2026-10-01 11:55 UTC
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social 2026-10-01 12:04
@alexf24@mstdn.social @John_Loader@ohai.social @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @SteveClough@metalhead.club @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot Sorry. Pounds, shillings and pence. Before decimalisation, the UK currency was 12 pennies made a shilling and 20 shillings made £1. This was called LSD for decades, way before the drug. Therefore £1 was 240 pennies. After decimalisation in 1971, there were just 100 pennies in £1. The coins still said 1p etc hence the confusion.
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@SteveClough@metalhead.club 2026-10-01 12:46
@alexf24@mstdn.social @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @John_Loader@ohai.social @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot In fairness, if they were paying in acid, it might have been OK.