Buckshot Bear
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1 minute ago, Rip Snorter said:
Could you call it a high wire act?
You can imagine his wife screaming out the window "The picture is still fuzzy"
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23 minutes ago, Alpo said:
I don't know why people are laughing at that. That's what it's for.
"What is the penny size of a nail? There is a special classification of nail sizes that originated in England – Penny system, the nail size was originally named after the price of 100 nails of a given size. The “d” is the symbol for the penny. For example, 16d stands for 16 penny nail. Now, the term corresponds to the measurement of nails from the head to the tip, which is the nail length, specified by a digit and the letter “D”, which means “penny size”. So, a 2d nail is 1 inch long. More common nail sizes: a 4d nail measures 1.5 inches, a 6d nail is 2 inches long, an 8d nail is 2.5 inches long, a 12d nail is 3.25 inches long, and 16d nails are 3.5 inches long. Every increase or decrease in number means the length change in 1/4 inch."
Been a LONG time since nails were graded by 'd' here in Oz.....they're all metric sized now. I still have some packets marked with 4d & 8d in my shed.
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14 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
When did the Brits stop using d to denote pence/pennies? These days 6 pence is abbreviated to 6p.
Even though my ancestors originally heralded from Pommie Land.....I don't understand the Pom's pecuniaries
(I just invented that word).
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7 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
Interesting. I thought they used to use the same nomenclature as the Brits - p for pennies/pence.
I Googled and the 'd' is from Latin for denarius.
That was pretty 'uppity' for us Aussies!
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16 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
Only 3d each. What’s a d?
I was four when we changed over to dollars and cents Abilene, but pounds were (£), shillings (s) and pence (d).
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NSW Police Exhibition at the Royal Easter Show in the 1970's...... "Look Ma no hands".
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Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes
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