In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dorothy Robbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Guy Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:34 PM >Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Demetrication > > >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >re still measured in U................. >> >>Should we revert to £SD then as well? >> >>J >> >Yes yes yes!! > >Guy > >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. A pint of beer wouldn't go back to being >1/10d (or whatever) if we *did* revert to that cumbersome method of >counting! :-) > >Dorothy
It wasn't cumbersome Dorothy! Not if you used dozens. Something at 2d each was 2/- a dozen. Easy :-)} guy -- Guy Morgan nb Virgo, WFB, Stockton GU Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
