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In article <na.469386473c.a50220rob.direction@argonet.co.uk>, Rob Wilcox
<URL:mailto:rob.direction@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
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>   I'm not a betting man, but my guess is that we'll probably re-assign
>   the so-called 'International Currency Symbol' at ASCII 164.

Ah! I always wondered what that was for. I noticed it was dropped from
the keyboard with the RiscPC - did anyone ever use it before?!

>   Personally, I think the 'satellite dish' looks horrid and I would have
>   preferred to have seen a florid/copperlate/swash kind of 'E'.

I don't like the symbol either, and personally I could manage perfectly
well without joining the single currency. Apart from it being an excuse
to put prices up [*] it will mean re-learning how much things cost.
Because we're all used to pounds we can see a price and instantly know
whether it's good value or not. If we switch to a "foreign" currency
then for the first year (at least) we won't have a clue how much we're
paying for things. Sigh.

[*] I understand this happened with decimalsation, but that was before
    my time.  ;-)

Not to mention having to get used to the new coins and horrible-looking
notes they've produced. Oh well.

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