Was confused at the tone of the discussion, until I realised that in the States, paper money starts at the equivalent of 50 pence. In the UK, paper money starts at around 9 dollars. So I suppose our shul’s are a lot more jangly. So I suppose the level of annoyance at in-prayer banking is reduced over there. So that’s one thing I’ll concede our colonial cousins have over us, although we are still ahead in our political system, politicians, choice of national sport, choice of secondary sports, choice of head of state, health system, driving side, grammar and general command of the English language, and, I’m sure, numerous further details that will doubtless occur to me at a later date.
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