SteveW
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Post by SteveW on Dec 19, 2006 1:21:06 GMT
Guys,
Just noticed in the EiM editorial TEE Publishing are under-cutting Chris Vine's new book by five pence. He does however, beat them soundly on package and posting by ninety five pence.
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paul
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Post by paul on Dec 19, 2006 19:52:16 GMT
Steve, to notice a 5p difference I think you must be a bit of a tight-wad! (j/k)  |
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SteveW
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Post by SteveW on Dec 19, 2006 21:49:38 GMT
Paul,
and your point is..?
I was there pre-decimalisation so the advice: "look after your pennies and the pounds look after themselves" became "look after your new pennies and the pounds look after themselves 2.4 times better" after the change.
We're talk in a whole shilling here. Look after twenty of these and it's a quid in your pocket.
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paul
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Post by paul on Dec 19, 2006 21:53:14 GMT
I was there pre-decimalisation ... We're talk in a whole shilling here. Look after twenty of these and it's a quid in your pocket. Me too but 5p ain't a lot these days - I remember how everything went up by at least a penny at decimalisation it was scandalous! |
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Post by spurley on Dec 20, 2006 7:09:33 GMT
My memory of decimalisation price scandals is the Mars bar; I used to get 4d for the bus fare home from school which I could choose to spend on a Mars and walk home. However, overnight they went from 4d to 4p, crikey  ! Still I often chose the Mars over a ride on the London Country 424 (Route number not wheel arrangement!) RF ;D Cheers Brian |
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Post by Boadicea on Dec 20, 2006 8:28:50 GMT
Mr. Spurley, having taken the Mars option, what proportion of the way home did you reach the point of having eaten the Mars bar and regretting your decision?  Regards, Bo |
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Post by ilvaporista on Dec 20, 2006 11:51:41 GMT
Not wishing to answer for Brian but my guess would be 30 seconds after it started tipping it down!
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Post by spurley on Dec 20, 2006 13:02:23 GMT
Hi Bo and 'Ilvaporista' I think I managed to walk all the way home quite comfortably, fortified by the Mars bar etc. Mind you the sweet shop was about a quarter of the way home anyway so that part of the journey was 'expectation'! It must be my age but I cannot remember it raining that much on the way home from school  It was all sunny days and Mars bars! Everything was bigger then too; what about 'Wagon Wheels'? They were at least as big as your head weren't they? Cheers Brian |
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Post by baggo on Dec 20, 2006 14:14:36 GMT
Apparently the theory is that everything looked bigger in those days because we were smaller! ;D. Personally, I don't believe that because I'm sure Curly Whirlies were definitely twice as long when I was a kid as they are now  John |
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Post by Phil Sutton on Dec 20, 2006 20:11:10 GMT
Ah,you don't want to fall for that old chestnut.The only things that were bigger was christmas trees.Wagonwheels were definatly bigger and curly whirlys were about 12" long when i was a nipper,not the shrunken copies you buy now.  (I'm a '53 model btw.) 8-)Perhaps the Japanese have been at them with a miniturisation ray?? Phil |
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SteveW
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Post by SteveW on Dec 20, 2006 22:26:26 GMT
All, There is clearly a lot of damaged folk here |
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paul
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Post by paul on Dec 22, 2006 21:38:29 GMT
I've just put a link on my website (see below) for anyone that wants to revisit the 60's or 70's and exorcise their curly-wurly, Aqua Marina or Cadburys Smash demons! SteveW - you can do it too even though you claim not to be damaged. |
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SteveW
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Post by SteveW on Dec 22, 2006 22:42:28 GMT
Paul, All,
I've made no such claim.
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! Still I often chose the Mars over a ride on the London Country 424 (Route number not wheel arrangement!) RF ;D
It was all sunny days and Mars bars!
(I'm a '53 model btw.) 8-)Perhaps the Japanese have been at them with a miniturisation ray??