Hi Bill;
I do hope that Britain never adopts the Euro. We British will get far too
confused when travelling to Continental Europe without the need for currency
conversion.
As for the Loonie and Toonie, from my adopted Colonial nation: The Loonie
is a one Canadian Dollar coin, so named because there is a picture of a Loon
on every one. When the two Canadian dollar coin came out, it was a natural
fit (well, for Canadians, anyway) to call it a Toonie. Or is it a Twonie?
I don't think I know.
By the way, there is still a factory in the British town of Doncaster that
is producing tractors with Whitworth-sized nuts and bolts!
Tim Dyer, Proprietor
Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals
427 Kings Creek Road, RR3
Ashton, Ontario, K0A 1B0, Canada
Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_
(http://www.kingscreektrees.com/)
Proud member of Landscape Ontario (the Ontario association of Horticulture
Industry professionals), the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and
Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario
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