peteblue
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half a dollar......the dollar was 4 to the £.......
The Oldies Thread
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half a dollar......the dollar was 4 to the £.......
Sorry to quote myself but I timed out on the edit
Re Thursday night.
Back then payday of course was cash in the little brown envelope on friday, so thurs was skint night and I'd sit there rattling the paper and generally not allowing the arl lady to watch the tv in peace
You not going out?
Nah, skint
More paper rattling
Would you go out if you werent skint?
Yeah
Gets purse
Heres 10 bob then
Do I have to pay it back tomorrow
Ma thinks
Nah go on sod off
Nice one
Down to The Swan in James St Garston to watch top of the pops.
Yer Ma is sound never forget it
Surely Half a dollar @ 4 $ to the pound
The half crown was commonly known as 'half a dollar'. Less common was calling two half crowns a 'dollar'. (five bob was more common) Presumably because you needed two half crowns which, in those days, wasn't a common occurrence. There were 8 'half dollars' to one pound sterling.
I've got a George iii half-crown dated 1790. Now that would have been worth something in those days.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Still can't get my head around this Centigrade nonsense, when someone tells me it's 80 degrees Fahrenheit,I know it's hot.
I think if you double the farenheit number, then add 20, you get the rough equivalent.
KM to miles is X 8 then divide by 5.
Don't you mean 'double the centigrade number'?
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Dunno if I am honest. The lower ones they use on telly, double them and add 20 gets you the scorchio numbers the tabloids love.
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
That would be Celsius (also known as centigrade) to fahrenheit
I think it works as a rough guide, for instance 100C times 2 plus 20 gives you 220F, whereas i believe the accurate way of doing it is to multiply the celsius by 1.8 and then add 32 : 100C times 1.8 is 180, plus 32 is 212F, so only 8 out.
Forget the numbers. If you're sweating, it's hot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . or the rent man is knocking.Still can't get my head around this Centigrade nonsense, when someone tells me it's 80 degrees Fahrenheit,I know it's hot.
Connor mcloud
Player Valuation: £15m
Double it,add 30 takeaway 1
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £80m
Oh for heaven's sake. Look, a good rule of thumb is that the old 61" is the same as the new 16".Still can't get my head around this Centigrade nonsense, when someone tells me it's 80 degrees Fahrenheit,I know it's hot.
SpongeBob brown shoes
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Why don't youse just stop being stubborn and learn to use celisius like everyone else
*legs it
*legs it
Like many in this thread I don't feel (or act) my age. I turn 66 in August (I genuinely don't know where the years went.)
The reality was brought home to me this morning when my bus pass arrived in the post.
I was lucky enough to retire from work aged 57 and I genuinely feel healthier and fitter now than I did then.
From next week I get my OAP.
It's just dawned on me that I really am getting old
The reality was brought home to me this morning when my bus pass arrived in the post.
I was lucky enough to retire from work aged 57 and I genuinely feel healthier and fitter now than I did then.
From next week I get my OAP.
It's just dawned on me that I really am getting old