Posted by Andy Morley on 07/09/00 from 62.136.89.62 via proxy webcache14b.cache.pol.co.uk:
In Reply to: Re: Semaphore & other important matters posted by Mike Field on July 08, 2000 at 16:46:59:
> As a by-the-way, Andy, it's now about thirty-five years since Oz
> converted to decimal currency, but a lot of us still think and speak
> in terms of quids, tanners, and bobs even though we're starting
> to get used to Merkin Money.
I don't think that you should blame the poor old Merkins for the advent of the Dollar. Dollars featured in pirate chests along with Doubloons, Guineas and the famous Pieces of Eight long before the invention of the USA.
Cheers,
Andy Morley