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| rbowman to The Natural Philosopher |
| Re: DUC[KT] tape |
| 03 Jan 26 21:35:56 |
From: bowman@montana.com On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 08:42:02 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 03/01/2026 02:39, c186282 wrote: >> On the flip, the USA currency system IS far more >> clear than traditional British - 'decimal'. > > The traditional British was not 'decimal' That's for sure. I never did figure out pence, shillings, quid, bob, pounds, and so forth, between the base system and the informal names. Somehow I wound up with a 5 pence piece that was masquerading as a US dime. It's not uncommon to get Canadian coins but I've not idea how that one got introduced. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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