You know about Guineas ? I thought I was the last one left !Originally Posted by orchidsal
Oh Geoff; For this high crime we will fine you 100 Guineas and send you to the Tower. Believe me your getting off lite. The Thai exporter will get far worse. I know, I have been watching to many BBC Dramas................................AL
When I started work in the firm where I spent the last 40 years of my working life, they sent the bill out to clients, once every three months - in guineas.
The old basis in law firms was charge in guineas , the lawyers take the pounds, and the clerks take the shillings ( one shilling was one twentieth of a pound sterling - and one guinea was one and one twentieth pounds).
When I became a partner in the firm, I scrapped all that,. and sent out the bills with the work, and in pounds sterling. The old senior partners wept into their beer saying I would ruin the firm , but I found the clients actually liked it.
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