Warthog
W:O:A Metalmaster
Originally posted by Brat
never seen it used as a pound sign
but I no it's short for 'number' , eg Serial # 8734 e559 111
Not pounds as in the currency of the UK, but pounds as in the backwards measurement of weight we still use here. In my store's inventory database, for instance, fishing line is categorized as "10#", "25#", etc. Just one of those shorthands that no one remembers.
I mean, before the dawn of email, who really knew that @ stood for "at"?