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23-11-2005, 05:46 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 23/11/05 5:08 pm, in article
, "Cat(h)"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:

On 23/11/05 4:07 pm, in article
, "Cat(h)"
wrote:

snip

?39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from ?59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

I'm guessing that's meant to be Euros but what I'm getting is a little
black
dot and the figures following that. It might be better for you if you
spell
out the Euro bit.
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I'll know for future reference.
Isn't it pathetic, though, that many servers and other computersy
things I am utterly illiterate about are not equipped to deal with a
major world currency which is legal tender since 2001?
Grumble.

Yes. ;-)
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Especially since Excel etc have the euro as an option in the currency
department.

Actually I've just discovered that the 4 key on my keyboard has a $ sign if
you press the shift key, and there's a euro sign to the right of the 4, but
I can't find how to make it work. Ctrl doesn't do it.

Steve