Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 11:36 PM 10/1/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: > >> The A$ is certaily not pegged to the US$. When I visited the States in 2001, >> we got US$0.52 for our dollar, yet it is now "worth" US$68. > > > The Australian dollar really increased in value by 13,077% relative to the > US dollar in the past two years? Wow!
Indeed! Notice the inverted commas around "worth"? I didn't say this is what we would get. Regards, Ray. (wannabe American millionaire) PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l