Raithe Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Amentep said: I'd be curious to know where he got these numbers. I'm not an expert, but numbers I've seen online indicate the Pound (15 shillings is .75 of a pound) was worth about $4.35 in ~1850, which means Cratchit was being paid about $3.26 a week, or in a 40 hr work week 8 cents an hour or $169.52 a year. He probably was working more than 40hrs in a week though... Anyhow, that means Cratchit was being paid about $130.40 a week in today's dollars, or about $3.26/hr in a 40 hr work week (or $6,780.80/yr). Hm, I was trying to dig up some facts on it, and figuring out where numbers might come from... In 1816 the UK reformed its currency. The gold sovereign, worth 1 GBP was introduced. It contained 7.322 grams of gold. The Feb 2020 price of 1 gram gold is $50.44 USD, so $369.32. There were 20 shillings in the pre-decimal pound sterling. So 1 shilling is $18.47. So 15 shillings would have equalled around $277 for the week. If you want to go by that basis... 1 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gfted1 Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 5 1 1 1 1 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gfted1 Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
rjshae Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 1 3 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
rjshae Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Sarex Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 A wild @Azdeus caught on camera. 1 5 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Pidesco Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 A deadpan "What a maniac" is certainly something I wouldn't usually expect to hear from a news anchor live on TV. 2 "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Sarex Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Pidesco said: A deadpan "What a maniac" is certainly something I wouldn't usually expect to hear from a news anchor live on TV. So that's what she said. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Azdeus Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) Pfft, overraction, he was still going the right way As "luck" would have it, that was basically my commute this morning, though not intentionally... 1 hour ago, Pidesco said: A deadpan "What a maniac" is certainly something I wouldn't usually expect to hear from a news anchor live on TV. She's just playing hard to get, afterall it's a Swedish mating dance. She want's the D(rift) Edited December 23, 2021 by Azdeus 4 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Chilloutman Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 1 I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
Raithe Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 4 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
teknoman2 Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 losing weight makes you lose the thermal insulation of your body and winter becomes colder 2 The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.
Guard Dog Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 10 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Raithe Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 1 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
kirottu Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 10 hours ago, teknoman2 said: losing weight makes you lose the thermal insulation of your body and winter becomes colder That's one way to fix global warming. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Raithe Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 3 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Guard Dog Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 1 1 3 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Raithe Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
teknoman2 Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Edited December 24, 2021 by teknoman2 1 1 The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.
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