\ufffd, Shil, six-pence, ha-penny, Guinea

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Post #45,682

by Ashton

7/15/02 4:29:21 PM

\ufffd, Shil, six-pence, ha-penny, Guinea - much more fun too..

Half-Crown, vanished farthing (thus 'penny-farthing' on The Prisoner logo cycle.) Penny biggest of all (but copper). Ahhh the gold Sovereign (but by then - only at yer local numismatist). Now THERE was Real Money\ufffd; only the Guvnor carried stuff like that around.

You began to Notice what things Cost.. and what real money Looks like - or at least did. I gather that the latest UK 'coins' are as dead (when dropped) as the *dull thud* of some laminated junk-metal + flash-coating, as now constitutes Our pathetic specimens of specie.

Anyway.. Loved the fun of carrying those bizarre multiples in head, faking out the locals who just assumed that a Yank couldn't hack it.. hmmm was that octagonal-thingie a thruppence? History! Love It or vote Repo.

[cacklette]

Ashton
Vanity vanity; all is vanity.

Minnow damage - (Silverlock) - (39) - July 8, 2002, 09:35:04 PM EDT

Ouchhh! How can you be typing? -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - July 8, 2002, 09:54:31 PM EDT

Half as fast as normal - (Silverlock) - July 8, 2002, 09:58:51 PM EDT

So, sometimes the minnow wins . . . -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - July 8, 2002, 11:15:55 PM EDT

Nnngh ow ow ow ow STFU plzkthx - (pwhysall) - July 9, 2002, 12:30:56 AM EDT

Unfair, the fish had help! -NT - (ben_tilly) - July 9, 2002, 06:28:24 AM EDT

pair of needle nose pliars, a needle - (boxley) - July 9, 2002, 11:38:30 AM EDT

Four CENTImeters... or milli-? (4 cm ~ 1.8") -NT - (CRConrad) - (32) - July 15, 2002, 10:36:36 AM EDT

Sheesh, I make that mistake all the time - (Silverlock) - (31) - July 15, 2002, 12:13:32 PM EDT

Yup, it's that metric system again. - (Andrew Grygus) - (30) - July 15, 2002, 02:37:20 PM EDT

easy way to remember willies are measured in centimenters - (boxley) - July 15, 2002, 03:43:21 PM EDT

\ufffd, Shil, six-pence, ha-penny, Guinea - much more fun too.. - (Ashton) - July 15, 2002, 04:29:21 PM EDT

Not forgetting - (pwhysall) - (27) - July 15, 2002, 05:26:01 PM EDT

+ grains, drams, minims, Av/Troy ounces, but.. PINT= OK! :-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - July 15, 2002, 06:06:31 PM EDT

My favorite question... - (ben_tilly) - July 15, 2002, 10:10:03 PM EDT

Bull** - (Andrew Grygus) - (20) - July 15, 2002, 11:10:11 PM EDT

Bravisssimo! - (Ashton) - (6) - July 16, 2002, 03:48:48 AM EDT

Re: Bravisssimo! - (admin) - (5) - July 16, 2002, 08:55:13 AM EDT

Then please.. - (Ashton) - (1) - July 16, 2002, 05:21:00 PM EDT

*smile* - (admin) - July 16, 2002, 09:28:55 PM EDT

See if you can convince him that duo-decimal is better :-) - (ben_tilly) - (2) - July 16, 2002, 07:24:08 PM EDT

I'm not going there... -NT - (admin) - (1) - July 16, 2002, 09:27:18 PM EDT

Aw, can't I corrupt him a little? -NT - (ben_tilly) - July 16, 2002, 09:47:03 PM EDT

Great steaming piles of it from you, Andrew. - (CRConrad) - (10) - July 16, 2002, 06:46:43 AM EDT

Thread is the word you are looking for and also - (boxley) - (6) - July 16, 2002, 09:18:04 AM EDT

There ain't no such thing... - (CRConrad) - July 16, 2002, 09:29:51 AM EDT

Hey box . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - July 16, 2002, 09:30:51 AM EDT

Simple the kids have disappeared all the 9/16 wrenches - (boxley) - (2) - July 16, 2002, 11:06:34 AM EDT

Hint: what else does "proof" mean -NT - (drewk) - (1) - July 16, 2002, 11:21:50 AM EDT

note the mm in the post as opposed to ml -NT - (boxley) - July 16, 2002, 11:25:14 AM EDT

Missed your "Subject:" before - thread, of course, thanks! -NT - (CRConrad) - July 16, 2002, 03:59:33 PM EDT

It's all in the visualization. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - July 16, 2002, 10:01:27 AM EDT

And other senses - (ChrisR) - July 16, 2002, 11:47:09 AM EDT

So BOx's and yours are equally tiny! - (CRConrad) - July 16, 2002, 04:05:56 PM EDT

I wish the french had gone duo-decimal - (ben_tilly) - July 16, 2002, 07:15:34 AM EDT

ROFL!! Excellent explaination of Bull! -NT - (n3jja) - July 16, 2002, 12:37:55 PM EDT

One mile = 1,000 feet - (kmself) - (1) - July 16, 2002, 12:20:05 AM EDT

Not quite. - (CRConrad) - July 16, 2002, 06:12:48 AM EDT

yabbut the alternative is french -NT - (boxley) - July 16, 2002, 09:08:16 AM EDT

Whats the horsepower of that motor? -NT - (boxley) - July 16, 2002, 09:11:41 AM EDT

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