Barrels of wine? In the early days of Australian settlement barrels of RUM
were the local currency. Now that's a man's drink
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From: "Michael Strutt" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: centimeter scales and thumbs, bushels, quarters, guineas


> Michiel Bartels wrote:
>
> > Or shall we turn back the clock and deal in . . . barrels of wine again?
> >
>
> OH, if only we could deal in barrels of wine again!!!!!
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>
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> Michael Strutt
> Staff Archeologist
> Center For Historic Preservation
> Middle Tennessee State University
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> "Work is the curse of the drinking classes" - Oscar Wilde