Hey foreign guys...Yankee question

[Radagast]

Rodders, thats a means of production, not currency. You have to invest all your worldly wealth to obtain it, then pay for constant maintenance.

[Frogman Ladue]

Let our colony inhabitants have a crack.... But very good.

What those guys said.


It is easier to carry a piece of paper around in your pocket that says its work 100 dollars/quid/guinea of gold...than to actually carry 100 dollars/quid/guinea of gold.

The Banknote was a Promissory Note. When we actually had gold or silver to back up our money, that Banknote was worth it's face value of precious metal.

[Frogman Ladue]

Frogman, you have a very good sense of humour for an American

I would say 'Muricans have a bad sense of humor...it's that the Brit idea of humor and US idea of humor are waaaaaayy different.

[Frogman Ladue]

Here you go Frogman as it's almost TGIF "Origin of buying and selling in Guineas in Great Britain"
Although the beginnings of the auctioneering business at Hawick can be traced back to 1817, it was not untill the late 1840s before it became established. This period coincides with the tariff reform campaign of Sir Robert Peel whose government in 1846 as well as the more famously repealing of the Corn Laws, also repealed the less well known Auction Tax.
Since 1777 under the regulations governing this Auction tax, auctioneers were under the control of the Excise, and had to inform them of such sales and keep detailed documents. These were required because any moveable goods which included livestock, if taken and sold anywhere other than on the farm of origin were liable to a tax of 1 shilling in the £.
So now you have learnt a little bit of British history Frogman all this riveting trivial knowledge is of no bloody use at all but you are now in a better position to steal the limelight in any pub quiz if a similar question crops up.

It would take me hours to explain how I know about the above bit of useless information as that was another real barrel of laughs of a best forgotten saga and yes I am aware that I need some therapy :lol
Thanks Phil.

The last time the empire tried that tax stuff around here, we threw their damn tea in the bay and started a war. We actually got France to show up for that one.

[Radagast]

So, do would be Rebels in Louisiana cry 'The French shall rise again!'?

[hairyyoda]

Quote.
"The last time the empire tried that tax stuff around here, we threw their damn tea in the bay and started a war. We actually got France to show up for that one."

Good reply Frogman "your cooking on gas" which translates in the uk'lish lingo to "fast and hot" Regards to you Phil

[Frogman Ladue]

So, do would be Rebels in Louisiana cry 'The French shall rise again!'?

Naw. Some resent the french. Were talking about stuff that happened so long ago, US wasn't even a country yet.

[Radagast]

So long ago?

[sunndog]

so long ago, US wasn't even a country yet.

what was that steve martin film where he's leading some kind of tour and says with great reverence "some of these buildings are over TWENTY FIVE years old!"

[rodp]

We've got stately homes last decorated before the states was a country