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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: BREXIT
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:21:10 -0400
I see Scotland's First Minister says this means another independence vote
sooner rather than later. Apparently the SNP and those it represents do not
want to leave the EU.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My grandfather ran a shop (pharmacy, opticians and photography) and he
> refused to price items in new money until he retired (some years later).
>
> On 24 June 2016 at 14:20, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >      This reminds me of the time decades ago when the pence/pound money
> > replaced the pence/schilling/pound money.  My grandfather Gus refused to
> > use the "new money" and continued to use the "old money" to the day he
> > died.  The quaint antiquity of things like a half crown (2'6) have been
> > lost.
> >
> > >
> > >Indeed, Chris.  It was a crap idea, but we’re going to have to make the
> > >best of it.
> > >
> > >It would appear that the people who voted Leave were the over-65s and
> > >the “working classes”, whatever the latter might mean.  In addition,
> > >the Remain voters seemed to be the younger voters and those with
> degrees.
> > >I don’t know how the BBC worked those figures out, but i suspect that
> > >they were based on polls, because I was asked only one question when I
> > >voted, Leave or Remain.
>
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