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		helsinkiandrew on March 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding British Money: What's a Quid? A Shil... And as well as Ton and Pony there's: - "Score" - £20 - "Nicker" - £1 Or if you want to go full cockney "Deep Sea Diver" or "Lady Godiva" £5 (fiver), and "Ayrton Senna" for £10 (tenner)

simonh on March 4, 2023 [–]

My desktop host name is fiver after the character from Watership Down (and it’s a 5k iMac), so the VM I run on it is Godiva.

finnh on March 4, 2023 | [–]

Funny, mine is "fivek". I bought that machine the first week it was available, I'd been waiting and waiting for a large hires screen so the name fell right out.

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