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Article #171Re: I hate to say I told you so...
From: pete
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1986 10:00
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1986 10:00
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In article <762@ucsfcgl.UUCP> arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold) writes:
>... Not to mention that if I send a letter from the USA to my
>potential client in London saying something will cost $1000, and it
>looks to him like it will cost 1000 pounds because his terminal draws a
>pound sign where I put a $ sign ... just imagine the confusion.
Not much, in view of the usual trading relationship between
the two currencies.
Anyone remember when five bob was called a `dollar' and
a half-crown a `half-dollar'?
--
Peter Kendell <pete@stc.UUCP>
...!mcvax!ukc!stc!pete
`When your achievements match your expectations,
it's time to move on.'
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!pete From: pete@stc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.internat Subject: Re: I hate to say I told you so... Message-ID: <783@stc-b.stc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 05:00:20 EST Article-I.D.: stc-b.783 Posted: Mon Jan 27 05:00:20 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jan-86 06:47:01 EST References: <274@ivax.icdoc.UUCP> <1762@cbosgd.UUCP> <270@stl.UUCP> <762@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Reply-To: pete@stc.UUCP (Peter Kendell) Organization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB. Lines: 18