That reminds me of the quote from David Copperfield: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.”
Translation for those unfamiliar with obsolete English currency: 19 pounds 19 shillings 6 pence is 6 pence short of 20 pounds. 20 pounds 0 shillings 6 pence is 6 pence over 20 pounds. The point is that the very small amount of 6 pence over or under your income makes all the difference.
Translation for those unfamiliar with obsolete English currency: 19 pounds 19 shillings 6 pence is 6 pence short of 20 pounds. 20 pounds 0 shillings 6 pence is 6 pence over 20 pounds. The point is that the very small amount of 6 pence over or under your income makes all the difference.