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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 01/03/2007 18:58:25

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Please use this thread for discussion about this card.
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 03/03/2007 19:27:40

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A certain person on here will agree that this was one of my favourite cards thus far...apparrently it was something to do with beer cost 1d and I am sure my grand dads house cost

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said total

back in 1938...anyway, unfortuneately:

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Someone missed a trick by not making you add up and carry over the £SD values.

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Enjoy this and

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Think London, 1960

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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 03/03/2007 19:28:39

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For the youngsters playing this...LSD was also our currency until the early 70s...
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 04/03/2007 10:22:24

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Gah! I thought I had it, but it came up Incorrect.
I came up with:

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1010L, 2s, 69d


Anyone know where I went wrong?

(Edited to fix spoiler tag.)
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 04/03/2007 14:33:22

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there are 12d in a shilling - that's all I'll say.

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Re: #139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 09/03/2007 05:30:16

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hard for us insular americans...haha

this is a good puzzle, and it makes me wish i had friends across the pond.
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 09/03/2007 07:22:18

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I'm an aussie but managed to use google once I'd made the substitutions.

I enjoyed this puzzle very much but didn't need to carry any values to get the answer.
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 10/03/2007 19:20:11

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Likewise once you decode the slang for some of the items they readily translate to monetary values. Place them in the right columns for '£' , shillings 's' and 'd' pence (why a 'd' for pence BTW?) then add your columns!
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 10/03/2007 19:23:59

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stoomoo wrote:

(why a 'd' for pence BTW?)


It's Latin for something, I think. Check Wikipedia!
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#139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 14/03/2007 01:34:53

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stoomoo wrote:

(why a 'd' for pence BTW?) then add your columns!


From Wikipedia:
The old abbreviation for the penny, d, was derived from the Roman denarius.
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Re: #139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 17/03/2007 19:46:58

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The first clue ("Friends" spinoff) has several possible answers (as does the Kingdom from "The Princess Bride").

At least according to Wikipedia and other, less well-known sites (a guide to Cockney slang, for instance).

Anyone know if multiple answers are allowed on this, or do I just try combinations until one of them works?
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Re: #139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 23/03/2007 19:58:10

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I'm (still) working on card #139 second season, and the british money system sure is weird! when I think I have it, I don't any clues? like what the heck is "grand" Huh??? a thousand pences, pennies,schillings, pounds, pickles, poop! What!?.....If I where in London right now I'd be flat broke!
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Re: #139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 24/03/2007 14:56:59

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Hope this helps you out

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A Grand is 1000. In GB slang it is usualy £1000

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Re: #139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 24/03/2007 15:17:16

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To answer my own question, those clues have multiple answers, but some are more recent than others. A good page for people doing this one is:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_pound_sterling
Also, search for cockney slang coins to find some of the slang terms.
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Re: #139 - Invoice (blue noughts and crosses) 02/04/2007 16:51:59

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ok, I'm american and this card is killing me. I've never heard of any of these until now, and with the multiple answers? forget it! I think i've narrowed it down but someone please help me with "Pavarotti"!

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