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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:13:03 GMT
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- From: james p mcbride <BRIDEC92@IRLEARN.UCD.IE>
- Subject: Re: why gold
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 21 Dec 1992 15:08:11 GMT from <dunstan@GEC-EPL.CO.UK>
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- On Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:08:11 GMT Dunstan_Vavasour said:
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- >>On Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:52:31 GMT Dunstan_Vavasour said:
- >>>
- >>>
- >>>BTW, if I was to take up the Bank of England on their statement "I
- >>>promise to pay Bearer on demand the sum of five pounds", what would
- >>>they give me ?
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >>Umm.....five pounds, I think.
- >>
- >>james
- >
- >What, just a different five pound note which says the same thing ?
- >
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- Yup. It was a question on 'How' (British Childrens tv programme from the
- 1970s) once, and I for one would never doubt Fred Dinage's word.
-
- >D
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- james
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