Post AcMffLuAtacShm1F0i by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
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(DIR) Post #AcMV2VRQVUSNRiPV4q by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-01T09:54:01Z
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πͺπΆπ³π²: "Shall we have fish and chips from the chip shop tonight?"π π²: "Yeah, I think I've got Β£100 in my wallet."πͺπΆπ³π²: "I know, it's not cheap any more, is it?"π π²: "I remember three penneth of chips."πͺπΆπ³π²: "I've never heard of that?"π π²: "That's coz you're too young to remember proper money!"πͺπΆπ³π²: "Two hundred and forty pennies to a pound! That's insane!"π π²: "Yeah, but you knew you had money back then, and we all walked lopsided." π€£
(DIR) Post #AcMdRcdxfKvSejlDjE by ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-12-01T11:27:20Z
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@dick_turpin Not even with money you could make it logical. Always wondered if British in prehistoric times had 12 fingers or something like that and you still have it engrained in your minds.
(DIR) Post #AcMffLuAtacShm1F0i by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-01T11:53:05Z
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@ghostdancer They can count to twelve in Norfolk using both hands. π
(DIR) Post #AcMzrd3EyDnKRQOHui by stannard@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-01T15:39:24Z
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@dick_turpinNight out and a taxi home !
(DIR) Post #AcdcBCI7yIXGcqiCbw by GerdKa_aus_DA@darmstadt.social
2023-12-09T16:03:56Z
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@dick_turpinThe guys in England must have been world champions in mental arithmetic at that times...
(DIR) Post #AcdkLEHuCeEvLXu24G by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-09T17:35:34Z
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@GerdKa_aus_DA It was introduced after William the conquered invaded in 1066, and in typical fashion, just as we got used to it some new-fangled method called decimalisation was introduced yet again by Europe. π