Happy days when there were 240 pence to the pound and a kid living in Germany and getting a pound at Christmas found it gave him 12 marks to spend on toys that were lightyears ahaed of those in UK toyshops and were stamped 'Made in the American zone'
--- On Fri, 11/28/08, Brian on Harnser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Brian on Harnser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: VAT To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 28, 2008, 8:49 PM on 27/11/2008, Reg supposed : > Posted by: "Nigel Stanley" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is all getting very off-topic, but many people think the pound > has been significantly over-valued because of the over-dominance of > financial services in the economy since Mrs Thatcher's city big bang > in 1987. This has not been helped by government and Bank of England > wanting an over-valued pound to bear down on inflation - one reason > why our interest rates are often higher than elsewhere. > ___________________________________________ > > I don't see it that way. In about 1970, I bought from Germany some > components to build a radio ham TV transmitter. I got about 9DM for £1. > > By the time just before the Euro arrived, I got about 3DM to a pound. > Today it's ¤1.1930 to a pound. In May 2008, I got ¤1.2595 using my > Nationwide credit card in Germany. > > In June 2006, I got ¤1.3902. In Nov 2005, I got ¤1.4414. (I keep > records of diesel costs for my car.) > I can remember when two and six was known as half a dollar, ie 4 dollars to the pound ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
