The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

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The old 'silver' coins had real silver in them up to and including 1947. I did quite well out of that because I managed to collect quite a few of these coins and sold them for a nice little profit to a numismatist. Doubtless, he made a bit more than me, but it was a welcome bonus to a hard-up teenager.
 
sidevalve said:
At least when you had a few pennies they had real copper in them - not the strange cheap metal alloy we seem to use today. :headshake:
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It's iron, take a magnet to your "coppers" to sort them out nowadays. The quickest way of doing it.
 
I remember fish being sixpence and chips being threpence.

We didn't eat much fish.
 
Just got back from a walk about 4 and a half miles, during which we stopped at a Turkish restaurant for a wrap lunch then walked to a kitchen shop, TVC bought himself a couple of Christmas pressies.
 
I remember in high school, there was a little walk up eating place. You had your choice of fried shrimp or fried chicken. Since us kids had very little money, we always went with the chicken. Since they used the same fryer for both, the chicken tasted like shrimp.
 
The Velvet Curtain said:
:eek: my wife is going all feminine!
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run for it!
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