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Giant asteroid
Bob Martin a écrit profondement:
| in 659591 20111112 080952 Davey Crockett wrote: | But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens | of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5 | Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and | ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating | GBP(� ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the | vernacular. | A florin became 10 pence. A sovereign was 21 shillings. You are right Davey just had a brain fart there and couldn't rememberr what they called a 2 bob bit. But Davey really does miss the silver thre'penny bits that his mom used to hide in the Christmas puddings, Sorry about that. -- Davey Crockett Freedom comes to Africans in Libya http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=629346 |
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