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interesting fact
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:51 pm
by mirage
as i work in the building industry and im building up a collection of copper to trade in, it got me thinking about 2p coins.
did you know a pre 1992 97% copper 2p is actually worth 3p in scrap copper.
thats a free
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:51 pm
by Bladerider
Yep !!
However they are even more useful as "penny" washers, although apparently its illegal to drill a hole through the queens head
J.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:51 pm
by Stuart
What an interesting life you lead
Bladey was hypothesising about the same thing the other day. Dullard :lol:
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:21 pm
by Bladerider
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:35 am
by kev@tga
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:36 am
by Nik
LMAO :lol:
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:14 am
by Stuart
James keyboard warrior stance soon changes when we're face to face....he stops yapping like a little puppy then
Back to topic.
Another factoid for you.
Did you know that 50% of the UK Prisons populace cannot read or write?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:05 am
by mirage
50%!, thats huge, how can anyone hope to make it in life (outside of prison) without being able to read or write.
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:43 pm
by Bladerider
stuart wrote:James keyboard warrior stance soon changes when we're face to face....he stops yapping like a little puppy then
Back to topic.
Another factoid for you.
Did you know that 50% of the UK Prisons populace cannot read or write?
50% of them drag their knuckles on the ground too !!!
Still, ya win some ya lose some eh big fella !!!
Your adoring puppy........xxxxx
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:11 pm
by Hugh Janus
another interesting fact for you (this will have you all rummaging through your penny pots) a 2p piece from 1983 is actually worth around the