tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post8574263808009051326..comments2024-03-28T20:56:34.131+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: Forty Years On…A Penny For Your ThoughtsAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-35013916687514615932011-02-16T02:40:27.437+00:002011-02-16T02:40:27.437+00:00Such an education, Angela! I should print this out...Such an education, Angela! I should print this out for when I'm reading Brit lit and have no idea what a crown or a farthing might possibly be. <br /><br />By the way, as for cleaning silk long johns, well, I haven't given that much thought, as I never take them off. Hmmmmm ... I'll look into that as soon as it gets warm!<br /><br />xofrancesLeft-Handed Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-32525302394004906792011-02-15T20:29:56.245+00:002011-02-15T20:29:56.245+00:00Oh, now I feel really old...Floss, I still say &qu...Oh, now I feel really old...Floss, I still say "Daft Ha'pe'ths. And Jane - I notice you have stopped converting into old money. To Bob's amusement I STILL look at things and mutter "I'm not paying thirty bob just for a bottle of shampoo!"Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-66580251161271448422011-02-15T20:19:16.633+00:002011-02-15T20:19:16.633+00:00I remember having to introduce the new coinage to ...I remember having to introduce the new coinage to my class, and it wasnt easy. I had to keep a page ahead each day!Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-83808048018650183322011-02-15T19:06:52.680+00:002011-02-15T19:06:52.680+00:00I had a teacher (must have been in 1979) who used ...I had a teacher (must have been in 1979) who used to refer to silly children as "daft ha'pe'ths" (pronounced "haypeths"). Unfortunately, by that point, none of us had any idea of what she was talking about! My mum really laughed when I told her about this new word I'd encountered...Flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098894367955345944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-5452115433059568272011-02-15T18:42:55.508+00:002011-02-15T18:42:55.508+00:00Forty Years! Eek, where did the years go? I do r...Forty Years! Eek, where did the years go? I do recall I'd just learned how to do Lsd sums when it changed and that I had a red pencil case with pictures of the 'new' coins printed on it.<br /><br />Happy days!Catrionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-80326540153532253132011-02-15T18:30:04.110+00:002011-02-15T18:30:04.110+00:00We do get some odd looks when we describe somethin...We do get some odd looks when we describe something as being "bent as a nine bob note"!<br />I can remember the switch at school and being told that the decimal system was much easier to deal with...and it took ages for us to stop converting into old money when we saw the price of something.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.com