http://metcaffeination.net/weblog/2008/09/13/outside-lies-magic/ cities. physics. food. environment. fatherhood. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://metcaffeination.net/weblog/2008/09/13/outside-lies-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-4078 Ray Greaves Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:56:19 +0000 http://metcaffeination.net/weblog/?p=113#comment-4078 I would point out that your statement "Our currency (unlike, say, Britan’s) has always been decimal" is incorrect in that before the USA adopted a decimal currency, the English Pounds, shillings and pence were in use in the colonies and the country following its inauguration as a separate country and decimal currency was adopted only in 1792. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimalisation I would point out that your statement “Our currency (unlike, say, Britan’s) has always been decimal” is incorrect in that before the USA adopted a decimal currency, the English Pounds, shillings and pence were in use in the colonies and the country following its inauguration as a separate country and decimal currency was adopted only in 1792. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimalisation

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