Cents = pennies in US jargon, mate.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Hendrik and Fay <heni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was that round about the currency change over? > The meter in pennies and fare in cents? > > Hendrik > who is not old enough to remember that far back, well more than two days > and I'm buggered > > On 29/01/14 07:41, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >> For everyone's benefit, Australia has a no tipping mentality, or used to >> have one. 40 years ago if you tried to tip a Sydney cabbie he would bite >> your hand off. The meters ran in pennies, so it was always tempting to >> "round up". I remember being driven for what seemed like forever and the >> fare came to 28 OZ cents. >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
