable to bring this one up.

So, I humbly ask: does anyone here read Playboy back in the 70's?

Thanks! And it is an honor to be around here.

Hugs from Rio,

Claudio

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Originally posted by ClaudiB:
...a whiskey, maybe 10, and I cannot imagine how badly they would charge me for a Mac...

Dang! I'm glad I don't drink!

I have about twenty (around half are signed) PLAYBOY magazines from 1960-1996 with Ray stories, but can't recollect this one right off. Perhaps I just don't have this issue. But it doesn't really sound like his type of story, either. Maybe I'm wrong.

- Typed on my Mac

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