Re: Introducing metric

In article <G8gdG8IhoSyKFwg3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jacey Bedford <lookinsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <4ac8e8ba.24253104@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan L Cunningham
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On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:09:35 +0100, Jacey Bedford
<lookinsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In message <tp4movgpr9pa.pi8wjegxz7yo.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>, Brian M. Scott
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On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:27:12 +0100, Jacey Bedford
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rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

It was a wrench to lose pounds shillings and pence, but I
have no sentimental attachment to new money.

Oddly enough, I have a sentimental attachment to pounds,
shillings, and pence. Has to do with my reading as a
youngster, I suspect.

I really liked half-crowns. You knew where you were with a coin that
size!
:-)

I've got a couple of crowns (five shillings)... A Churchill crown and
another one (I think). Those are even bigger. :-)

More for collecting than spending, though.

Indeed. They were genuine currency but no one ever spent them. I still
have a coronation one and a churchill one.

Speaking of which, isn't it about time we had a £5 coin? After all, a
modern pound isn't worth a decent shilling anyway... (and you can't get
five pound notes easily either, so the ones you do find are usually
tatty, and have to be spent quickly[*] so they don't contaminate your
purse/wallet).

I don't mind a five pound coin as long as it's not too big. The two
pound coin is too big. My purse needs a bigger change pocket.

No one has yet come up with a purse that effectively combines a wallet
with a decent size change purse. (Americans please note: I mean a PURSE
- for money - not a handbag, which you call a purse.)

Well, I have a thing of that kind (wallet, we'd probably call
it) that's about seven by four inches, opens up to seven by
eight. (Sorry, I don't have a ruler handy which would tell
me the metric equivalent.) Closed, it's about two inches
thick.

Half of it holds a checkbook and transparent pockets for
half-a-dozen ID and similar cards. The other half has
pockets to hold four credit (and similar) cards, and a
zippered pocket for paper money, and inside *that* there's
a smaller zippered pocket for change. It's currently holding
about two dollars' worth of small change. So I find that
adequate.

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