Coombe Barton Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, BoD said: One possible explanation of the strange odds sometimes quoted by bookies Is that they are a spin of from pre-decimalisation days. Ah, two bob at 9/4. That’s 9 tanners you win (plus your stake of course). In the Leicestershire shoe trade the piecework rates used to be calculated in old money and then decimalised - which caused extreme problems for calculations on spreadsheets, which I had to do. Edited January 15, 2020 by Coombe Barton 8 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: In the Leicestershire she trade the piecework rates Immoral earnings? 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted January 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Coombe Barton said: In conversation with my bank manager today she mentioned that she's too young to remember pre-decimal coinage. This is something I wrote about twenty years ago on the subject https://johncolby.wordpress.com/historic-british-coinage/ Very useful charts. Remember it all well. !947 primary school, high up on the left-hand wall was the chart from farthings and all coin denominations to £1 notes - not that we ever saw any of those then but did later see a white £5 note in a café in the days of Marilyn Monroe and husband Arthur Miller. Early days cheques pence were written as new pence and in terms of cheques I still write 'new pence' just coming up to 50 years on from the change. Also remember the 'mathematics' used and wondering why it was not the type of 'old pence to new pence equals X new pence' rather than '5 new pence plus 5 new pence equals 10 new pence' that was broadcast. Have however relatively recently stopped converting back! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Immoral earnings? Shoe - now corrected 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Night awl 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted January 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 hours ago, grandadbob said: On the plus side The Boss conjured up a tasty Hairy Bikers dish earlier involving sticky chicken thighs and along with the preceding bottle of Proper Job and then a Shiraz accompaniment I'm in a reasonably good mood. Did it not worry you whilst eating this dish as to what may have caused the Chicken's thighs to become sticky in the first place?? 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Typos, changes, and pleasant feedback. https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/sunset/ 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Oldddudders Posted January 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2020 Good news - Sherry is home! The angiogram showed slight furring of one artery, but not enough to be a problem. She has been given a bucket of meds and taken off the BP med she has been taking for years. There was a bit of drama earlier, when slightly too much air was taken out of the clamp on her wrist, and there was blood everywhere. A young male nurse a bit premature with things, that's all. The clamp is now off and a simple bandage is in its place. Thankyou all for your kind thoughts. We hope to sleep well and hope you all do, too! 8 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Two_sugars Posted January 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2020 Excellent news, Ian. . . Best wishes to you both. JOHN 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pH Posted January 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: Today was supposed to be our "snow day". The forecast continued to change from a prospective forecast of 1cm (as of 6:00pm) yesterday, to "no snow for most of the area" this morning. We had freezing temperatures and some light overnight frost. It's well above freezing (3°C) and grey now (after noon). Not lovely weather, but not snowing either. 2 hours ago, brianusa said: Strangely enough, its about the same here in GH. Tiny flakes are wafting slowly down but unlikely to get any worse. Most of the predicted snow was north of Seattle and the Peninsula where it caused a lot of treefall, power outages and traffic problems. Its warming up so it looks as though it was a non event this time for us. Brian. Lucky yous! It snowed overnight here: And guess who forgot to bring the ladder back in after working in the yard yesterday? It started snowing again about 2 p.m. with varying amounts forecast overnight. Plus, depending on which forecast you look at, we may have snow on Thursday and Friday as well. Oh, frabjous! 17 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Good news - Sherry is home! The angiogram showed slight furring of one artery, but not enough to be a problem. She has been given a bucket of meds and taken off the BP med she has been taking for years. There was a bit of drama earlier, when slightly too much air was taken out of the clamp on her wrist, and there was blood everywhere. A young male nurse a bit premature with things, that's all. The clamp is now off and a simple bandage is in its place. Thankyou all for your kind thoughts. We hope to sleep well and hope you all do, too! Good news indeed. Brian. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Great News Ian and Sherry, now both please take it easy. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post BSW01 Posted January 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Good evening everyone It was dull as I walked to the swimming pool this morning, but by the time I was walking back home the sky was blue and the sun was shining and I wish I’d taken my sunglasses. The pool was busier than last week, so my guess is a lot of people were there as part of their New Years resolution and will (probably) give up in a few weeks time! Anyway I managed a mile today. However at about 50 lengths I got a severe cramp in my left thigh and had to do a few stretches to get rid. Once cleared I carried on and did another dozen or so before getting out. Once home I had another shower and was greeted with a muggertea and a smile when I got back downstairs. After dinner I finished making the cheesecake, white chocolate and salted caramel is what Ava had asked for so that is what I made and there wasn’t much left of it either, just enough for a piece each for Sheila and myself tomorrow. Ian and Sherry, we’re glad to read the good news. Goodnight all Edited January 15, 2020 by BSW01 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 Evening all from Estuary-Land. Glad to hear Sherry and Ian's good news. 6 hours ago, Coombe Barton said: In conversation with my bank manager today she mentioned that she's too young to remember pre-decimal coinage. This is something I wrote about twenty years ago on the subject https://johncolby.wordpress.com/historic-british-coinage/ A friends daughter was born on decimal day, 15th Feb 1971. Hard to believe that she will be 50 next year. I have half a dozen old pennies, mostly if not all dug out of the garden where they had been dropped/lost, they are enormous compared with todays coins. I also remember when working behind a post office counter in 1966 looking out for certain pennies that were worth more than their face value. Some coins at certain times were produced by other than the Royal Mint and were marked with a letter beside the date. They were legal tender and were sought after by coin collectors and if we found one in our tills we put them aside until a dealer or collector came in and asked if we had any. The rarest coin in circulation was some Edward VIII pennies. For obvious reasons Edward VIII coins are extremely rare but some pennies got into circulation before the abdication and about five or six were unaccounted for. I never found an Edward VIII penny but I did come across a George III halfpenny but that was quite badly worn and was worth only half a penny. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: (pennies) are enormous compared with todays coins. Halfpennies were a cheap way of weighting rolling stock kits. They were in modern terms 25.48mm diameter and weighed just under 6 grams. The monetary equivalent of one of our present pennies weighed about 28 grams. Still got a bag for use in box vans, much cheaper than lead. 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 G'night all 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 1 minute ago, TheSignalEngineer said: much cheaper than lead. Depends where the lead comes from..................................... Not that I've nicked any from church roofs - but I did acquire some - about 300mm square and 10mm thick - as an offcut from a previous employment. It was used as electrodes in an electrostatic precipitator in a Sulphur Dioxide gas system. It was (still is!) a b*gger to cut into usable pieces to install in locos/wagons. Another - often free - source of lead can be used car wheel balance weights. 13 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, newbryford said: Depends where the lead comes from..................................... I picked up a few scrap trimmings from the flashing when we had our conservatory built. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 Goodnight all. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, newbryford said: ...snip... Another - often free - source of lead can be used car wheel balance weights. True, I usually pick them when I see them lying on the pavement. 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: I never found an Edward VIII penny but I did come across a George III halfpenny but that was quite badly worn and was worth only half a penny. As a bus conductor, you had to watch for people trying to slip non-UK coins into a batch of coins for a fare. Usually coins brought back from a holiday - Ireland, Jersey, IOM etc., with the odd one from further afield like South Africa. You got good at picking them out and handing them back. However, one conductress knew she had been given something unusual, but didn't know what it was, so kept it. It was a cartwheel penny, in great condition. She had it lacquered and hung on a chain, and wore it as a pendant. Edited January 16, 2020 by pH Leftover picture from earlier post. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Coombe Barton said: In conversation with my bank manager today she mentioned that she's too young to remember pre-decimal coinage. This is something I wrote about twenty years ago on the subject https://johncolby.wordpress.com/historic-british-coinage/ I was digging through a box of model stuff the other day and found three shillings. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leopardml2341 Posted January 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2020 Morning! Been absent for a while due to living in a hotel for the week for work reasons, consequently long days. 12 pages to read through since my last visit, and I hope to do that later - but just in case I'm unable, best wishes to all and now I'm going to try to go back to sleep. 17 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Barry O Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2020 Ey up! Free on plane wifi..lummy whatever next...perhaps a nice mugatea??? Ian great to hear Sherry is back home. Just make sure she doesnt't start gallivanting about..time to..wangle a migatea! Baz 17 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 My father heard an Australian commercial for decimalisation: Out go the shillings; out go the pence. In come the dollars and in come the cents. (Tune: Click go the shears). Do you have to explain to children that line in Alice about the jurors adding up all the numbers and reducing the total to shillings and pence? 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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