My grandfather ran a shop (pharmacy, opticians and photography) and he
refused to price items in new money until he retired (some years later).
On 24 June 2016 at 14:20, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This reminds me of the time decades ago when the pence/pound money
> replaced the pence/schilling/pound money. My grandfather Gus refused to
> use the "new money" and continued to use the "old money" to the day he
> died. The quaint antiquity of things like a half crown (2'6) have been
> lost.
>
> >
> >Indeed, Chris. It was a crap idea, but we’re going to have to make the
> >best of it.
> >
> >It would appear that the people who voted Leave were the over-65s and
> >the “working classes”, whatever the latter might mean. In addition,
> >the Remain voters seemed to be the younger voters and those with degrees.
> >I don’t know how the BBC worked those figures out, but i suspect that
> >they were based on polls, because I was asked only one question when I
> >voted, Leave or Remain.
> >
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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