The past is a different country. They do things differently there.

[Ecneps]

                           Well, Grandpa Is only 58 years old.

Surely televisions were around before 1950?  Perhaps the article was written a few years ago?

Barbara 

[Lynn H]

Hi, I just googled tv and it was invented in 1927. So sonething is wrong with the riddle.

                                   Lynn.

[Pels.]

Hi, I just googled tv and it was invented in 1927. So sonething is wrong with the riddle.

                                   Lynn.

And what about my penicillin Lynn .. ..

Well the advance of penicillin saved a lot of lives in World War 2 .. ..

Pels 

[Lynn H]

Penicilin was the early 40s.

It would seem to me that grandpa lied about his age. 

                                                Lynn.

[Lydart]

So what IS the answer to £249.12s. 4 1/4d divided by 13 ?

And convert to decimal currency !






(I have to confess I can't remember how to even start such a sum !)

[Gadget]

I've not worked it out but don't you remember, it went something like this:

  13)249   12 4 1/4       19
              40                        4


So it's £19. 4 shillings and less than a farthing 

[Lydart]

I say, I'm impressed !

No idea if its right, but I'm very impressed ! 



So in decimal it would be about £19.20 ?

[Gadget]

and a bit - its easier with a calculator 

Did you ever do your 13 x tables - we only went up to 12 

[Lydart]

We were taught 13 times, but I never learned it !

Arithmetic/maths is my waterloo ... dyslexia caused me to be totally defeated by anything to do with numbers !   Words were bad enough ... but numbers ... no !!