The message 20050203102356.GE52285@amnesiac.heapspace.net from Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk contains these words:
<nostalgia-alert>If you ask me the rot set in when we dispensed with good old shillings and pence.</nostalgia-alert>
I missed that bit, see, being a mere youngster... I remember half pence pieces though, they where fun :)
Yoofertoday! I remember when groats were legal tender...