Quote from: evoorhees on December 20, 2012, 07:49:28 PM

Quote from: pbhead on December 20, 2012, 06:26:21 AM

clearly i should have known that it would take ~2 weeks to get anything done.

Doesn't take two weeks. It takes one hour:
1) Go to BitInstant.com . . .

Already explained:

Quote from: DannyHamilton on December 20, 2012, 05:12:42 AM

. . . use BitInstant to convert your lousy US dollars into bitcoins. Should take less than 10 minutes on their website and a quick trip to a local shop to deposit your cash . . .

However, apparently, leaving the house to acquire actual physical cash, along with the inconvienience and costs of transporting that cash to the nearby location are a significant hindrance to the use of bitcoin:

Quote from: pbhead on December 20, 2012, 05:41:46 AM

. . . I have to guess about how many dollars I need to get the quantity of bitcoins I need to buy the coins.

It also means gas money, and getting cash in the first place.

Is that a Billy Goat I see crossing a bridge in the distance?