decimal coinage new system 1971
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..that way you'll find shopping simple, after all you are only a woman.
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you still can in Vietnam......
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I dont recall the adverts telling us that we would be ruled by unelected burocrats from Brussels, the EU costing millions per day & they would never publicly publish their expense accounts.....
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@melkshamgrrr1 Back then, things were much cheaper than they are now. In the 70's, you could but a loaf of bread for 9p, but now, store baked bread is about 55p, and a decent brand bread is well over a pound.
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I love the "puzzled" look on her face.
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What on earth could she have bought for 31 and a HALF pence? A Sun newspaper perhaps!
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I belive two things brought the uk to ints knees
THE COMMON MARKET
AND DECIMASATION
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Why did they change the 5p from this and make it the smallest of all the coins?
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Imperial weights and measures are very important IMO. They came from Sumeria via ancient Egypt and are considered sacred. The base "12" is still used to tell the time and for ft & ins. When our currency went decimal, I think that's when we lost control of it. As for counting on your fingers, the Sumerians used their right thumb to touch the fingers on the same hand 3 times in a row. this equals 12. Each time they reached 12 they bent one finger of the left hand down. 5x12=60. (mns/1hr)
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My Dad still refers to decimalised currency as, 'Mickey Mouse Money.'
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I understood decimal until I watched this film!
emeraldxm 4 years ago 17
Sorry! The intention was some light humour - certainly not to offend. In science,'ten' is a very awkward number. The old joke was that using a base of ten mean't we could use the 'digits' on our hands.
£sd was no problem at all. As a 14yr. old in 1971, I adapted easily but many older people struggled with it. To this day, I know quite a few older people who still refer to 50 pence as 'ten bob' (and £1.50 as 'thirty bob') and why shouldn't they?
Ampex196 3 years ago 7