Comments on: for what it’s worth

By: vit

vit — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:08:33 +0000

I still have to convert things from euros into escudos (luckily 200 became 1 euro) then into pounds (300ish to a pound)to know what something’s worth. I give up usually… “what’s that? €40 per kilo of cherries…erm yeah, that’s reasonable!”

By: céline

céline — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:54:40 +0000

Until 1991 – just like you haven’t got used to the Euro, I still view Twixes with suspicion and think of my good ol’ Raiders when buying and munching them. I’m a creature of habbit, me.

By: petite anglaise

petite anglaise — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:45:41 +0000

Raider? When were they called Raiders?

By: céline

céline — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:45:18 +0000

Twix? Surely you mean Raider? :-)

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:44:27 +0000

I just try not to think about it, for fear that my head might explode. I do miss the colorful Dutch money though…

By: ViVi

ViVi — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:43:48 +0000

I (obviously) arrived after the change, and I’m quite lucky since the euro isnt that far off from the dollar (1 euro = $1.20 or thereabouts). My hubby is handling the change pretty well, but the other day confessed there are still items he still thinks about in francs (that day it was car prices). Seeing as he’s a math teacher, he still calculates it very quickly, much to my frustration!

By: petite anglaise

petite anglaise — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:42:57 +0000

mm so I’m not alone then.

multiplying by 6.599517 or whatever it is is not the easiest thing either. I had to revise my six and seven times tables.

By: Watski

Watski — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:42:35 +0000

The problem in the UK is the fact that most of the population wont be able to do the maths, this seems to be the biggest anti-Euro argument.

People dont care whether it would be financially better for them, they just want to be safe in the knowledge that no-one is ripping them off for a can of beans.
Watski

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:40:42 +0000

I agree, the euro is great. Luckily I arrived here after the change so I don’t have to worry about all those francs unless my colleagues start talking about house prices in ‘balles’. Then I get seriously confused :-/

For student loans, I just ring them up and give them my CB number. Works a treat. Never bother with real cash transfers.

By: claypot

claypot — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:39:21 +0000

I love the Euro, it’s like monopoly money. If you don’t know what it’s worth, you can’t feel guilty spending it. Tip: go to Ireland. It seems to be the only country that has ever benefited from the EU. Last time I was home visiting the folks, I bought armfuls of clothes, for like, uh, minus pence. (Worse than you, I kind of half everything to get pounds…)