dadpad wrote:I don't suppose you chaps and chapesses would consider moving Wimbledon to a time of year when it was less rainy?
Is there a time less rainy in the UK?
How you folks plannin ta celebrate the Fourth of July over there ?
farmerman wrote:How you folks plannin ta celebrate the Fourth of July over there ?
It's Wednesday today, mid-week, I had joined the crowd on the marketplace this morning ... where we traditionally divíde the week.
Francis wrote:dadpad wrote:I don't suppose you chaps and chapesses would consider moving Wimbledon to a time of year when it was less rainy?
Is there a time less rainy in the UK?
Yup sorry it really was a dumb question.
fm wrote-
Quote:How you folks plannin ta celebrate the Fourth of July over there?
We are shifting the dollar below 49 pence.
When I were a lad, half-a-dollar was the slang name for the half-crown or 2/6d piece, which means of course, there were four dollars to the pound way back then.
So we must have been doing something wrong.
True, I had to pay 4 DMarks for 12½p in those good old day at Westminster Bank Wimborne Road branch - same as for a Thaler from the colonies.
Mac wrote-
Quote:When I were a lad, half-a-dollar was the slang name for the half-crown or 2/6d piece, which means of course, there were four dollars to the pound way back then.
So we must have been doing something wrong.
Yeah- fighting Hitler without any proper help from our friends who just came in at the clean up stage and cleaned up. Charged us at gouging rates to fight for their freedom. Seduced our women. Stole some of them by flashing a can of coffee and a pair of nylons. Didn't know they'd got a tiger by the tail.
We are on our way back though. The $ was 90 pence not that long ago.
"Prudence" Brown, he's the man.
But I still can't afford any real estate in Vermont or Colorado.
McTag wrote:When I were a lad, half-a-dollar was the slang name for the half-crown or 2/6d piece, which means of course, there were four dollars to the pound way back then.
a dollar = 5 bob four of them to the £
sorry got the maths wrong
Sorry Steve, it was 4.
5 bob was a dollar. Half a dollar was half a dollar. 2/6d was half of five bob and four 5-bobs made a quid. Geddit? 4 dollars to the quid and 8 half dollars to the quid too.
Mac wrote-
Quote:But I still can't afford any real estate in Vermont or Colorado.
For all we know Mac you might not be able to afford to buy a frog a jacket.
You'll soon be passing rich, Spendy, with the money saved from all the fags you're not smoking in the Dog & Duck.
Joke:
A wee Glasgow man gets knocked down by a bus.
A kindly passer-by rushes over, see's he's injured, puts a folded jacket under his head, and asks, "Comfy?"
And the wee man says "Govan"
or you can make it an old Jewish man, and the exchange goes
"Are you comfortable?"
-"I make a living."
dadpad wrote:McTag wrote:
And the wee man says "Govan"
What?
It helps if you're from the Glasgow area. What the injured man thought he heard was "(Where do you) come fae?"
spendius wrote:Sorry Steve, it was 4.
5 bob was a dollar. Half a dollar was half a dollar. 2/6d was half of five bob and four 5-bobs made a quid. Geddit? 4 dollars to the quid and 8 half dollars to the quid too.
you are absolutely correct. As I meant tosay above
I got the maths wrong.
right glad thats sorted
more worried about this Jewish chap from Govan getting knocked down. He wouldnt want to be treated by a Jihadist doctor from the Gorbals would he?
Over two weeks now without a fag! These government directives sure work!
Honour The Labour Party!
