£1 Coins

by Major Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:27 pm

£1 round coins will cease to be legal tender in October 2017 being replaced by a 12 sided coin.

by Original Quill Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:36 pm

Surely they plan an exchange.

by Victorismyhero Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:52 pm

yup, you can hand em in to any bank for a one for one exchange...even AFTER the old ones cease to be legal currency

by Original Quill Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:10 pm

We had our 'Susan B. Anthony' coin dollars that were removed from service because they were almost the same size as a half-dollar...despite the polygonal sides.

They are collector's pieces now, so seems de facto, no one lost any value.

by Major Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:12 pm

Yes, I know a bank will take them only too well.

I remember having probs exchanging £20 notes when they changed the man on back, may have been Dickens.

by Fred Moletrousers Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:48 pm

Major wrote:£1 round coins will cease to be legal tender in October 2017 being replaced by a 12 sided coin.

Because, according to Scrat elsewhere, I am a Fascist Nazi, BNP spokesman tax evader who is stealing "his" money, do you think that I should make a start on swapping the £1,000,000 in round one pound coins that I have have been secreting in my sock drawer since decimalisation?

by Major Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:49 pm

by Fred Moletrousers Sun Jan 01, 2017 11:12 pm

The new pound reminds me of the old thruppence!

My all time favourite coin was the half crown: You could get three pints of beer, fish'n'chips and a, ahem, packet of three...and still get tuppence change!

by 'Wolfie Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:37 am

A twelve-sided coin ?

I wonder if they're buying the 12 sided blanks from Australia (we've had 12 sided 50 cent coins down here for a few decades now..).

tongue

by Irn Bru Mon Jan 02, 2017 1:20 am

Taxi drivers better start emptying the bottles they have at home filled with them then. Laughing

by nicko Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:27 am

Fred, you forgot you could get into the cinema as well. As an aside I bet there's not many on here remember the "Saturday" morning picture show that you could get in for a "Tanner".

by Original Quill Mon Jan 02, 2017 1:39 pm

Interesting, so many different terms for British currency. Because of our frontier days, we had coins that were 2-bits, 4-bits, no 6-bits...but a dollar. How much is a bit?

by Victorismyhero Mon Jan 02, 2017 2:40 pm

EVERYBODY knows 1 bit is 1/8th of a byte

and 4 bits make a nyble
and 2 nybles make a byte

Laughing

by scrat Mon Jan 02, 2017 2:53 pm

Fred Moletrousers wrote:
Major wrote:£1 round coins will cease to be legal tender in October 2017 being replaced by a 12 sided coin.

Because, according to Scrat elsewhere, I am a Fascist Nazi, BNP spokesman tax evader who is stealing "his" money, do you think that I should make a start on swapping the £1,000,000 in round one pound coins that I have have been secreting in my sock drawer since decimalisation?

TC would've swooped down on this post, stamped his feet in consternation, issued a three day ban, bleated well beyond the point of reason about rule breaking, and without doubt shuffled a few off at his bench in celebration.

Such are the vagaries of this life.

by Victorismyhero Mon Jan 02, 2017 3:25 pm

do you deny saying those things to moley?

and even if you "claim" you didnt...why should anyone believe you...?

by scrat Mon Jan 02, 2017 3:26 pm

Lord Foul wrote:do you deny saying those things to moley?

and even if you "claim" you didnt...why should anyone believe you...?

Have you announced this rule change.

by Original Quill Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:21 pm

Lord Foul wrote: EVERYBODY knows 1 bit is 1/8th of a byte

and 4 bits make a nyble
and 2 nybles make a byte

No, much older than that. Bits were worth 12 1/2¢...during the California gold strike, particularly before banks were opened. It acquired the name because a bit of gold dust sufficed for currency. When 'coin' came to realm, 2-bits were the equal of 25¢.

An old football cheer from around the turn of the century went like:

"Two-bits, four-bits, six bits a dollar,
All those for Berkeley stand up and holler,
YEAAAAA..."

by eddie Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:22 pm

Shut up scrat you racist RW bully boy.
Go and pick on some black peoples like you did on sky forum. Don't bother denying it either.

by Original Quill Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:25 pm

eddie wrote:Shut up scrat you racist RW bully boy.
Go and pick on some black peoples like you did on sky forum. Don't bother denying it either.

Oh? Not interested? But it's the topic of the thread.

by eddie Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:27 pm

Original Quill wrote:
eddie wrote:Shut up scrat you racist RW bully boy.
Go and pick on some black peoples like you did on sky forum. Don't bother denying it either.

Oh? Not interested? But it's the topic of the thread.

Oh? Don't care? You only comment when it takes your fancy.

Do you ever pull scrat up for these kind of posts that he makes about others?
No
You
Don't
So
Do
One

by Major Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:27 pm

nicko wrote:Fred, you forgot you could get into the cinema as well. As an aside I bet there's not many on here remember the "Saturday" morning picture show that you could get in for a "Tanner".

I do, The Empire and Gaumont in Coventry, a tanner, The Prince Of Wales for 4p + any fleas you caught.
I think twaz the Gaumont I seen Bill Haley & Charlie Gracie.

by Victorismyhero Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:36 pm

scrat wrote:
Lord Foul wrote:do you deny saying those things to moley?

and even if you "claim" you didnt...why should anyone believe you...?

Have you announced this rule change.

your "rules" matey...that you apply when it suits you...to no effect of course....but still....

whats sauce for the goose etc....

by Original Quill Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:50 pm

eddie wrote:
Original Quill wrote:

Oh? Not interested? But it's the topic of the thread.

Oh? Don't care? You only comment when it takes your fancy.

Do you ever pull scrat up for these kind of posts that he makes about others?
No
You
Don't
So
Do
One

I've mentioned that scrat can be a bit, um...quixotic. The trick is to follow your own advice, more than ever...don't follow that lead into a personal pissing match. Rather, ignore it and get right back into the debate.

There ought to be some on-line classes on modding.

by eddie Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:54 pm

Original Quill wrote:
eddie wrote:
Original Quill wrote:

Oh? Not interested? But it's the topic of the thread.

Oh? Don't care? You only comment when it takes your fancy.

Do you ever pull scrat up for these kind of posts that he makes about others?
No
You
Don't
So
Do
One

I've mentioned that scrat can be a bit, um...quixotic. The trick is to follow your own advice, more than ever...don't follow that lead into a personal pissing match. Rather, ignore it and get right back into the debate.

There ought to be some on-line classes on modding.

You ought to speak up EVERYTIME you see something Quill.
That's the reason people don't respect you quite as much as they should. Sorry, but there it is.

I either fight shit with shit or I ban someone everytime they lie and insult me or another.
What do you suggest? Nothing is working is it?

There are certain posters you seem to be a little afraid of challenging.

by Original Quill Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:32 pm

eddie wrote:
Original Quill wrote:

I've mentioned that scrat can be a bit, um...quixotic. The trick is to follow your own advice, more than ever...don't follow that lead into a personal pissing match. Rather, ignore it and get right back into the debate.

There ought to be some on-line classes on modding.

You ought to speak up EVERYTIME you see something Quill.
That's the reason people don't respect you quite as much as they should. Sorry, but there it is.

I either fight shit with shit or I ban someone everytime they lie and insult me or another.
What do you suggest? Nothing is working is it?

There are certain posters you seem to be a little afraid of challenging.

I don't think fighting "shit" with "shit" is the way. There's a way of rising above it, but it requires patience and a little detachment.

Each time someone makes you boil inside, it's because of what's inside you. Strengthen that which is inside, then go out and cooly undress the person. There's the way.

by eddie Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:16 pm

I've tried that for months. That's my usual way of dealing with things Quill.

Tbh, being here with some of these posters is like an abusive marriage.

by Original Quill Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:35 pm

eddie wrote:I've tried that for months. That's my usual way of dealing with things Quill.

Tbh, being here with some of these posters is like an abusive marriage.

Rise above it. You don't have to let it in, ya know. The Internet is only words.

I think it's kinda fun, leaving some bad guy dangling with his shit-pot tirade, and no answer. Even if no one else notices, he catches the insult: your words are not worthy of attention!

Then sometimes I say it out loud. He still doesn't get an answer, in substance, to his tirade.

Obviously he gets it...cause it's the biggest thing in his life, else he wouldn't have started it. Look, he keeps coming back. You haveta understand what's going on out there.

by Miffs2 Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:03 pm

Original Quill wrote:
eddie wrote:I've tried that for months. That's my usual way of dealing with things Quill.

Tbh, being here with some of these posters is like an abusive marriage.

Rise above it. You don't have to let it in, ya know. The Internet is only words.

I think it's kinda fun, leaving some bad guy dangling with his shit-pot tirade, and no answer. Even if no one else notices, he catches the insult: your words are not worthy of attention!

Then sometimes I say it out loud. He still doesn't get an answer, in substance, to his tirade.

Obviously he gets it...cause it's the biggest thing in his life, else he wouldn't have started it. Look, he keeps coming back. You haveta understand what's going on out there.

Quill, Ben isn't going to make you a mod. Stop auditioning!

by Original Quill Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:03 am

Miffs2 wrote:
Original Quill wrote:

Rise above it. You don't have to let it in, ya know. The Internet is only words.

I think it's kinda fun, leaving some bad guy dangling with his shit-pot tirade, and no answer. Even if no one else notices, he catches the insult: your words are not worthy of attention!

Then sometimes I say it out loud. He still doesn't get an answer, in substance, to his tirade.

Obviously he gets it...cause it's the biggest thing in his life, else he wouldn't have started it. Look, he keeps coming back. You haveta understand what's going on out there.

Quill, Ben isn't going to make you a mod. Stop auditioning!

Gratuitous comment. I refuse to be nasty back.

Ok Eds...see how easy that was?

by eddie Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:06 am

I disagree with nems here to be fair Quill, I do actually think you were giving me some genuine advice, stuff I already know, but it's nice to be reminded.

by Original Quill Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:10 am

eddie wrote:I disagree with nems here to be fair Quill, I do actually think you were giving me some genuine advice, stuff I already know, but it's nice to be reminded.

Well, ty eds. It's not original stuff, but I can be a coach. Laughing

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