Glad I missed all that. The change to decimal currency happened just as I was
starting to learn what money was all about. Then my parents whisked the family
off to the States.
Mark "How many Angstroms to a Farthing" Roberts
John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Too inconvenient. Do you have any idea how many Angstroms there are to
>> >> a Farthing?
>> >
>> >Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing. But it does know
>> >furlong, which is about 2e+12 Angstroms.
>>
>> A farthing is an old unit of (British) currency. 1/6 of a penny, I believe
>> (it was before my time).
>>
>
>Nah, it was four farthings to a penny
>
>My father used to groan, to the tune of 'Rule Britannia':
>
>Rule Britannia, two tanners make a bob,
>Three make eighteenpence and four two bob
>
>How's that for a totally logical system, and I'm not even going to mention
>florins, half-crowns, crowns, zaks, threepenny bits, quids and guineas, am I?
>Nor even ponies, monkeys and tons.
>
>John Coyle
>(who has now had to work his mind around four different currency changes, two
>goes at metrication, and one at decimalization)
>Brisbane, Australia
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