"I am by birth a free Commoner of England, and am thereby intailed or intituled unto an equall priviledge with your selfe, or the greatest men in England, unto the freedome and liberty of the Lawes of England."
William Thompson, 14. of December, 1647
Friday, 22 June 2012
If inflation had affected feet and inches the way its affected pounds, shillings and pence ...
Between 1931 and now, I would have 'grown' to be 1,500 feet tall ...
which is up to the top of the antennae on the John Hancock Center, in Chicago (which is twice the height of Canary Wharf in London).
which is up to the top of the antennae on the John Hancock Center, in Chicago
That one's a little difficult to get a handle on, Trooper.
ReplyDeleteIf this helps, imagine you have a stack of 250 gold sovereigns, and the government comes and takes 249 of them, leaving you one.
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