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Miles or Kilometres?

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Um, I think your forgetting that coins come in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 pence?
 
no 5 cents? Eck, the cost of living must be horrendous! :eek:
 
It is appalling, particularly house prices. Quakes didn't help, either, as there's a real housing shortage here in Christchurch, now that we've lost whole suburbs...But it's still a bit of paradise, looking out to the snowy mountains, listening to the surf!
 
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I think there's a slight misunderstanding here - we don't just have pound and penny coins. There are 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins as well. We might not call it a dime, but we do have the equivalent coin.

[Added] In fact it's a good job. It appears that individual pennies are only legal tender up to 20p...
 
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Brian Clegg said:
I think there's a slight misunderstanding here - we don't just have pound and penny coins. There are 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins as well. We might not call it a dime, but we do have the equivalent coin.

[Added] In fact it's a good job. It appears that individual pennies are only legal tender up to 20p...
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I don't get why a one-pence is only legal tender up to 20p...

When I was a kid working the drive-through window at Wendy's about midnight one night, just before close, a woman drove through and tried to pay for her order with a $100 bill. I told her,
"Ma'am, I apologize, but it is company policy not to accept fifty or hundred-dollar bills after ten PM. Do you have another way to pay?"
She pointed across the bill and read,
"Legal tender in ALL transactions, public and private."
I said,
"You are absolutely right, ma'am. F*** company policy. Have a great evening!"
 
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