Right on Jim, near enough spot on give or take a few cents, you have been taking lessons!:-)) Mikey. ----- Original Message ----- From: James SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] BEEF > I'll probably get mangled for this but I always thought that the Canadian > dollar was worth less than the US Dollar' therefore £8 = $US 11 approx. and > $Can 17 approx. > Jim Sharpe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> > To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:20 AM > Subject: [NTH-ENG] BEEF > > > > We eat beef. We kept off it for months in the early days. A nice big > lump of > > rib of beef would cost me about £8, which would be about $20 (I think - if > Don > > were up, I would ask him and he would argue with me about the exchange > rate). > > That's US$ . Canadian dollars would be $16 for the beef. > > > > > > Marged > > > > Always looking for: > > INGHAM, FISCHER, BENTLEY, > > HUGHES, PEACOCK, MOUNIER, LATINIER > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00 > > > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > > There is a map showing the areas and Counties which this list covers > highlighted in red here, > > http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 11/16/00 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family history of the region. >