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"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago  "
4 farthings = 1 penny
2 farthings = 1 half penny
2 ha'pennies = 1 penny
3 pennies = 1 threepenny bit
6 pennies = 1 six pence
2 threepenny bits = 1 sixpence
12 pennies = 1 shilling
2 sixpenny bits = 1 shilling
4 threepenny bits = 1 shilling
2 shillings = 1 florin
2 shillings and sixpence = half a crown
2 half crowns = 1 crown or 5 shillings
10 shilling coins = 1 10 shilling note
20 shillings = 1 pound
1 pound 1 shilling = 1 guinea
Yeah. I remember.
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"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago
4 farthings = 1 penny
2 farthings = 1 half penny
2 ha'pennies = 1 penny
3 pennies = 1 threepenny bit
6 pennies = 1 six pence
2 threepenny bits = 1 sixpence
12 pennies = 1 shilling
2 sixpenny bits = 1 shilling
4 threepenny bits = 1 shilling
2 shillings = 1 florin
2 shillings and sixpence = half a crown
2 half crowns = 1 crown or 5 shillings
10 shilling coins = 1 10 shilling note
20 shillings = 1 pound
1 pound 1 shilling = 1 guinea
Yeah. I remember.
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Yeah looking at that I just can't understand why they brought in decimation at all lol. I'd need a manual to count change. |
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Gosh, the name was thrupenny bit, and tanner for sixpenny bit bob for shilling two bob half a crown for 2nd and six bit and ten bob for 10 shilling note, guinea was one pound and one shilling. A pound was normally called a quid.
Can't think of anyone saying sixpenny bit or three penny bit, rare heard someone say one shilling again most people ten bob half a crown and so forth.
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By *rder66Man
over a year ago
Tatooine |
"Oh absolutely lookforward's but forgetting the past often leads to repeating the same mistakes. We mainly follow the worlds format sooner or later we come full cycle."
Every mistake changes who you are, the very make up of your person so you don't need to look back as you should have grown from you past into chosing new roads which will ultimitly lead to different conclusions.
You are no more the same person you where but aspire to be more then you are. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When u look at police officer and y say to yourself gif he’s/she’s young "
I saw 2 policewoman yesterday that both looked like they were about 12 
Maybe they were 12yr olds in dress up 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When you try to answer the phone by putting the TV remote to your ear  "
This made me chuckle, the amount of times I've had to "assist" people with this problem  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When you start watching strictly come dancing
Or
Going to bingo
Or
Start knitting like my mom
Or
Eating worthers original's x
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Well getting older isn't always wiser! I like sucking on a worthers!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When you start finding Piers Morgan attractive
Theres never an excuse for that at any age Cindi
You'd be surprised. He has quite a fan base
I'm not one of them yet "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When Mars bars were proper thick chunky chocolate with real toffee. Now they're like a Milkyway bar. Oh, and Wham bars, when they used to glow like they were radioactive. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"......when you bend down to tie your shoelaces and think “What else can I do while I’m here?” "
Don’t joke..
My bf (secondary relationship) can do the splits vertically standing up.
I pulled a muscle standing up from the couch..
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh, it’s to troll people. A guy acts lick a dick and I ask him for the nonexistent password written on the profile. See how many times I can get them to read it. |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap"
When you find yourself repeating what you've posted earlier  |
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"When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap
When you find yourself repeating what you've posted earlier "
Oh bollocks.
I genuinely forgot I'd posted on this one already  |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap
When you find yourself repeating what you've posted earlier
Oh bollocks.
I genuinely forgot I'd posted on this one already "
And there you go.... proved my point
Older men are sexy  |
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