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3 posted on 04/05/2010 3:17:52 AM PDT by Daffynition ( In the span of one man's lifetime, only the individual has any potential - not the collective.)
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I would calculate the value of £10,000 in 1821 to be worth something closer to £1,700,000 in today’s money, based on the value of 0.2354 of a troy ounce of gold (the AGW of a £1 sovereign that was in circulation in 1821, the year incidently, that Britain officially went on the gold standard)...


7 posted on 04/05/2010 3:22:07 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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I think I saw something like this on the line at the local Dunkin' Doughnuts.

Quick pop in the microwave freshened it right up.

13 posted on 04/05/2010 3:32:43 AM PDT by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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A “hot cross” bun is now probably illegal. It “reminds” some folks of the Klan don’t ya know.


19 posted on 04/05/2010 5:26:21 AM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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