If anyone is interested.... from the Woodlands Junior School site http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny 2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d) 3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d) 6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d) 12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s) 2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s) 2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d) 5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s) and for more info: http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/British_Money.html a fun site to calculate the purchasing power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2006: http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/ and I could leave out Monty Python's 'The Money Song' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlS8O257Gi0 Cheers! Merry Christmas! Rob On 23-Dec-07, at 9:20 PM, Paul and Ruth Robins wrote: > Jane . EVERYTHING ( NOW) IS FROM MEMORY . I MAY STAND TO BE > CORRECTED. > > Believe the " Bob " was a slang term for a Pound. In which > case 5 > bob was roughly equally to 20 Bucks .. in the " Good Old Days " . > Or am I > confusing this with ' QUID ' ??? > > > > I STILL THINK IN IMPERIAL MEASURE . and as Malcolm, I do quick > conversions. > For pure " Hellery ", when I am asked , usually at the Hospital, > how much I > weigh, I tell them 15 STONE . > > > > My only problem is that metric, in most cases, is TOO FINE, but with > temperature, it is not fine enough. Anybody have any idea just > how much 40 > centimetres of snow really is ??? And when the WEATHER CHANNEL SAYS > THAT > TOMORROW'S TEMPERATURE WILL BE 6.7 DEGREES CELSIUS .. DO I NEED A > SCARF AND > GLOVES, OR NOT !!! > > > > INCIDENTALLY, Malcolm, is the QUEEN'S PLATE, at Woodbine, still not > run for > 50 Guineas ? > > > > Keep it up, Good Folks, this is the Best Fun that I have had in > quite a > while !!!!! > > > > Paul Robins > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT- > SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message