> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:19:52 +0000 > From: "Bill McCray" <tobill@mailhost.mis.net> > > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:26:40 -0700 > > From: "Jean Dalrymple" <motherd@theriver.com> > > > Hello.... I am forwarding this from another (Mason co.) list because I > > think that it is useful (and fun)... :) enjoy... Jeannie <>< > > > > Hi all, You don't have to write Lbs. for British pounds, you can write it > > from you computer by holding down alt and the numbers 156 as such ·, then > > when you release the alt key the · sign appears. > > But why would I want to use a "u" with an acute or grave (can't > recall which it is) for pounds sterling? Hmm. Alt 156 did give me a > pounds sterling sign (ú), but that's not what I see in your post. > What symbol do you see in the parentheses in the line above? Drat. I see a pounds sterling in my outgoing message, but it's an "acute u" or "grave u' when it gets back here. All right! Who's messing with my posts? :-) Bill McCray Lexington, KY