Apparently, an English woman has been fined approximately 65,000 pounds for the crime of selling vegetables by the pound. The irony of charging "pounds sterling" (actually "pounds worthless fiat" today) for this crime apparently escaped the barristers and judges.
I'm looking forward to a new British currency called the "kilogram sterling", worth approximately (at current prices for silver) about 130 quid.
Podcast #1,132: If I Don’t Return — A General’s Wartime Journal for His Sons
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When Mark Hertling learned he was deploying for Operation Desert Storm,
he decided to start a journal. Back then, Mark was an Army major and
cavalry of...
4 days ago
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