"Regarding the articles about whether the penny will survive the coronavirus, I have always felt that the worth of a cent goes beyond the cost of its manufacture. The focus should be on its utility. A penny is only worth a penny and costs more than a penny to make, but it can be used millions of times as a penny without incurring any additional manufacturing costs. Its utility is more than a penny's worth, and more than the price of manufacturing it.

"Consider credit cards. It costs money to make and send credit cards to bank customers, but they have absolutely no value as a slab of plastic. Should they stop making them? Of course not - the value of the credit card is not in the plastic but in its utility."

"The books shipped to me Friday, so I should have them around Wednesday and will be filling orders by the end of next week."