From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 03/01/2026 23:41, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   > c186282  writes:   
   >> On 1/3/26 16:35, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >>    Well ... England ranks as one of those "most invaded"   
   >>    countries. There was the apparent OP and then the Beaker People came   
   >>    ... Romans ... finally Anglos, Saxons, Normans and now Arabs.   
   >   
   > You missed out the Celts, Vikings and the Dutch, not to mention less   
   > consequential invasions by the French, Scots and Spanish.  As for the   
   > Arab expansion it never even reached the channel (Odo of Aquitaine   
   > turned them back in the C8th) and I can reassure you that there is no   
   > Arab invasion at present.   
   >   
   Out here about 60% of the land is arab owned...   
      
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