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House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (US$386 thousand) from source
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1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (US$2,523) from wikipedia -
7 thousand UK Television Licenses
1 Year colour television license, 2011 for £145.50 (US$223.20) from bbc -
300 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (US$95.10) from waterstones -
400 McFlurries
McDonald's Ice Cream for £1.20 (US$1.84)