tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post3054080770444599911..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Chacun a ...Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25486498845730788502022-06-13T14:11:24.517+01:002022-06-13T14:11:24.517+01:00Lindybeige the Youtuber has a very nice video on o...Lindybeige the Youtuber has a very nice video on old UK money, which actually explained the whole pounds, shillings, pence thing to me. I was unaware that the various coins' weights used to represent their exact value, and there was a very nifty money scale in the video.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80355818114460450652022-06-11T04:15:00.990+01:002022-06-11T04:15:00.990+01:00During the American Civil War, the soldiers from p...During the American Civil War, the soldiers from places like Illinois were confused on arriving in Maryland, where prices were still reconed in pounds, shillings and pence. To this day, horses are sold in Guineas, even though it is not twenty one silver shillings, or a gold coin with the same value, but just plain old 1.05 in New Money. Obviously, the whole decimal thing has been a charade armyartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621738173563972139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-43688040617658677212022-06-10T13:59:27.075+01:002022-06-10T13:59:27.075+01:00A few of the older coinages are still current acro...A few of the older coinages are still current across the pond. The phrase "penny wise and pound foolish" was used by the New York Times on July 13, 2016 in an article on the budget, despite centuries of using the American dollar:<br /><br />"The entire funding for the act, which includes services like training and job placement, adds up to less than $3 billion. That looks like a frjustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109539584303934489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-39400594118020482602022-06-10T11:08:43.205+01:002022-06-10T11:08:43.205+01:00If it takes a forty man orchestra 40 minutes to pl...If it takes a forty man orchestra 40 minutes to play Beethoven's 5th symphony, how long does it take a sixty man orchestra ?Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-31696092310790726222022-06-10T04:56:11.898+01:002022-06-10T04:56:11.898+01:00New Zealand adopted decimal currency in 1967, when...New Zealand adopted decimal currency in 1967, when I was ten, so I can just remember the old currency. There were no farthings, but we had a ha'penny, a thruppence, a florin (two shillings) and half-a -crown (two shillings and sixpence). <br /><br />The most striking coins were the large copper pennies: new ones with a portrait of the Queen, then a mere 15 years into her reign, older penniesGrant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-87353079432234671922022-06-09T22:21:45.373+01:002022-06-09T22:21:45.373+01:00As far as I remember from my arithmetic books of t...As far as I remember from my arithmetic books of the mid-to-late sixties, it used be: "if a housewife/woman (they didn't use the / but housewife and woman were understood to be interchangeable) buys 2 lbs of flour for 2/6, how much would a stone cost?". But it was always: "If a man buys a car for £400 how much would 3/4 of a car cost?"<br /><br />Well, maybe not quite likejaykayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067428827648309867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-56062888311652207602022-06-09T20:29:15.597+01:002022-06-09T20:29:15.597+01:00 ... and Mr J Lopuszynski was very fast with this ... ... and Mr J Lopuszynski was very fast with this ...Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13418551539700190942022-06-09T11:58:07.292+01:002022-06-09T11:58:07.292+01:004968 apples (or, if you prefer, 2 and 7/8 great gr...4968 apples (or, if you prefer, 2 and 7/8 great gross of apples), with a ha'penny left over.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com