Re: Hurricane in US


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>>>>> If the uk's economy is stronger than the us economy then why is the
>>>>> pound and the euro sinking evert day ,i recall when there were 4
>>>>> dollars to the pound now it's 1 1/2 pounds to the dollar
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>>>> http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from=USD&to=GBP&submit=Convert
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>>>> At the present rate the dollar is worth 55p (GBP) and a Pound Sterling
>>>> is worth £1.80p
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>>>> I can remember as a very young man being given a silver dollar which
>>>> was worth 20p or 4/- in 1934 which would have made the pound worth $5.
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>>>> My commiserations to the Americans on their latest disaster.
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>>>> TFW
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>>> So you can remember when a half crown was called a halfadollar. of
>>> course most here have never heard of a half crown...
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>> I can even remember being given a Crown for my birthday which was
>> nicknamed a "Dollar" back then. :-))
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>> Remember those wonderful coins called silver thru'penny bits, tanners,
>> bobs, florins, 'alf guineas and guineas: two hundred and forty pence to
>> the pound; twelve pence to a schilling ...........?
>>
>> TFW
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> that was the good old days .My parents used to boil threpenny bits and put
> them in the christmas pudding to ensure you ate your pudding and birds
> custard .of course after christening it with a little brandy and a lighted
> match. I still have 40 sixpences I won in the slot machine at the officers
> club at whale island in pompy.the idea was to make charm bracelets out of
> them for my kids .still havent got to that

They're worth more if they're pre 1947 if I remember correctly as the silver
content is much higher. After that date, or one close to it they had a much
larger alloy content or no silver at all. Bird's Custard, I remember but I
was more familiar with Monk's Custard if you can remember the little rotund
friar holding a glass of custard on the front of the packet. Hee, hee; and
one of the few times I heard my father say a word out of place was the
Christmas he bit on a silver three penny piece.

Whale Island... Excellent, har; I remember that place as for some reason a
wheel got away and two of us had to dive for it in freezing oily water; that
was during another job we'd been doing in the docks at the time. I remember
it better for the piece of greenheart I nicked with the thought of turning
one piece into a bowl and making a carved spindle with the other piece. That
was a disaster as it had seasoned too well.



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