I was in the UK recently and I don't think they can afford our half price houses. They still make the same pay but there goods have doubled in price. Most place sell bottled water for 2 pounds and a sandwich at a petrol station is 6-8 pounds. You can't eat at even a cheap restaurant for less than 9 pound a person, and that's not including the drinks. That's not London, that's in the country.
The one good thing is that computers are finally almost as cheap as they are in the US. On 10/16/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know nobody seems to care but me, and I know I was 3 years too early > in predicting this, but WOW. > > Just think: you, as an American, are worth HALF of what you were in > 2000. HALF! Remember when we thought this shit only happened in 3rd > World countries? > > A 1M dollar house in the US which used to cost a European 1.5M, now > costs him $700,000. Scary. > > ------------------- > > HONG KONG, Oct. 16, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- > The US dollar hovered near all-time lows against the euro in afternoon > trade in Asia Tuesday after outgoing International Monetary Fund > Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato said the greenback is 'overvalued.' > > In a news conference in Washington Monday, de Rato said there is still > 'room for further > depreciation' of the dollar. > > 'And if you look at the futures markets, you will see that the markets > are also seeing more or less the same,' said de Rato. > > At 1.00 pm (0500 GMT), the euro was trading at 1.4204 dollars from > 1.4201 in Sydney this > morning and 1.4210 in late New York trade. The euro hit an all-time > high of 1.4283 dollars on Oct 1. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
