• Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org
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      13 days ago

      How is a Mars bar a fuckin quid now?!?

      You think that’s nuts.
      It’s 9 quid for two ass creams with the chewing gums innit.

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        13 days ago

        I recently had a broken fridge and had to live off non-refrigerated items for a while. It’s more expensive to eat tinned meats (corned beef, spam etc.) than it is to eat fresh/frozen meats. That broke me a bit.

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          12 days ago

          It doesn’t just come in the can naturally like a nut bro…

          Someone has to put it in that can, that costs money

          The less people buying it, the more expensive it is, because the fixed costs are spread out among less consumers.

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            12 days ago

            That can’t be true. I’ve seen the spam fields, bushes sprawling up to the horizon, tins glittering in the sun like melons after a morning rain…

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              12 days ago

              Ah, that brings a tear to my eye to think about. I grew up on a SPAM farm and worked it through my formative years. So many good memories working that patch. You know it’s gonna be hard work, but rewarding, when they start to lose their metal shine and ripen into a blueish hue. It’s time for harvest when the letter-like pattern deepens to a rich yellow.

              Gosh, I feel sad for folks who’ve never peeled and bitten into a fresh SPAM fruit right there in the field.

    • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      It’s because a quid is worth much elss that it used to be, not because a mars bar is worth more (although I’m sure some of it is increased profit margins masked as inflation gouging customers too)

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        12 days ago

        Hey, American here. I watch tons of old British telly and I thought i had a good understanding of currency terms but now I’m confused. I thought a quid is just another word for a pound?

        While im here, is pence-pennies,tuppence-2 pennies, a shilling-like a dime or something,bob-just slang for pound? Plus you guys had the euro sort of wander in before brevity, it’s all so confusing.

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          12 days ago

          Tuppence is two pence, and nobody says it anymore. Shilling was twelve pence in old money. Farthing was a quarter penny. Ha’p’ny was a half penny. Bob was another word for a shilling. Crown was 60 pence, which was a quarter of a pound. Now we just have pounds and pence/pennies. It’s much simpler.

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          12 days ago

          Most of those are old-timey pre-decimal coins. You only need to know pounds (or quid) and pennies (or pence).

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          12 days ago

          A shilling used to be 12 pence, and there were 20 shillings in a pound for 240 pence to the pound, before we decimalised.

          A dime is 10 cent, but that’s just the name for the coin. Shillings used to be a part of the number system which was split into three tiers, not two with a decimal place.

          Bob used to be slang for a shilling, not a pound.

          We’ve never had the euro. The Republic of Ireland uses the euro, but if you call them British you’ll get into real trouble.