Ontarian1981 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 genius...like the 10 people in the world who don't understand binary Make that eleven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 There's nothing new under the sun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Who's this "they"? If the Bank of England decided there were to be 100 pennies in a pound then the calculation was done and set in stone. If then some retailers decided to do their own conversion and added a few pence here and there then it is the retailers who are to blame, in short they were on the fiddle. That is not the fault of metrication that's a failing of capitalism, another argument for another day. Who would want to go back to a currency that doesnt even add up properly? They is retailers, and the government should have had the brains to see what would happen, as everyone else did, and left things as they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Care to show your working ? We can’t both be right altho’ both of us could be wrong. You ARE both wrong, it's three pounds and sixpence ha'penny. LOL Edited December 17, 2017 by Ontarian1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Thank god there's no longer a need to work out how much 4' 7 1/2" of material costs at £1 19s 6d a yard. I think it’s Three pounds and tenpence three farthings. I calculate to £3/1/2d rounding up. You ARE both wrong, it's three pounds and sixpence ha'penny. LOL Three different answers. Not much of an argument for using imperial units and pre-decimal currency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Three different answers. Not much of an argument for using imperial units and pre-decimal currency. Touche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Touche Only small errors though -unlike putting the decimal point in the wrong place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Only small errors though -unlike putting the decimal point in the wrong place! I wouldn't mind my pension deposits having the decimal point a little bit further to the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) You ARE both wrong, it's three pounds and sixpence ha'penny. LOL £1/19/6d per yard =1/1d per inch (rounded up) 4ft 7 ½ins = 55 1/2ins so 55 ½ x 1/1d = 60 sh 1 ½ d = £3/0/1 ½ d If you added the fractions of farthings, it might be close to your figure. Edited December 17, 2017 by carosio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Decimalisation was going to turn us into a nation of maths geniuses. How did that work out? Well, it certainly didn't work in my case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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