10 July 1967.

[Virago]

40 years ago we changed to decimal currency.........

Not really wanting to piss on the party, but surely 10 July 1967 was 39 years ago???????

Or has that been converted to decimal and rounded up?

[rfc85]

July 21st 1969 ..... does anyone remember a rocket capsual (dont know if it was off Apollo 11) going from school to school around NZ a few years after?
Or was i short changed......dam that decimal thing.....

Yep remember that,big day,we went ot town to see it

[Motu]

Not really wanting to piss on the party, but surely 10 July 1967 was 39 years ago???????

Or has that been converted to decimal and rounded up?

We are faster than you,don't get left behind.

[Virago]

We are faster than you,don't get left behind.

Fuck me, all I did was blink my eyes and I lost a year.........

[Skyryder]

I was working at the Chatau Tongararrero (shit spelling I know but this is a quickie post) when they changed over. I always associate the changover with the Beach Boys Good Vibrations. Use to play that a lot on the juke box. Is it realy forty years......................???? Been some good vibes in that time. As I'm getting older I need more oiling for the vibes to work.

Shit I can remember milk in billys and the milkman selling whitebaite.

Skyryder

[scumdog]

I was working at the Chatau Tongararrero (shit spelling I know but this is a quickie post) when they changed over. I always associate the changover with the Beach Boys Good Vibrations. Use to play that a lot on the juke box. Is it realy forty years......................???? Been some good vibes in that time. As I'm getting older I need more oiling for the vibes to work.

Shit I can remember milk in billys and the milkman selling whitebaite.

Skyryder

And ninepence to go to the flics (about 7.5 cents)

And petrol at 3/6 a GALLON (works out at less than 9 cents a litre)

[Hitcher]

Not really wanting to piss on the party, but surely 10 July 1967 was 39 years ago???????

Or has that been converted to decimal and rounded up?

By my maths, next year marks the 40th anniversary of dismal guernsey.

[Hitcher]

and the milkman selling whitebaite.

At the Chateau Tongariro? Shit, that place has gone downhill!

[SPman]

Is it realy forty years......................????
Skyryder

No - see above


Unless I had a longer sleep this morning than I thought......

[Scorpygirl]

I think we have a decimal currency tea towel at home some place with the conversion rates on it. Vicki picked it up some place on one of her fossicking trips. i reckoned it was a classic and we should have framed it but she said i was mad so we just use it...

I still have a decimal currency hanky. It's a bit worse for wear but you can still see the coins. My Dad was a bank manager in Coromandel at the time and although I was only young I still remember it and the changes Dad had to make to the banking systems.

[doc]

At least it was only a $1.00 (10 shillings.120 pence whatever) to fill the ole Commando up two proper gallons too. It was the start of the present capitalism problem of your money doubled overnight and you don't have to save for anything nowdays . No interest for two years no credit history no problem, beneficiery, no problem, bad history, no problem, free phone just sign up to this plan you can't afford but you will look cool. Yep it was a step forward alright we certainly owe more but who owns us really.... I'm an stupid old fart but I still pay cash for what I want....

[Edbear]

Yup! CAn remember my Mum saying that the Universe operated on "Base 12" and Decimal was inferior in Mathematics. Not sure how right she was, but I can remember preferring the "old money" and taking a bit of time to adjust.

[Big Dave]

40 years ago

My lot went before you - 1966 - I remember sixpence for a paddlepop clearly.

[Lias]

Bunch of old farts :-)

PS: If you want to relive the hideous imperial system you can always move to yankland.

[merv]

Big Dave wasn't it 14th of February nineteen sixty six for you Aussies as the jingle went? - damn they didn't worry about Valentines day then.

Here is the jingle:

In come the dollars and in come the cents
to replace the pounds, the shillings and the pence.
Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix
on the 14th of February 1966.

Clink go the cents folks
clink, clink, clink. Changeover day is closer than you think.
Learn the value of the coins and the way that they appear
and things will be much smoother when the decimal point appears.

In come the dollars and in come the cents
to replace the pounds, the shillings and the pence.
Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix
on the 14th of February 1966.

Dollar Bill Decimal Currency Jingle sung to the tune of 'Click go the Shears'