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i finally found where i got that from:
i finally found where i got that from:
The penetrating gaze gays
I watched a video (Invidious) yesterday detailing the type of coins they used before 1971 in the UK and its empire, and it was actually insane.
1 Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pennies, with coins for 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6 pennies, 1, 2, 2.5, 5 Shillings and banknotes for the Pounds, and each of these coins had 5 or more different names
How the eff do you gain 400 lbs?! That’s roughly 180kg!
the customary unit for body weight is, however, the stone https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=1+stone+(unit)
Ordering now! Is it available at ChillPenguin Random House?
From which bible is that?
hey don’t belittle technological advancements in germany, people here at are the forefront of innovation: https://simple-fax.de/fax-ki
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Haha don’t get me started with US coins, I also have a fun story there: we arrived fresh off JFK Airport in NYC and headed to our rental apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. It was pretty far from the a subway station so we got a connecting bus to get us closer.
The next day, we thought of taking the same bus line to head to Manhattan, except our party of four ended up being expected to pay 4x $2.75 in a machine inside the bus… in coins. That’s 44 quarters. Yup, don’t have that on day 2 of my stay. So we walked 6 blocks.
I visited the UK back in 2022 and I was pretty baffled at how you can universally “tap to pay”. We visited a pub on the coast of Dorset where they wouldn’t even accept cash as a mean of payment. All in all it was nice, because it meant not having to deal with a foreign currency at all, we spent 10 days just using electronic payment, so as a tourist I think it was a good experience.
In Germany, where I live, you’re basically getting nowhere without cash, it’s still very difficult to eat out or buy small food items like bread or a sandwich. There’s also a culture of paying cash for many things, including pricier items like a second hand car! Shop cashiers usually don’t even blink if you try to pay with a 100€ bill (except if you’re coming super early and they don’t have change available yet). It’s not unusual for me to end up drawing a quarter to half my monthly salary in cash.
I first disliked it when I moved from France, but now I think it’s actually good for the society. You always have some change to tip a waiter or give to a beggar, a coin for the cart at the supermarket, get something from a vending machine… Also I live in a very quiet area so getting mugged is very unlikely, making it not so scary to carry cash around.
Most people from the rest of France also despise the Parisians, there’s something infuriating about them.
That’s no Chad behavior though, this one would be more adequate:
We’re in the shitpost community, even if it’s fake it’s still funny?
Being in the EU, i can’t check myself, but in the answers someone could reproduce it.
oh nice catch, i didn’t even see that! yeah it’s catching on, but maybe also their biggest downfall, because there’s a whole lot of shitposting going on there too. I’m always delighted when they return an article from the Onion and present it as a fact
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Cheers mate, I needed to share the joy ^^
I always pack several tablets of dehydrated water with me so if I’m running out, I can just dissolve a couple to have something to drink or cook with
This would have been better for everyone involved
This is poetry, and again it is immortalized.
Thank you!
Someone call an ambulance… BUT NOT FOR ME!