In a message dated 12/09/2007 18:28:10 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I can't believe an intelligent person like yourself would want to take such a retrograde step, although it is amazing how often one hears people refer to money as 'pounds, shillings and pence', even people who are far too young to remember pre-decimal currency I was at Blists Hill museum a few years ago, where you can change your decimal currency for 'old' pennies* for use in the shops. In the sweet shop some 12 year-old girls had just bought a quarter of sweets for 4d. One of them then asked the classic question 'How much is that in real money?' My mind flashed back to February 1971 when we were asking shopkeepers the same question, but at that time 'real' money was £sd. *actually specially minted coins that are slightly lighter than the real thing - well they don't want people bringing in the real stuff and using them in the shops, do they? DaveD I raise money for charity just by searching the web! www.everyclick.com is an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity, please support them too! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
