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?

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ShockWave1983 · 36-40, F

Non smoker here. I tried it. Hated it. Quit.

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will999 · 70-79, M

@ShockWave1983: Hi again. That's right. I discovered the same thing. After I quit smoking my friends were still my friends so my original reason for taking it up had been bogus. So glad I quit when I did, everything about it pulls you down. How long have you been a "new member". My posts probably still say that somewhere. I started out on Experience Project, probably about 2009.

ShockWave1983 · 36-40, F

@will999: about mid October. I'm not here often because I have no internet. Not even a cell phone. I only get to be here when I'm visiting my friend Serenitree. This week, I'm house and pet sitting at her place. So I have access to her iPad and her wifi. Mostly I visit for dinner every week or two.

I was on EP occasionally, too, from about 2010. Same restrictions. I rarely managed to log in.

will999 · 70-79, M

@ShockWave1983: I don't sign in every day either but those little numbered amber notifications on the menu bar stay there until you read them and I receive notifications about replies to my posts or responses to my stories even if the responses are addressed to another @member. Those little reminders point me towards [i]all responses eventually[/i] when I do log in, even if I see them a few days late. Don't think I could live without the internet, it can be a bit pricey with broadband being the most costly. If you can live without lightening fast speed a slow connection is better than none. The same with cell phones. The new 4G phones are a lot more expensive to buy and register with an ISP and the ISP's are not renewing any of the old mobiles because they plan to shut down the old analog network. I was happy with the way it worked but the market is trending towards mobile internet services so I had no other choice but to upgrade to a 4G phone. For convenience I carry one of the cheapest I can buy and have a prepaid account so there are no surprises at the end of the month.

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.

adshaw · 36-40, M

If Australia was a department store its slogan would be "Pay more for less"

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