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In a message dated 11/17/05 6:09:37 AM, elainegh8@... writes:


> So true! I once spent over $200 on groceries
>
-=-in pounds sterling?-=-

I always vaguely guess £100 --twice as many dollars as pounds, but you can
check the current rates with google.
US$ 200 = 115.989097 British pounds

And I don't even mean use google to find an exchange page.

I typed the question
what is $200 in pounds sterling?
into the google search box and the next page said

US$ 200 = 115.989097 British pounds

Isn't that cool? Someone showed me that google does math conversions if you
just ask it a simple question.

I asked "How many feet in a mile?"
Google says:
 1 mile = 5 280 feet


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Deb

--- In [email protected], SandraDodd@a... wrote:

>
> US$ 200 = 115.989097 British pounds
>
> Isn't that cool? Someone showed me that google does math
>conversions if you
> just ask it a simple question.
Whch is 171.159606 Euros (I just had to try that out - it's cool!)
--Deb

elainegh8

Very cool. Just don't ask it how many fluid ounces to a pint. US
pints are bigger than UK ones. Many's the recipe that's been ruined
by not knowing that one.

£116 is a lot of money to us. We spend a little over half that
around £60 a week on groceries, loo roll,cat food etc We do get
organic veggies, fruit, milk and eggs and tofu as we've got a great
delivery service that supports local farms and I HATE food shopping.
None of us drive so we end up really tired after shopping for food.
Delivery is great! I think food is generally more expensive over
here but I do enjoy cooking so that really helps.

DD has been bitten by the cooking bug too. She's also just asked me
if I'd like a hot drink as she was making one. That's so nice. I
didn't need one but I told her I really appreciated the offer. She's
9 :)

BWs Elaine

> > So true! I once spent over $200 on groceries
> >
> -=-in pounds sterling?-=-
>
> I always vaguely guess £100 --twice as many dollars as pounds,
but you can
> check the current rates with google.
> US$ 200 = 115.989097 British pounds
>
> And I don't even mean use google to find an exchange page.
>
> I typed the question
> what is $200 in pounds sterling?
> into the google search box and the next page said
>
> US$ 200 = 115.989097 British pounds
>
> Isn't that cool? Someone showed me that google does math
conversions if you
> just ask it a simple question.
>
> I asked "How many feet in a mile?"
> Google says:
>  1 mile = 5 280 feet
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Deb

--- In [email protected], "elainegh8"
<elainegh8@h...> wrote:
>
>
> £116 is a lot of money to us. We spend a little over half that
> around £60 a week on groceries, loo roll,cat food etc We do get
> organic veggies, fruit, milk and eggs and tofu as we've got a great
> delivery service that supports local farms and I HATE food shopping.
> None of us drive so we end up really tired after shopping for food.
> Delivery is great!

First I had a nice chuckle at 'loo roll' LOL as I translated that
to 'toilet paper'.

We've also used a delivery service from one of our local grocery
stores (not anything special, just the standard groceries). It was a
real lifesaver when DH was working part time and I was working full
time. And, when we got back from the Live and Learn conference and we
all had the flu and almost no food in the house (we were gone for 2
weeks and my parents - our dogsitters - just bought what they needed
so supplies were quite dwindled). But we popped into the website from
DH's laptop while propped up in bed and placed the order. We just had
to save up enough energy to be dressed (reasonably) and ready to take
delivery - they bring it right to the kitchen table!

elainegh8

If you're rather coarse like me it also gets called bog roll. lol
Yes delivery services have been an absolute godsend for us. We have
a choice of 3 supermarkets that deliver in our city as well as the
organic veggie box scheme.

There's also a wholefood wholesaler that will deliver for a minimum
order of £100 so a few of us group together and my friend with a car
brings the stuff round to me.

Before delivery services I would lose a whole day a week because of
having to shop. I have a disability and get very tired, a heavy
shopping trip wipes me out. Sometimes the fatigue would roll over in
to the next day as well.

As dd goes to her dad's every weekend my losing a day a week was
very significant for her. Now we get delivery we can still go in to
town and do a tiny shop or go in to town and hang out but it's not
the huge chore it used to be. Delivery services = unschooling
friendly.

I have even bought online a sewing machine as a pressie for my older
daughter, a phone for my younger daughter, stocking fillers and a
pair of walking boots for me.

BWs Elaine


> First I had a nice chuckle at 'loo roll' LOL as I translated that
> to 'toilet paper'.
>
> We've also used a delivery service from one of our local grocery
> stores (not anything special, just the standard groceries). It was
a
> real lifesaver when DH was working part time and I was working
full
> time. And, when we got back from the Live and Learn conference and
we
> all had the flu and almost no food in the house (we were gone for
2
> weeks and my parents - our dogsitters - just bought what they
needed
> so supplies were quite dwindled). But we popped into the website
from
> DH's laptop while propped up in bed and placed the order. We just
had
> to save up enough energy to be dressed (reasonably) and ready to
take
> delivery - they bring it right to the kitchen table!
>

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In a message dated 11/17/05 3:42:55 PM, elainegh8@... writes:


> If you're rather coarse like me it also gets called bog roll.
>

Here, sometimes the very dainty grandma-like people might call it "bathroom
tissue" or "t.p." so that they didn't actually pronounce the nasty "toilet"
word. <g>

-=- as well as the
organic veggie box scheme.
-=-

Brits use the word "scheme" as we use "plan" or "project." There might be a
tax plan here, or a city roads project, but in England they might call those
"tax schemes" and such. Here, a scheme is a sneaky deal someone hopes to
get away with without being caught. (The explanation is so that the north
American readership won't think some organic veggie-box group is scamming poor
innocent buyers.)

Sandra



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elainegh8

Lol! Thanks Sandra. Divided by a common language.

BWs Elaine

> Brits use the word "scheme" as we use "plan" or "project." There
might be a
> tax plan here, or a city roads project, but in England they might
call those
> "tax schemes" and such. Here, a scheme is a sneaky deal someone
hopes to
> get away with without being caught. (The explanation is so that
the north
> American readership won't think some organic veggie-box group is
scamming poor
> innocent buyers.)
>
> Sandra