In message <[log in to unmask]>, Alan
Trevarthen <[log in to unmask]> writes
>What's 17/6d in Euros ?
>
At the current exchange rate, a Euro is about 12 bob. So 17/6 is getting
on for 1.5 euros. And is it just coincidence that the euro started off
about the value of the merke? (Of Richard I ransom fame with Blondel.)
Remember decimalisation day - beer went from half a crown to 12p a pint
in the uni bar. Who'd have thought it's 37/6 nowadays?
And remember VAT coming in?
And another thing - nostalgia is what it used to be, either!
Regards
John
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Last Updated Sunday 21st May 2000
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