"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
I'm in the US, so quid is meaningless to me.

Bit like 'buck', then, to the rest of the world. ;-)


A young buck or an old buck?


Quid is slang for 1 gbp.

The way things are going 1 gbp = 1$ = 1 Euro. At least it will make
foreign holiday calculations easy.


Thanks. It wasn't worth the time to look up the exchange rate over a
cheap commodity item.


Except no one can afford them.


I spent less than $50 on Christmas this year. Being disabled, I don't
put up a tree or lights since I have trouble with ladders.


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