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The professor nervously checked his sundial watch again. He was used to these sorts of time sensitive matters, but every other time he had done them with a herd of students he hadn't been alone in making sure everyone was holding on to the portkey. He had had Medea around for that...who was unfortunately too busy to assist him this time around.
Breathe, Flamsteed. Breathe. It would be okay...
As long as no one loosened their grip and let go before they should and therefore got plopped somewhere never to be found again. But other than that!
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Originally Posted by Felixir  ...
He knew muggle money, used it all his life and all, but as for how much it was worth? Uhhhh...
"Is it like... uhh... maybe about... ten sickles?" Toby offered, raising his hand as he spoke. Total guess over here; he usually relied on his grandma or the Gringotts goblins to do all the conversion stuff. "Not...quite, Mr. Tempus," he chuckled. "But a valiant guess nonetheless."
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Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked around as she was nervous about taking the Professor to the muggle realm what if he changed into Hook and did magical things, she would keep an eye on him. "Professor can I stay with you?" Angel wanted to spend time with Benny but she wanted to make sure Professor Hookstead didn't come out.
Angel raised her hand. "I think it's worth around 1 galleon and 2 sickles." Angel wasn't really sure about her answer and she was still a bit scared about what was going on today. Was...Miss Valentine asking him to be her buddy for the field trip? He, er, supposed he could do that during the initial stages of the excursion... "I...er...suppose you can," he nodded slowly. No rule against sticking with the professor, after all.
As to her answer...
"Around 2047 that was the conversion rate," he nodded. "But, as always, times have changed it is is no longer that equivalent...but certainly a close guess, Miss Valentine."
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Originally Posted by HeraLecter ....
Hand raised he answered, "Four hundred and ninety three knuts, Professor!"
The only reason he knew that, was because he had purposefully asked the Goblins at Gringotts for KNUTS when exchanging some of his muggle currency so he could buy Ashley eyes. Oh sweet solstice. The astronomer had no choice but to chuckle. Awkwardly, but still a chuckle. "You will need to do a bit of recalculating in a moment, Mr. Zeke."
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "Goldilocks," She corrected solemnly. "And I already did, Sir. Just there!" Goldilocks pointed daintily to the slip of paper she'd handed over, knowing it was the one she'd had because it had a chocolate stain on it. Dreadfully dirty, that was. Didn't chocolate attract bears?! The girl backed away slightly from the door just in case. They could be horribly grumpy, bears.
The boy who'd suggested she sit on the ground got a look. Didn't he know the floor was much too hard for her to get comfortable on? She shook her head, curls bouncing slightly as she did. She wouldn't be doing that. She was going to keep him, though. He was juuuust right for a buddy. Perfect height for her to lean against and so she rested her head on his arm and relaxed. This was much better.
Peeking into the Cooper girl's envelope, Goldilocks rifled around. If she lost her ticket she'd simply take another. With this many people, it'd be easy to make sure she got into the space centre! As for the money, the girl's eyes lit up as she looked it over. "Surely it's enough to buy lots of porridge!"
What? Oh. Oops.
Apparently his nerves were getting the better of him and he hadn't realized that he was already clutching the permission slip. Sweet solstice. If it had been a dugbog it would have bit his fingers off. Those creatures did that sort of thing, right?
And....wait...had she just referred to herself as Goldilocks? Airey squinted at the Ravenclaw and, while he had just told Miss Valentine he would stick with her, it was becoming clear he needed to stick by Miss Cooper.
Porridge. Right.
"Read any good books lately, Miss Cooper?"
SPOILER!!: 1 galleon answers! Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Soph was inevitably glad that Flamsteed hadn't made a big deal out of her strange greeting to him, but all in all, she supposed he owed her anyway after having been weird to her earlier in the term when he was Hooksteed. Now they were even.
She peered into her envelope as instructed when class began and sifted through the items, immediately taking a special interest in the bank note just as Flamsteed pointed it out to them, and she tried to catch Toby's eye as a belated thought to the professor's mentioning of the buddy system.
Wouldn't he be her buddy?
At the professor's question, Soph raised a hand to answer. THIS Ravenclaw knew enough about Muggle money, having had to convert it loads of times before for various outings, and she peeked at the number '5' on the money before speaking up, "Five pounds is worth about a galleon to us, professor, isn't it?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararara Norah grinned at Professor Flamsteed, bouncing along with him. HOORAY FOR EXCITEMENT! Fifteen whole minutes? That wasn't for aaaaages. The second year fidgeted in her muggle clothes as the professor explained all the rules. Yawn.
And then they were looking at money! Perking up, Norah pulled out the muggle bill and held it close to her nose, inspecting all the colors. She noted the very cool crown on the lady on the paper's head, and listened to Professor Flamsteed's question. The bill looked different than the kinds of muggle money her grandparents used, but they were in France and THIS one said England on it. Raising a hand, the hufflepuff chanced a guess. "Is it five galleons, sir?" It DID have a five on it. That was convincing enough for her, yep. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Sam raised her eyebrows in interest. "Ooh, sounds fun and interesting, Professor," she said brightly.
Sam raised her hand. "I think that muggle money is equivalent to one galleon," she replied, uncertain if she had calculated the figure correctly. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy It was almost time to go!! After beaming at her best friend, Lux made sure to listen carefully to Professor Flamsteed's instructions. The last thing she wanted to do was go missing in the National Space Centre. Opening the envelope, she looked inside to make sure that she had everything that was needed.
At his question, she raised her hand. "I think it's worth about one galleon." Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Hadleigh cringed when the Professor began telling them they would be portkeying there. She'd only done that once and it wasn't very good for her, it had made her sick. Though on her defense she had been much younger then. She just hoped that wouldn't happen today.
As the Professor spoke to them all he had her complete attention. No magic. No wandering off. Ect. Ect. Nod. Nod. She got it all and he didn't have to worry about any of that from her.
Peering into the envelop with her name on it like they had been told she saw both her ticket and the five pounds. Awesome! Some spending money would be nice. Maybe she'd be able to manage it where she could get something to eat as well as something from the shops...if she did things right. It was worth a try. Closing the envelop she slipped it into her backpack so it wouldn't get lost for the moment.
Raising her hand she replied. "That would be worth about one galleon Professor." She knew that because well her parents and all. Grinning she looked around the room once. Did she really need a partner though? Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Jasmine watched as student after student filed into the classroom. Seeing her friends, she responded to their greetings. When her little buddy Norah came to stand next to her, Jasmine said, "Hello there Miss Norah". She really liked the younger girl. She was a bundle of energy and a lot of fun. Then Jasmine also had waves for Lux and Adi.
Before Jasmine knew it, class was starting. She was getting more and more excited about the field trip and she couldn't wait to see the Space Center. First though, ther was a question to be answered. Looking at the muggle money that the Professor showed, Jasmine knew that it was five pounds. Converting the money in her head, she raised her hand. "That is worth about one galleon", Jasmine stated. Trying to keep all of the exchange rates straight in her head was often challenging. She had to know American and British money, as well as Euros and Wizarding money. It was exhausting at times. Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Jasmine and Samantha were also here, so there was a good chance that she and Thornton would survive the field trip. It was almost time to leave! Penelope listened to the professor's instructions. Opening her envelope, she checked to make sure that the ticket and the money were inside. "Five pounds is worth 1 galleon, professor."
"Back in 2001 and again several times over the following years, the galleon and the 5 pound note were in a perfect exchange. However, as of January 2085, the exchange rate between the muggle pound and wizarding galleon has shifted so that now 5 pounds is equivalent to 1 galleon 11 sickles and 6 knuts." Salute to you students. This was part of your dose of Muggle Studies for the day. Hard to avoid the topic given the destination. "This means that you should have plenty of muggle money to spend on lunch and something small from the gift shop." Or however they chose to spend their money. Forgo lunch for a slightly larger and more impressive item from the gift shop if they wished. All compliments of stellar budgeting on the professor's behalf with the Astronomy budget for the term. And some from the term before.
All clear? Excellent.
Checking his sundial watch nervously again, the manly squeaked and quickly tugged the sleeve of his suit jacket over the watch. "Alright everyone. There are three portkeys here on the table - an enlarged chocolate bar shaped doggie chew toy, a large wooden spoon, and a large kazoo which is also called a Kazoobie KaZobo." Which he took for himself. Now...where were his seventh years... "Miss Guidry, you hold on to the wooden spoon, please," he said as he handed it over to the prefect. "Miss Cambridge, you hold on to the chocolate bar shaped doggie chew toy." And thus it was handed over. "Everyone else, get to a portkey and hold on to it TIGHT. We will be departing in 45...44....43 seconds...42...Miss Cooper, you come stand by me...38...37..."
OOC: Some of you may have used this wizarding money converter to reach your 1 galleon response or came to the conclusion from HP wiki. Who knows how money will look in the year 2085, so I played with a bit of numbers and used the method described in this article just for funsies. Just as the pound's and dollar's value fluctuates, so too does the galleon. Weeeeeeeee MATH! It's all just for a bit of IC fun 
Class will resume as soon as I have time to post after sleep. Hopefully approximately 12 hours from the time of this post. At that point, I will create a new thread for the National Space Centre to go frolic about in 
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