"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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Wasn't it '40 [not 30] cents more

I think you're right - lie I was allowing for the current state of the US
dollar against the pound /lie .

for the next [long pause] three [long pause] minutes'? ;-) I never
understood the significance of
those pauses.

I think it was just for scansion purposes "...next (beat) three (beat)
minutes (no beat) oh please, Mrs. Avery..."

Ian