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Old December 29th 11, 11:19 AM posted to nyc.transit,uk.transport.london
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On 28/12/11 23:24, wrote:
On 28/12/2011 19:07, Phil Kane wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:03:35 +0000, "
wrote:

They haven't used pre-decimal coins here since the early '70s.

In the 10 days that I spent in London in 1967 I had almost figured out
the British monetary system including the localisms, now mostly
forgotten. Do the kids growing up there recognize that at all?
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A system that hasn't been in use in over 40 years? No.

They might just understand "Bob" I suppose.

The UK government have (half-heartedly) been trying to remove old units
of measurement for about as long, and that's not going too well.
Arguably, non-metric units haven't been in full use for 30 years, and
people of all ages are still familiar with them.

Richard.
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