Thought for the day

[ithatheekret]

1964 eek , I have trouble remembering the 70's , and 1971 I think saw the LSD go to a 100 pence basis per pound . So much for Guineas ..........


Here we go ancient stuff help ........ Grandama where are you when I need you .


easier to base on the 71 nukes , I mean rules


1) 149L / 17S / 1 d

2) 21L / 17S / 17 d

3) 847L / 12S / 2 d


now slaughter me I've even forgotten how much a farthing was worth 3 pence ?

 

[2020hindsight]

How far can you remember back or how much research have you done on money before the $. Can you answer a maths question for 1964, Yes you can, you say. Really, try this one then:

£8-6s-4d multiplied by £17-19s-6 1/2d

lol
all I know is I used to go to the movies - 11d in the stalls , and 5d for an icy-slice (icecream in a wafer - about the shape of a pack of cards

the interval short movie (after Movietone News - laughing jackasses etc ) was invariably "Tarzan" or "Superman" or "Jungle George" lol.

ahh nostalgia isn't what it used to be.


PS £8-6s-4d multiplied by £17-19s-6 1/2d, mmm =
2044 pennies x 4466.5 pennies
= 9,129,526 square pennies
(never heard of a square penny till today )

 

[Julia]

...I'm thinking, as to what is beyond the most important thing, in this world, for us being here, and what it is that makes it worth remaining, or is it just fear of the step beyond.

Sorry to be coldly pragmatic here, but in many cases it's the result of no humane voluntary euthanasia laws, and the fear that in attempting to end one's life we will stuff it up.

 

[2020hindsight]

Julia and noi -

Here's a challenge for us all.
How to think of history as a positive - and find hope from it!!
It's a thought Winston Churchill leaves you with in his "History of the English Speaking Peoples"

I mean, he's just told you about every stupid bludy war, and ruthless act and betrayal by Americans on Indians, on Mexicans, by English to Irish, by Irish to English, by South Africans Boers to English, by English to Boers - especially concentration camps for the Boer families where 25% or 33% or something died - and he expects you to find positives from history !!

BUT
then I heard that the ABC is gonna have a show this week - "people who have influenced you over the years" or some such -

and I just remembered heaps of great great people who I met along the way - who were generous with their time and smiles and laughs - maybe not the classic view of "history" but certainly "yesterday"

anyway , don't want to labour the point, but it left me feeling positive despite "the other stuff"

PS but I hear you about the euthanasia matter as well.

 

[ithatheekret]

Aunty huh , this will be good .

Reality says it should be Adler but I think that would upset a few people .

How about .......... Skase ?

 

[Julia]

now slaughter me I've even forgotten how much a farthing was worth 3 pence ?

I think a farthing was a quarter of a penny, i.e. it went penny/halfpenny/farthing.

 

[Julia]

Julia and noi -

Here's a challenge for us all.
How to think of history as a positive - and find hope from it!!

and I just remembered heaps of great great people who I met along the way - who were generous with their time and smiles and laughs - maybe not the classic view of "history" but certainly "yesterday"

anyway , don't want to labour the point, but it left me feeling positive despite "the other stuff"

PS but I hear you about the euthanasia matter as well.

You're quite right. Too easy to become mired in negativity and disaffection.
These examples are still around now: e.g. over the holidays I had a very painful foot. Left a message on the podiatrist's answering machine requesting an urgent appt as soon as she was back at work. She phoned the next day (still a holiday) saying she wouldn't be back for ten days.
I guess my distress was apparent. What did she do? She came to the house that afternoon, spent some time discussing the problem and the options, took my orthotics away to be adjusted, did them, and brought them back the next day! I'm thinking, hell, this is going to be a substantial bill. Her charge?
Just $20 to cover the materials. She said: I thought you needed cheering up. Now, how nice was that!

 

[2020hindsight]

I think a farthing was a quarter of a penny, i.e. it went penny/halfpenny/farthing.

........... relative sizes (penny farthing bike)

PS itha - Skase - lol - he wasn't allowed back to Australia - that makes him a corrupt Spaniard doesn't it ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Finnish_criminals - this website seems to preach capital punishment for criminals bit like noi wanting to shoot people by firing squad - for jaywalking or whatever lol. I still reckon people who push for capital punishment should do "shooting party duty" - bit like "jury duty" : 2twocents - or 1.25cents if you wish

Finnish criminals

 

[2020hindsight]

Australian criminals - ranging from bushrangers to rapists, terrorists to murder to drugs, etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_criminals

serial killers :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_serial_killers

David and Catherine Birnie
John Bunting (serial killer)
Claremont serial murders
Eric Edgar Cooke
Paul Denyer
Peter Dupas
Kathleen Folbigg
Leonard Fraser
John Wayne Glover
Caroline Grills
Mark Jefferies
Eddie Leonski
William MacDonald (serial killer)
Ivan Milat
Snowtown murders
Truro murders
James Vlassakis
Robert Wagner (serial killer) ...

no need to send us any more of them thanks lordie -

 

[ithatheekret]

Skase not allowed back in the country Call Tom Cruise we'll go get him , I'll supply a flock of sheep for roasts .

I think Alan Bond got it rough though , put us on the map , schmoozes in all the right circles , brilliant mind , but he blew it .

Williams .......... at least he said sorry when getting out , done his time too .

Adler ........ send him back !

But there'd better be some fresh ones in the news soon or we will not be looked on as a safe investment area it a jittery world .

 

[ithatheekret]

Scratch my number one answer I forgot to take into account the hapenny , completely not in the sum here ........oops .

 

[noirua]

Worry too much today and you will not need to worry tomorrow.

 

[noirua]

It is not the weight you put on your scales of life that matter but more the weight put there by others.

 

[noirua]

This life of yours is not a practice run my friend, it's for real.

 

[noirua]

Those who cherish too much, those who love too much, those who celebrate themselves too much, those who want respect too much, are those who might destroy all they stand for by sudden anger.

 

[Kauri]

didn't know where to put this...
only the English still have .. rows..

The U.K Work and Pensions Secretary, Peter Hain, has resigned from his post following a row over campaign contributions.

Cheers
..........Kauri

 

[josh_in_a_box]

Plan for the worse, Aim for the best. And understand the possible consequences of everything you do.

J

 

[noirua]

What goes up, must come down, watch out it doesn't fall on and bankrupt you.

 

[noirua]

Australian of the year award has been given to former PM Mr John Howard, for services to the Labor Party.

 

[noirua]

The end of the road is meeting the man behind the curtain, but where in life is the yellow brick road?