"Michael Mcneil" wrote in
news:94e1cf338dd596e6dbad0a4b4085e182.45219@mygate .mailgate.org:

DAMNED BLOODY AMERICAN EFFING PROGRAMMING! Where is my pound
sign???!!!

It should be shift-3. Are you using an UK keyboard, and is your OS setup
to us a UK keyboard?

If you're using a US keyboard the £ might be over on the right somewhere.