GM> PM> Yes, and that wire would often be broken!

GM>True!

GM> PM> I "nearly" worked for the PMG, passed the apprentice
GM> PM> telecommunications technician exam, but the pay back then was a low $32
GM> PM> a week, I was offered another job at $63 a week.

GM>I started a long time before decimal currency. IIRC my take-home
GM>pay was 7 pounds ($14) a fortnight when I started. It
sure was a pain figuring out interest!
Jay

GM>From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia

I never could understand why Great Britain stayed on the
pound/shilling/pence bit for so terribly long.

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