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A lot of highly paid sports people around the world took to their sport (football, boxing, snooker etc) as a result of getting away from an impoverished upbringing.
I should sue my parents for giving me a good childhood but ending up in a desk job.
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50 years ago, The Great Decimal Con on 13:15 - Feb 16 with 3684 views
Mars bars went up from 4d to 5p. Even i aged 8, with minimal maths ability, could figure out this represented an increase of 6d. At this moment, I became disillusioned, cynical and not a little angry. I therefore blame Ted heath for everything bad that happened later, whether it be a bitter divorce or that incident with the Norwich police in 76.
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50 years ago, The Great Decimal Con on 18:56 - Feb 16 with 3322 views
20 shillings in a pound, 12 pennies in a shilling. There weren’t calculators then anyway, but pre-decimal calculations were a nightmare. With inflation building up then, things needed to be recalculated more often - eg petrol pumps - and it was a trial.
I worked for an insurance company, and we found the 1969 fund calculation in a huge ledger in a cupboard. They worked it out once a year and it took weeks. Now it’s continuously recalculated. 4,613 times £3 6s 11d Plus 2,895 times £6 17s 3d Plus 64,097 times 13s 4d etc, etc
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50 years ago, The Great Decimal Con on 20:55 - Feb 16 with 3139 views
I didn’t think curly wurlys were made in 1971.I thought they were introduced in 1972? I should’ve googled it before I posted as they were first produced in 1970.I remember when wagon wheels were worth eating though.
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50 years ago, The Great Decimal Con on 20:59 - Feb 16 with 3127 views