[303rd-Talk] coinage

[rex pearce]

Maurice,
Thinking keeps the brain active, a good thing for us oldies.
Very many RAF trainee pilots were sent overseas for
their flying training to places that had better good weather
records than we do. I could not say whether they were paid extra subsistence 
allowance, but would not think so.
Sadly, G.I's were seen by many shopkeepers as easy
marks to defraud out of some of their cash. That is human
nature at its worst.
Americans did find our currency confusing. They were used to a decimal 
system, whereas we had 240d (pence)
to £1.  d represents the  Latin word denarius ( penny).
Rex.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maurice Paulk" <mjpmtmanenterprises at cccusa.net>
To: <303rd-talk at 303rdbga.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:26 AM
Subject: [303rd-Talk] coinage


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rex pearce" To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum"
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] coinage--FYI
> Maurice,
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> He did not add: Wait till you try to buy something with it.
> Rex.

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REX----You seem to have the power to start me to thinkingg----
THAT is dangerous. The sentence above reminds me of the
comb I bought in a store [where is not in my "memory bank"!]
I had paid for it & stepped aside when a man next to me bought
a comb like mine---[Price???] I do remember it was about half
what I paid. That is the only time I knew I had been had!!
W [the G.Is] more or less ask for it--hand out a pound & say
"Take it out of this." I usually had a pocket full of change when
I got back on the base during the early days of my visit in England.

 I seem to remember that some RAF pilots were trained over here.
[?????]---Often wondered how they were treated money-wise.

Maurice
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