Re: HVAC Is Gay {was: Re: Metric System Is Gay}

On Jul 4, 1:35 pm, UseNetO...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:40:08 +0100, "Alex W." <ing...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >"Smiler" <Smi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> You forgot the tanner!
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> >Erm ... a cunning ploy to catch out those who hadn't bothered to read
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> So? What about "the
tanner"?http://www.predecimal.com/predecimaldenominations.htm
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> Sixpence?
> Some of the issues of George II were designed by John Sigismund
> Tanner, and the denomination was known as a tanner right up to
> decimalisation.http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/sixd.html
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> C. wondering   ...

There was a song when I was a lad - which was a long time ago.It was
sung to the tune of "Rule Britannia" after the following fa****on:

Rule Britannia
Two tanners make one bob
Three make one and six
And four make two bob.

That little mnemonic could come in handy one day - back in the last
century.