An eerie coincidence?

[pdcorlis]

...oh $#!+...it's just as I feared...they're sneaking back in a few at a time!

Another couple hundred years and they'll have the whole country back!

Best

AA

Well at least we may be able to buy some decent bangers and ginger beer at the local Tesco's

[Jack Daw]

I guess it is a little low... that would help on the import of tartan kilt fabric and any other kilt related imports to the US, though. Or am I thinking of that bacwards... That would be nice if it stayed lower long enough to make a difference.

You are correct!

[george7]

Smells like revolution around here

[Ozman1944]

Could be worse; at least it wasn't 1492.....

[vmac3205]

How about 1610. At least then I can plan my trip across the pond.

[turpin]

Could be worse; at least it wasn't 1492.....

Actually, at 1.492 I'd be all over Scotweb! I hope it never gets to 5.440.

[Carolina Kiltman]

Actually, at 1.492 I'd be all over Scotweb! I hope it never gets to 5.440.

I'm giving away my age, but I can remember when it was about that! (a shilling was worth about $.25, and you could get a piece of fish, chips and a lemonade for that!

The coinage then was 4 farthings to the pence (d) 12 pence to the shilling and 12 shillings to the pound A pound was just that, a troy pound (12 oz of sterling silver!) This is for the younguns who can't remember that far back.

[Jock Scot]

I'm giving away my age, but I can remember when it was about that! (a shilling was worth about $.25, and you could get a piece of fish, chips and a lemonade for that!

The coinage then was 4 farthings to the pence (d) 12 pence to the shilling and 12 shillings to the pound A pound was just that, a troy pound (12 oz of sterling silver!) This is for the younguns who can't remember that far back.

Ah yes, I remember it well. Except in my day there were 20 shillings( 240 old pennies) to the pound (£) and 16 oz to the pound(not sure about troy pounds).

[Carolina Kiltman]

Ah yes, I remember it well. Except in my day there were 20 shillings( 240 old pennies) to the pound (£) and 16 oz to the pound(not sure about troy pounds).

my mind slipped a cog! Of course there were 20 shillings to the pound. My Mother's favourite comment about a not-too-bright person was "he/she has only 12 shillings to the pound!) BTW Troy pound (12 troy oz) is the measure used for precious metals, silver and gold. Hence the old pence "d" came from the Latin dinari (sp?) which was a day's wages for a labourer. The old nursery rhyme about "Jack , getting only a penny a day, for he can't work any faster." (It had been a long day, my apologies again for the goof.)