Rammi

Went to the bank today. Proof of the crap economy: people queued up for an hour (yay, Abbey's slow customer service) to deposit £3-10.

31 responses to this plurk

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:16PM

  Rammi

  does not know why, but the woman handed in a £5, and demanded £2 back.

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:21PM

  Rammi

  says

  basically, the dollar and pound are getting stronger, and the pound's getting a lot weaker...

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:22PM

  Rammi

  says

  which is probably why I've seen so many tourists around lately, taking advantage of the good (for them) exchange rate.

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:24PM

  Rammi

  says

  not that it matters to anyone but me, but £1 used to be 70 Thai baht. Now £1 = 51 Thai baht.

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:30PM

  Yassy

  hopes

  we won't join the €

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:31PM

  Yassy

  says

  I just like the designs on the £s...

• 
  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:34PM

  Telperion

  really? I need to see that.

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:35PM

  Yassy

  says

  heehee and I like my £2 in a form of a coin

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:36PM

  Telperion

  says

  comparing money unit-to-unit is kind of a weird science. especially when you consider that the definition of a dollar used to be...

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:36PM

  Telperion

  says

  ...an ounce of silver.

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:36PM

  Telperion

  says

  Yassy: I wish the Sacagaweas had caught on. I envy Canada their loonies and toonies.

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:37PM

  CoyotePacə

  says

  if I remember correctly, the paper Euros are universal and each nation gets to design the face of its own Euro coins (usable anywhere)

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:38PM

  Alexandra

  loves

  her loonies and toonies. I also love Canada's dollar bills, some of them have short stories on them (like the $5 one having a hockey

• 
  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:38PM

  Alexandra

  story on it).

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  Jan 05, 2009 - 09:39PM

  Yassy

  says

  ooh I shall google that...

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  Jan 06, 2009 - 01:12AM

  tashfeen

  says