RE: [Bell Historians] Re: £ - s - d; or even t-c-q-l?

[Peter Humphreys]

Yes, I took it as that. A bit like = "what's that in old money?"

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-----Original Message-----
From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of John Camp
Sent: 21 May 2008 13:05
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Re: £ - s - d; or even t-c-q-l?

At 12:59 on 21 May 2008, Chris Povey wrote:
> Seems to be some mixing up here. £-s-d is the abbreviation for the
> old imperial money. Ton-cwt-qtr-lb, or t-c-q-l, is the abbreviation for
imperial weight (Avoirdupois).

> I guess we're talking about weight?

> Chris Povey

>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Mike Chester 
>   To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:50 AM
>   Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: £ - s - d.

>   Could convert things into pounds, add them up and covert them back into
>   Lsd?


Mr Chester was essaying a joke, perhaps?

John Camp


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