tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post7756404113720190012..comments2023-11-03T14:59:31.910+00:00Comments on The Growlery: Measure for measureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post-38752827432082134612010-06-07T07:40:11.947+00:002010-06-07T07:40:11.947+00:00"Old Money" ! Let's get back to it, ..."Old Money" ! Let's get back to it, and feet and inches. Exercise the dull modern mind. And the eccentricity ( some would say ) would be wonderful.<br />Calculating in old money was easy for me - I could run up the three columns of LSD quickly and easily, all in one go !<br />Gallons and pints, let's not forget them either.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208603410700055850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post-16105093195587993882010-06-06T15:59:52.531+00:002010-06-06T15:59:52.531+00:00Yes, yes. Give the Professor a Guinea. Not to be c...Yes, yes. Give the Professor a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_%28British_coin%29" rel="nofollow">Guinea</a>. Not to be confused, of course, with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineafowl" rel="nofollow">Guinea Fowl</a> (gleanie?) which probably is named for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea" rel="nofollow">Guinea</a> where the gold for the coin was mined. I did not know that the Guinea originally fluctuated with the price of gold but has been set at 21 shillings since 1717.<br /><br />Guineas definitely have snob appeal and I wish we had such a coin, though lighting cigars with a $100 bill comes close. I can see where race horses and Rolls Royces go for Guineas, but wonder why Harrods doesn't sell fossilized <a href="http://doctorc.blogspot.com/2010/06/friday-crab-blogging-late.html" rel="nofollow">crabs</a> for this coin. Let's see, 6,000 pounds, hmm, compute, gives you 5,714.285714 Guineas. Doesn't have the same cachet. I think I would sell it for 6,000 Guineas and keep the tip (excuse me, the gratuity.) <br /><br />Lastly, one should not confuse all this with that cute little bugger the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig" rel="nofollow"><br />Guinea Pig</a> which is neither a pig nor did it come from Guinea, at least the African one. Apparently it is a food source in South America. Don't tell that to the little ones!Dr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.com