euro daze part d'OH

[SilverHood]

if NOBODY bought shrimps, then prices would fall...

nobody but yourself to blame TdC, supply and demand


That said, on the Dublin note.... my cousin wasn't best pleased at getting 10 euro's instead of £10 when he had his first birthday after the shift

and yeah, Ireland is rough on the wallet :/
Going over there for new years eve, and I know I'll spend more than I should.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

One thing i simply cannot stand about when ever this topic is talked about anywhere is the whole "POUND WINS" argument, which is fair enough if they had any idea why 90% of them want to keep.
The Sun saying its bad seems enough for some people

And when challenged about it they bring up example of the "higher prices in that foreign country innit, and yeah... the sun says its bad like"

We (Britain) are just being bloody wusses when it comes to it and have kept ourselves out this long. Just hurry up and get on with it so we can start influencing decisions.

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by SilverHood

nobody but yourself to blame TdC

I will eat your eyes!!1

I've calmed down a bit though. Installing Oracle teaches one the true meaning of zen (or apathy, whichever state you reach first).

 

[xane]

Originally posted by L_Plates
Thats what usually happens. They say prices will fall but they dont.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but personally I'd rather not be using it when our country is flooded with American and Japanese imports and what is left of our manufacturing industry is a memory, but at least we'd still have old Brenda on the notes eh ?

If you think a country with a declining industry, a population only kept alive by migration, and a steady deterioration in technological innovation is going to survive outside an economic trade bloc the you are living on a cloud.

If you don't take the Euro now, in about 30-50 years time you'll be taking the Dollar or the Yen anyways.

Britain can be strong in Europe, and a major contributor, even with old enemies like France and Germany set against us, whereas outside of it we would be no more than a minor player in the American and East Asian trading circles.

I agree with DMW, too many people are influenced by the foreign owned media in this country, the same media whose stunningly accurate reporting claimed Mr McCartney had a little boy called Joseph a few weeks back.

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by xane
I agree with DMW, too many people are influenced by the foreign owned media in this country, the same media whose stunningly accurate reporting claimed Mr McCartney had a little boy called Joseph a few weeks back.

That was The Mirror. A strong supporter of the Euro

 

[xane]

Originally posted by Wij
That was The Mirror. A strong supporter of the Euro

The scoop was the Mirror, the other newspapers followed like little sheep.

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by xane
The scoop was the Mirror, the other newspapers followed like little sheep.

I think my point still stands though

 

[SilverHood]

Originally posted by Wij
I think my point still stands though

that the brits are like sheep???

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by SilverHood
that the brits are like sheep???

The Welsh like sheep iirc.

 

[xane]

Originally posted by Wij
I think my point still stands though

No it doesn't, the media don't check their sources and report any old crap to sell them, I could probably have a dig around and come up with countless examples from all newspapers over the last few years.

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by Testin da Cable
I will eat your eyes!!1

I've calmed down a bit though. Installing Oracle teaches one the true meaning of zen (or apathy, whichever state you reach first).

I dont need to install Oracle to learn the true meaning of apathy...its one of my gifts

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by xane
No it doesn't, the media don't check their sources and report any old crap to sell them, I could probably have a dig around and come up with countless examples from all newspapers over the last few years.

Yes but not just the anti-Euro papers was my point

 

[mr.Blacky]

Originally posted by DaGaffer
Yes and no. I used to work in the books business and had a direct comparison between the UK (no net book agreement) and France & Germany (book agreements) - in the UK, book 'rrp' prices went up as you said, but price competition brought them back down again - in Germany, they went up and stayed up. Given the rise in average disposable income between now and a few years ago, the cost of a book is cheaper in real terms in the UK than it was; in Germany and other regulated markets, its substantially more expensive.

And the odd thing is books in english are cheaper in Holland then the Dutch versions..and always have been even originally dutch books, that is one of the reasons I only buy english books.