Tezza
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Just checked the exchange rate and the spot rate is 1.17 or 1euro is 85p. I have no doubt it will go up again in a day or two . But the general trend is down down down .
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Hi Tezza,
I loaded my Caxton card when it was High last year as the pound earns noting in my bank,so have a little buffer.
The Fuel is still cheaper in europe and with free Aires it's a win win over there,But we still can't go till all Hospital appointments are sorted.:mad2:
Snowbirds
I loaded my Caxton card when it was High last year as the pound earns noting in my bank,so have a little buffer.
The Fuel is still cheaper in europe and with free Aires it's a win win over there,But we still can't go till all Hospital appointments are sorted.:mad2:
Snowbirds
Tezza
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Yes I have been puttin and exchanging on my revolut. I think if it goes above 120 again I will put put and change a shedfull. I can't see it going up much above that for the foreseeable future.
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I went to Canada a couple of weeks ago and loaded £2000 to Canadian $ on my Caxton card I left card on kitchen table on my way out the door so when I got home after all this ****** stuff I checked the balance on my card it was £2140 so exchanged back into pounds it's not all negative . Think I'll buy a lottery ticket
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Yes abosolute disaster for anybody changing £'s into anything, we have the Brexitiers to thank for that. The small rises that had recently been seen of UK purchasers of homes in France and Spain, has now once more been killed off stone dead.
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maingate
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Were we Brexiters to blame when it was 1:1 a few years back?
In a fairly short time you will be thanking us. Oh I forget, you are going to live in La La land.
I hope Tezza does better than when Gordon broon sold our Gold stocks off. Well, you could not do any worse really.
In a fairly short time you will be thanking us. Oh I forget, you are going to live in La La land.
I hope Tezza does better than when Gordon broon sold our Gold stocks off. Well, you could not do any worse really.
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Let's just get on with it
To blame ****** after such a short time is pointless, I voted to remain but we must accept the majority and get on with it, currencies always fluctuate, just on this occasion a downward trend was predicted, now if the government can negotiate a satisfactory deal who knows maybe Boris and his side of the debate were right,only time will tell, I for one am not going to dwell on the past, we need to get on with it, if we had voted remain the next few years would have been a lot smoother, but we didn't so the next few years will be a bit of a roller coaster, but who knows after that, only time may tell us which side of the debate was right, but even then we may never know
To blame ****** after such a short time is pointless, I voted to remain but we must accept the majority and get on with it, currencies always fluctuate, just on this occasion a downward trend was predicted, now if the government can negotiate a satisfactory deal who knows maybe Boris and his side of the debate were right,only time will tell, I for one am not going to dwell on the past, we need to get on with it, if we had voted remain the next few years would have been a lot smoother, but we didn't so the next few years will be a bit of a roller coaster, but who knows after that, only time may tell us which side of the debate was right, but even then we may never know
Tezza
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Ohhh I don't know ...have a look at the prices Gideot got for his sales.Were we Brexiters to blame when it was 1:1 a few years back?
In a fairly short time you will be thanking us. Oh I forget, you are going to live in La La land.
I hope Tezza does better than when Gordon broon sold our Gold stocks off. Well, you could not do any worse really.
by the way troll....I mentioned the euro dropping. I did not give a reason...I did not make a political point. But the resident troll ups it again. Carry on grumps. People are getting to know you. If I said I loved the Torys you would find an excuse to have a go. But I'm giving you warning......keep it up
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Were we Brexiters to blame when it was 1:1 a few years back?
In a fairly short time you will be thanking us. Oh I forget, you are going to live in La La land.
I hope Tezza does better than when Gordon broon sold our Gold stocks off. Well, you could not do any worse really.
It's alright you coming on here all blasé about currency Mainwaring, but I noticed that at the naked cycle ride yesterday
you were the only one with his wallet firmly strapped around his waist.
Here's how the world naked bike ride went down in Newcastle | Metro News
Dezi :cheers:
lebesset
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the bank of england have set aside £250 billion to support the financial markets
they are supporting the £ at the €1.20 level so that should be ok until the reserves run out ; of course it's our money that is going down the pan
they are supporting the £ at the €1.20 level so that should be ok until the reserves run out ; of course it's our money that is going down the pan
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I have just checked my investments and they are at their highest this year (at least at the time I did my occasional printouts). They are higher than December 2015 and I have cashed in some to help my Grandson purchase and insure a car after he passed his driving test.
As for changing Pounds to Euros at 1.17, if it were me I would hold off for now. The Pound will stabilise shortly and with only more bad news coming out of Euroland, I see the Euro weakening even further.
A more savvy person would have changed at least some of their money when the exchange rate was more lucrative. Timing is everything as that famous Cat Burglar Dezi will confirm.
As for your remark about my 'wallet' on the naked bike ride Dezi, it only contained a soothing cream, which is essential for riding a bike when naked. :sad:
As for changing Pounds to Euros at 1.17, if it were me I would hold off for now. The Pound will stabilise shortly and with only more bad news coming out of Euroland, I see the Euro weakening even further.
A more savvy person would have changed at least some of their money when the exchange rate was more lucrative. Timing is everything as that famous Cat Burglar Dezi will confirm.
As for your remark about my 'wallet' on the naked bike ride Dezi, it only contained a soothing cream, which is essential for riding a bike when naked. :sad:
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In a fairly short time you will be thanking us. Oh I forget, you are going to live in La La land.
I hope Tezza does better than when Gordon broon sold our Gold stocks off. Well, you could not do any worse really.
The simple fact is, and anybody who had studied, before the referendum happened, the effects ****** would, or more to the point may have had, would have realised that if we did leave the EU it was not going to be the day after the vote, but in fact it would be years.
Some of the candidates for the Tory leadership are now talking about not activating article 50 until early next year, and after a general election. We then have 2 years to exit, and only then will we be able to enter into negotiations into the terms of our departure. This means that we cannot even start talking about whether we have a trade agreement with the single market (which will also mean that we would still have to have freedom of movement of people to and from the UK to Europe) until the early part of 2019, and all the other un-ravellings of law etc associated with 40 years of our membership to the EU will follow even later than that. Canada and Switzerland have been battling for over 7 years to try and get their terms sorted out, and so far have got nowhere. In Switzerlands case they are worse off now than they were when they started their negotiations.
In reality it is highly likely that many people who voted for ****** will unfortunately die before their dream is anywhere near realised, certainly if the reports are to be belived that the people who mainly voted out were of retirement age. But then those reports could be wrong, as I am in the age bracket and I, well 'we' actually, voted to stay in.
And just to add another little snippet - the referendum was merely an expression of an opinion, it has no standing in law. Parliament now have to discuss the matter and vote themselves on the result, and 75% of them are in the 'Remain' camp. And now we have Tony Blair stepping in saying the same thing, something along the lines of 'we do not necessarily have to accept the findings of the referendum', which in stating this will not help the mess we are in one bit in the short term.
So we have at least 2+ years of total uncertainty, in which time we will still be in the EU, and still abiding by their rules and paying into their fund as usual.
The situation we are now in is a complete shambles and the GBP and the other currencies will continue on their ups and downs. Some savvy people will make a fortune out of it, others will not.
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We don't have to continue paying into the EU. We can repeal the 1972 European Communities Act. They may not like it but we can do it. Nobody has left the EU before, so we can do as we please, especially after all the threats we have received from our European 'friends'.
If Parliament decides not to go ahead with ******, there will be a lot of new MP's after the next General Election and very likely a UKIP Government due to the backlash. MP's will not be able to walk the streets in this country. We could also still be a member of a floundering and doomed European Empire. Weak enough to look tempting to Comrade Putin.
Thankfully, I am not gripped by the paranoia of some of the doom and gloom merchants in the country. We have voted, a decision was made and now it will be carried out.
If Parliament decides not to go ahead with ******, there will be a lot of new MP's after the next General Election and very likely a UKIP Government due to the backlash. MP's will not be able to walk the streets in this country. We could also still be a member of a floundering and doomed European Empire. Weak enough to look tempting to Comrade Putin.
Thankfully, I am not gripped by the paranoia of some of the doom and gloom merchants in the country. We have voted, a decision was made and now it will be carried out.
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Pity these details weren't presented to the Brexiters earlier. They'll be reading this now and spluttering -
"But, but, nobody told me this. How could I have been so daft? Why didn't Nigel, Michael and Boris tell me? Can I vote again please?"
Too late now though. I just hope the folk who ticked the box that got us in this mess know someone who can clear it up.
Pat
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do you really think lots didnt know it would be like this or is it the remainers that didnt know and they blame every one else.
it took years for uk to get in the eec we changed our money from shillings and pence even before we had got in .
might be a good idea to stop the scvare mongering . wait and see what does or doesnt happen .
as a visitor to the continent in the early 60,s i certainly couldnt understand why we joined , still cant .
but what happens happens . my chats with friends that live abroad or in their own countries say they think its good we voted to leave . lots in spain /portugal would love to pull out as well.
but anyway many brexiters do and did know it would take ages . plus it might not happen.
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lots just cant do anything with out being told . they havent got the guts to leave or do anything that might rock the boat . many work in jobs they dont really like dont like where they live . etc arent happy at all . but its not their fault . its yours or mine .
i know we dont know whats happening tomorrow , we cant change yesterday . but so long as the past you were happy ,you will be today and tomorrow. making a mistake can be a good learning curve . not doing anything you dont change things or learn anything .
bit like on here . seems many dont like gypseys . dont like poles dont like jews dont like coloureds . but want to be part of germany . strange . wasnt there a war to protect them same groups but not join up with germany .