13 Apr
2003
13 Apr
'03
12:21 a.m.
At 09:34 PM 4/12/03 -0500, Jamie Lawrence wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Iraq owes a billion (US ) pounds (Sterling) to Russia [...]
Without touching on the discussion on hand, can you please explain what
this means?
I don't understand what US pounds Sterling are.
Fair nuff, mate. The Brits think a billion is something other than 1e9. So "billion" here meant 1e9. Pounds meant about a buck and a half to two, the going rate for Brit bucks AFAIK. Taint no such thang as US pounds Sterling. And we're supposed to be metric, according to Congress, twice :-)