Point of order - the island is New Guinea, not Guinea, so Papua New really doesn't make much sense. It's second in the poll at the moment, which suggests that my pedantry might not be universally welcome.
The original British £1 - 1 shilling for me...when it meant something before the burgers of Brussels said we could not have 367 and a half pence to the pound, Florins, ten bob notes, threepenny bits and sixpence ha'pennys or something.
The change to decimalisation in 1971 was nothing to do with the 'burgers of Brussels', the EU wasn't even a thing then. It was brought in to make the UK currency be in line with other world currencies, most of which have a main currency divided into 100 whatsits.
This was originally proposed in Parliament as long ago as 1824.
There were 240 pennies to the pound, or 20 shillings each worth 12 pence. The guinea was £1 1s 0d (£1.05 in today's money), and often used in land transactions, and luxury goods.
The origins and evolution of the Guinea and its fluid valuation pre 1814 was an interesting 20 minute Friday diversion.
There are a myriad of things to moan about in the world today, but I have to say the ability to follow a thought and instantly explore everything around it (with a suitably open and skeptical mind) is something to celebrate.
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Pig
Good shout @mooneyman
Added
New
Oh yeah. Ffs
Fowl
In. I didn't think this through properly
Papa has a new guinea pig
French République de
Equitorial Guinea beat Guinea-Bissau 4-2 in the Guinea derby earlier
All your lovin, all your hugs and kisses too
Worm
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Point of order - the island is New Guinea, not Guinea, so Papua New really doesn't make much sense. It's second in the poll at the moment, which suggests that my pedantry might not be universally welcome.
Makes perfect sense as the poll is 'favourite Guinea'
Sometimes the claims will be false.
Sorry I missed the bit in the poll where we could only vote for islands and not countries…
(pedants of the world unite…)
The original British £1 - 1 shilling for me...when it meant something before the burgers of Brussels said we could not have 367 and a half pence to the pound, Florins, ten bob notes, threepenny bits and sixpence ha'pennys or something.
Here's a Friday song for Papua New Guinea fans:
SNOWY WHITE Bird Of Paradise 1984 (HD) - YouTube
Weasley
Groats!
The change to decimalisation in 1971 was nothing to do with the 'burgers of Brussels', the EU wasn't even a thing then. It was brought in to make the UK currency be in line with other world currencies, most of which have a main currency divided into 100 whatsits.
This was originally proposed in Parliament as long ago as 1824.
There were 240 pennies to the pound, or 20 shillings each worth 12 pence. The guinea was £1 1s 0d (£1.05 in today's money), and often used in land transactions, and luxury goods.
The origins and evolution of the Guinea and its fluid valuation pre 1814 was an interesting 20 minute Friday diversion.
There are a myriad of things to moan about in the world today, but I have to say the ability to follow a thought and instantly explore everything around it (with a suitably open and skeptical mind) is something to celebrate.
@bargepole it was a joke...but thanks for the learning opportunity.
Whoooooooosh!
I had a dodgy burger in Brussels during Euro 2000
I used to get thrupence 'apenny for pocket money, pre decimalisation.
Guinea Guinea a man after midnight
Regular Guinea are playing at 8 btw
Guinea 1-0 Gambia FT
It's a real pig if you are a Rovers fan
(Niche early nineties season video joke)