Today is the 50th anniversary 20:21 - Feb 15 with 2842 views | Guthrum | of Decimalisation. Goodbye L/s/d, hello £ & p. |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:31 - Feb 15 with 2809 views | readtheleaguetable | L.s.d. Was just an hallucination ! |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:34 - Feb 15 with 2807 views | azuremerlangus | Surprised to read that we last to go decimal (with money anyway). 'France and the United States had gone decimal in the 1790s. During the 1960s, a number of Commonwealth countries made the change, such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa' |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:39 - Feb 15 with 2789 views | EdwardStone |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:34 - Feb 15 by azuremerlangus | Surprised to read that we last to go decimal (with money anyway). 'France and the United States had gone decimal in the 1790s. During the 1960s, a number of Commonwealth countries made the change, such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa' |
Although we had a somewhat half-hearted attempt at decimalisation in the 1800s The introduction of the florin was our toe in the water to put us on base 10, rather than base 12...although it seems that courage deserted us as the florin didn't replace the Crown, simply served alongside In 1968 the florin got its just desserts as it was rebranded the 10p as a precursor to decimalisation |  | |  |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:46 - Feb 15 with 2778 views | azuremerlangus |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:39 - Feb 15 by EdwardStone | Although we had a somewhat half-hearted attempt at decimalisation in the 1800s The introduction of the florin was our toe in the water to put us on base 10, rather than base 12...although it seems that courage deserted us as the florin didn't replace the Crown, simply served alongside In 1968 the florin got its just desserts as it was rebranded the 10p as a precursor to decimalisation |
Looking back it seems it is a little bizarre we heldout for so long - but then again we have persisted with most of the other imperial units since (whilst slowly giving giving over to the metric system of course) |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 21:06 - Feb 15 with 2764 views | EdwardStone |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 20:46 - Feb 15 by azuremerlangus | Looking back it seems it is a little bizarre we heldout for so long - but then again we have persisted with most of the other imperial units since (whilst slowly giving giving over to the metric system of course) |
We are the one nation that has ISO tearing its hair out and have been so for many a year Perches...poles...furlongs When I first became a surveyor, some of our kit was calibrated to measure in feet...and tenths of a foot; a kind of metric inch. Frankly bizarre |  | |  |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 21:42 - Feb 15 with 2748 views | WeWereZombies |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 21:06 - Feb 15 by EdwardStone | We are the one nation that has ISO tearing its hair out and have been so for many a year Perches...poles...furlongs When I first became a surveyor, some of our kit was calibrated to measure in feet...and tenths of a foot; a kind of metric inch. Frankly bizarre |
If they ever try and impose that metric system on sport I will chain myself to a cricket pitch... |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 23:14 - Feb 15 with 2733 views | Churchman | I was of an age where at junior school I had to learn pounds, shillings and pence and decimal at the same time. The hardship issue was solved by dossing about. It didn’t end well. I paid later😃 On decimalisation day the first thing I did on the day was head for the newsagents/sweetshop to buy some sherbet lemons to get some ‘new’ change (2p, 1p and half pennies).10p (two shillings or florins) and 5p (one shilling) coins had been around for ages. One thing I remember was how people were ripped off with the outrageous ‘rounding up’ that took place and people being short changed - especially elderly people. [Post edited 15 Feb 2021 23:15]
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 01:10 - Feb 16 with 2710 views | Guthrum |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 21:06 - Feb 15 by EdwardStone | We are the one nation that has ISO tearing its hair out and have been so for many a year Perches...poles...furlongs When I first became a surveyor, some of our kit was calibrated to measure in feet...and tenths of a foot; a kind of metric inch. Frankly bizarre |
When measuring lengths, I sometimes still use inches if the gradation is closer than on the millimetres side, or for stuff like wallpaper where precision is not so important. |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 06:58 - Feb 16 with 2685 views | GaryCooper | 112 Years ago in old money. |  | |  |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 07:38 - Feb 16 with 2662 views | Coastalblue |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 01:10 - Feb 16 by Guthrum | When measuring lengths, I sometimes still use inches if the gradation is closer than on the millimetres side, or for stuff like wallpaper where precision is not so important. |
I tend to measure in metric most of the time, but do find it easier to visualise imperial sizes. 4'. 6', 8' etc I just know what it is and can normally guesstimate it pretty well and close. I can do that with 1.8M etc, but invariably by mentally converting it to 6' first. |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 07:53 - Feb 16 with 2653 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 23:14 - Feb 15 by Churchman | I was of an age where at junior school I had to learn pounds, shillings and pence and decimal at the same time. The hardship issue was solved by dossing about. It didn’t end well. I paid later😃 On decimalisation day the first thing I did on the day was head for the newsagents/sweetshop to buy some sherbet lemons to get some ‘new’ change (2p, 1p and half pennies).10p (two shillings or florins) and 5p (one shilling) coins had been around for ages. One thing I remember was how people were ripped off with the outrageous ‘rounding up’ that took place and people being short changed - especially elderly people. [Post edited 15 Feb 2021 23:15]
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Indeed. Thruppenny bit worth of sherbet lemons every friday on the way home from school. Took me ages to get my head around the "new" currency. Was a poor excuse really for ballsing up the 11 plus which was the reason i gave my folks at the time. |  |
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It's very, very quiet.
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:10 - Feb 16 with 2648 views | hoppy | Everyone seems to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Decimalisation. Personally, I don’t see the point... |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:12 - Feb 16 with 2643 views | jeera |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 07:53 - Feb 16 by StochesStotasBlewe | Indeed. Thruppenny bit worth of sherbet lemons every friday on the way home from school. Took me ages to get my head around the "new" currency. Was a poor excuse really for ballsing up the 11 plus which was the reason i gave my folks at the time. |
"Thruppenny bit worth of sherbet lemons every friday on the way home from school." This is some sort of code isn't it? |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:13 - Feb 16 with 2640 views | jeera |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:10 - Feb 16 by hoppy | Everyone seems to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Decimalisation. Personally, I don’t see the point... |
Ouch. Maybe you're not looking in the right place. |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:16 - Feb 16 with 2633 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:12 - Feb 16 by jeera | "Thruppenny bit worth of sherbet lemons every friday on the way home from school." This is some sort of code isn't it? |
10 No 6 and a box of matches. |  |
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It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:23 - Feb 16 with 2627 views | jeera |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:16 - Feb 16 by StochesStotasBlewe | 10 No 6 and a box of matches. |
I understood the rhyming slang for thrupenny bits. But I can't spot anything in match. Oh... |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:25 - Feb 16 with 2628 views | hoppy |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 01:10 - Feb 16 by Guthrum | When measuring lengths, I sometimes still use inches if the gradation is closer than on the millimetres side, or for stuff like wallpaper where precision is not so important. |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:33 - Feb 16 with 2618 views | Leaky |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 01:10 - Feb 16 by Guthrum | When measuring lengths, I sometimes still use inches if the gradation is closer than on the millimetres side, or for stuff like wallpaper where precision is not so important. |
I agree sometimes inches are easier, if I measure anything I use the nearest mark on the tape measure whether its feet, inches or meters I do find millimetres a challenge with poor eyesight. must be the same for a lot of people, as tape measure surely would only be made in metric |  | |  |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:47 - Feb 16 with 2600 views | Churchman |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 07:53 - Feb 16 by StochesStotasBlewe | Indeed. Thruppenny bit worth of sherbet lemons every friday on the way home from school. Took me ages to get my head around the "new" currency. Was a poor excuse really for ballsing up the 11 plus which was the reason i gave my folks at the time. |
I never gave an excuse for ballsing up the 11 plus. I got sone marks for putting my name on the paper and there the excitement ended. Sherbet lemons came out of glass jars. The miserable git used a little shovel and into a paper bag thruppence worth would go. Best munched in a day or two if they were not to weld themselves into one sticky clump. Cola sweets were good too A tanner would get you a bag of sweets and The Dandy or Beano depending on mood. |  | |  |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:50 - Feb 16 with 2590 views | Ewan_Oozami |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 21:42 - Feb 15 by WeWereZombies | If they ever try and impose that metric system on sport I will chain myself to a cricket pitch... |
Nice one! Saw what you did there.... |  |
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Today is the 50th anniversary on 11:28 - Feb 16 with 2553 views | WeWereZombies |
Today is the 50th anniversary on 08:13 - Feb 16 by jeera | Ouch. Maybe you're not looking in the right place. |
I've given you an uppie for that so that you can at least have a fraction of Hoppy's score... |  |
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