What would you do ?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

In 1986 we were taught £/S/D to £and p conversion by our head at primary school, 'in case it ever came back!'
Only 15 year late Mr Thorne!!

[Fenton]

I sense I'm not the only one who says "55p for a newpaper - thats 11 shillings!"

Yup...cos 55p is  4/7d

[Techno]

Eh ?
Cheers - Phil.

[Chad]

Fenton

You're not the only one.

I remember six-penneth of chips. That's 6d old money. My local chippy's cheapest are now £1-05 or or £1 10 shillings old money.

Chad

[Fenton]

Eh ?
Cheers - Phil.

Well 12 pennies in a shilling Phil

Unless my maths is completely up the left which is probably is

[GordonY]

Thats 12 OLD pennies, not these 2.4d new fangled ones which strangley enough are 5 to the shilling

I still measure in feet and inches, weigh stuff in ounces and pounds and (fondly) remember the days of a pint costing less than 2 shillings

[Fenton]

Well to be honest I am not old enough to remember Pounds shillings and pence..though I just about remember getting a brand new 5p to spend when I was about 5 in 1971

[Ithoriel]

What next? Pendraken prices in farthings and groats?

[sebigboss79]

What next? Pendraken prices in farthings and groats?

Guineas? Guinnes?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Guinness sounds good, see you at the bar fight!

[Orcs]

I still measure in feet and inches, weigh stuff in ounces and pounds and (fondly) remember the days of a pint costing less than 2 shillings

I got caught in the middle of decimilisation.  I now use Feet and inchs at the same time as cm and mm, depending on which in the easiest when doing DIY.

I go round DIY stores with a Tape measure looking for a bit of wood 6 feet long,  4 inches wide and 15mm thick. 

[GordonY]

Had it not for metrication Pendraken would be known as purveyors of the finest 3/8th of an inch miniatures in the known world. Hmm thats got a bit less of a ring to it than Ten Mil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Local hardware store will sell in imperial, metric and by the metric foot... 

[fsn]

Had it not for metrication Pendraken would be known as purveyors of the finest 3/8th of an inch miniatures in the known world. Hmm thats got a bit less of a ring to it than Ten Mil.

Nah, "1/150", "N guage" or "Pendraken Standard".

[petercooman]

*grins wide*



OMG now I really feel old.... I can remember when Mars Bars and the Beano were that price  

7 grand huh...hmmmm   maybe Id better start collecting  now then, while they`re still only 15 quid each 

Anyone bothered to do the inflation math on the 7k chapter deal from the evil empire