I Am British

BACK TO THE POUND! I am Australian actually. Australia is a former British penal colony settled by Captain James Cook and the first fleet in 1770. Australia used British style Pounds, Shillings and Pence currency until Australia converted to US style Dollars and Cents fifty years ago in 1966. At the time of conversion the new Dollar note was the same size and colour as the old ten Shilling note and equal in value. Likewise the new two Dollar note had a similar colour to the old geenback Australian Pound note and during conversion had equal value to the Pound note. Back when I still thought it was cool to have a tobacco addiction before (Beatle) George Harrison and countless other people died of cancer I could buy a pack of Viscount, Marlboro or Winfield cigarettes for a few bob. Today some people hand over a fistful of dollars for the same thing in regulation plain packaging. I have noticed a similar increase in the price of rum and coca cola since I have been [i]working for the Yankee Dollar[/i]. I smoked for about two years starting when I was nineteen and then quit. I'm so glad I quit when I did. Think of what you could save. What is [b]your[/b] life worth?

senghenydd · M

Glad to hear you've quit smoking I smoked for sixteen years till at the age of 32 I quit have smoked briefly since but have always managed to quit never regretted quiting (I wouldn't be alive today had I not quit) always regretted not moving out from the UK too late now my family came first though couldn't part from them have a great day.