Benjamin Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 The pound has just hit a 14 year high of 1.98$ to the pound.What are we all doing sat here in the cold eeking out our pension money?Why aren't we all sitting in condos in Florida drinking Ernst & Gallio Californian red and watching the sun set with a couple of Detroit gas guzzlers parked on the drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Because, Benjamin, we are British. So, we don't like living in condos; we prefer our own house with our own gardens and no neighbours below or above us. We have better sense than to sit in the sun all day, getting skin that looks like boot leather. We feel guilty if we are contributing to global warming. We don't like the way Americans talk and generally conduct themselves. And we have a sort of Protestant mindset that says we need discomfort in life. Do you need any more reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Does this mean petrol should come further down in price, being priced in dollars as it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Does this mean petrol should come further down in price, being priced in dollars as it is?[/quote]Possibly - but usually oil companies just absorb currency fluctuations,so personally I doubt it. Most large oil companies don't hedge currencyexposures: the sums involved are too large for banks to cope with. Ispent a few (asoundingly dull) weeks working in the teasuary dept. of acertain major oil company as part of my corporate education, and partof the job was to get the best rates lending cash to banks overnight sothat they could cover deposit requirements. Certainly opened my eyes asto who had all the world's money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Its not that easy to emigrate to the states is it ?Nows the time to book a trip for the USA January sales, or even buy online, (but remember the duty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Do you think we should be worried? I know that the US economy is not asproportionally large as it once was, but I can't help feeling that itsmelting down could be a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Better start buying dollars now for my trip to Sebring in March, eh Cassis?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I reckon you may need a wheelbarrow, Coops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Benjamin - I'm the only one allowed to do eeking around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Does this mean petrol should come further down in price, being priced in dollars as it is?[/quote]With the price of a barrel of Oil having risen this evening by a massive 7%. Hopefully, it is only a temporary blob, otherwise a petrol price rise may well be in the pipeline.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]Benjamin - I'm the only one allowed to do eeking around here.[/quote]I thought you did eeeeeeeking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 It all depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diotima Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 [quote user="Benjamin"]Why aren't we all sitting in condos in Florida drinking Ernst & Gallio Californian red and watching the sun set with a couple of Detroit gas guzzlers parked on the drive?[/quote]Because Florida is drop-dead boring, it's flat - flat doesn't get any flatter than Florida, there's no scenery; on two visits, a road in central Florida that had a bend in it with a tree at the bend, constituted the best scenery we saw. France is often pretty, fairly often stunning, and nearly always interesting. The Florida climate is dreadful for three months of the year, when wealthy Floridians go to New England to get away from it. And the health system is far better in France - fancy a consultation with a doctor for $100? And that was what it cost me in 1994.But apart from that, it's o.k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Seriously, folks, where is the place/what is the best way to exchange euros for dollars at the moment? (Or at any time for that matter.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 btw PayPal rate is now 2 to the £! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 How about a bit of sympathy for those of us who are paid (effectively) in US dollars but have expenses in Euros and Sterling.I've had a massive pay cut in the past couple of years due to continueing weakness of the US dollar - its set my retirement plans way back [:(]ps. Its raining here in the UAE like you wouldn't believe - magic. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumGirl Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 [quote user="sweet 17"] We don't like the way Americans talk and generally conduct themselves. [/quote]Well, that's pretty clear...PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 And, of course, not generally true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 [quote user="sweet 17"]Because, Benjamin, we are British. So, we don't like living in condos; we prefer our own house with our own gardens and no neighbours below or above us. We have better sense than to sit in the sun all day, getting skin that looks like boot leather. We feel guilty if we are contributing to global warming. We don't like the way Americans talk and generally conduct themselves. And we have a sort of Protestant mindset that says we need discomfort in life. Do you need any more reasons?[/quote] Just remember sweet 17....There are many Americans laying under the Normandy soil that have given you the freedom and choice to do and say that .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 So can we all be friends again? [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 [quote user="Pancake"][quote user="sweet 17"]Because, Benjamin, weare British. So, we don't like living in condos; we prefer ourown house with our own gardens and no neighbours below or aboveus. We have better sense than to sit in the sun all day, gettingskin that looks like boot leather. We feel guilty if we arecontributing to global warming. We don't like the way Americanstalk and generally conduct themselves. And we have a sort ofProtestant mindset that says we need discomfort in life. Do youneed any more reasons?[/quote] Just remember sweet 17....There are many Americans laying under theNormandy soil that have given you the freedom and choice to do and saythat ..[/quote]Not to mention Britons, Australians, Canadians, French, South Africans,New Zealanders, Indians, Germans (I don't suppose that they wanted tobe shot, after all) and many, many others. It was a World War. A lot ofpeople took part. It is hardly just to complain that the death of onecountered for more than the death of the others, whatever Hollywoodmight like to have us believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 i stand humbled and corrected. my heartfelt apologies to all americans on the forum and elsewhere. of course, it was just a flippant remark which i did not stop to think might give a lot of offence.i think it's the sort of remark that friends make when they are joshing each other and i certainly did not mean it to be taken seriouslypossum girl, you might like to know that in private conversations, whenever americans are slated, i do tend to defend them. after all, they ARE the most generous nation in the world and are almost always the first to step forward offering help whenever there is some sort of catastrophe; eg the tsunamii can only apologise again for a thoughtless remark and will be more careful in future about how my "jokes" might go down with others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Ha ha ...sweet17,your forgiven... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Pancake - was it up to you to forgive? I don't think so. And why 'ha ha'? (you're, by the way, not your). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Dick Smith....I am the all forgiving Wizard.......he eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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