On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:46:14 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>Warp wrote:
>> That sounds like heresy or something. How come? :)
>
>Because the Brits used Pounds and Shillings and Pence, and the founding 
>fathers said "F**k that, that's way too messy." :-)  Seriously, that one 
>they figured was just too ugly.

Well we did make an attempt at decimalation in the 19th Cent. We got
as far as the florin, worth one tenth of a pound.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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