I've been to the US and love the US! Travel?
want my IBAN and BIC? Brian White wrote: > Oh..so that explains it. Michael has never even been to the UK? How > about the US? > > It's easy to generalize about places you've never been Michael. I > say go out and travel, then you'll learn a little. > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:11:09 +0200 > Subject: [USMA:26573] Re: M$ > >> I was talking about the coins only, I've never seen the bills and I >> hope I *will* never see them! >> >> ok ok, the Imperial System has been invented in England? >> >> bye >> >> Terry Simpson wrote: >>> Michael-O wrote: >>>> CONCLUSION: >>>> French were always more sophisticated than English. >>>> >>>> Have you ever seen English money, then you undersand why only >>>> this nation could have invented the FFU. >>> >>> English notes are not as colourful as French Franc notes. In that >>> respect, the French love of beauty triumphs over the anglo-saxon. >>> However, I enjoyed Dutch guilder notes more than the French ones. >>> >>> Incidentally, British coin designs were considered seriously as a >>> model for some of the euro coins. This was not for their beauty, but >>> for their pragmatism. The mix of circular and many sided coins (20p, >>> 50p) is an added dimension of shape that increases discriminability. >>> Several other countries inside and outside the EU had highly >>> discriminable coins, including the Spanish coin with a central hole. >>> >>> Unfortunately the conservatives won and euro coin are all flat >>> discs. Apparently the vending machine industry was set against >>> non-circular shape. The compromise was a variety of edge effects. >>> It is odd that >>> this pressure does not have effect on the British coins which have >>> the useful property of being many sided but also constant diameter. >>> >>> www.money.org/0204friedbergarteuro.pdf >>> >>> www.euro.fee.be/Europapers/europaper37.pdf >>> >>> >>> The British did not invent FFU, so we cannot be blamed for the >>> stupidity of it. However, we stubbornly have retained it too long >>> and that is not good. Since Britain is an island, we are also >>> (unfortunately) isolationist in outlook. The joke British headline >>> says: "Storms in the English Channel, Europe cut off!" > ------- End of Original Message -------
