$1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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Jan 24th 2012, 3:47 pm

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DadAgain

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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Originally Posted by slapphead_otool

..What about the Basingstoke weekly Express?

As far as I'm aware there is no Basingstoke Weekly Express. However, the Basingstoke Gazette (wednesdays and fridays) is a fine bastion of quality journalism!

Jan 24th 2012, 3:51 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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As far as I'm aware there is no Basingstoke Weekly Express. However, the Basingstoke Gazette (wednesdays and fridays) is a fine bastion of quality journalism!

Wow - I'll chalk that up there with the Bridport [Incorporating Lyme Regis] News...

S

Jan 24th 2012, 4:01 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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Wow - I'll chalk that up there with the Bridport [Incorporating Lyme Regis] News...

S

Well, that prompted me to have a closer read of the Bridport News - and there's further evidence that the UK economy is definitely on the slide:

The Acorn Gift Shop in Lyme Regis is to close after 28 years, with the loss of 4 jobs. These are serious times indeed.

Gift shop forced to close

I'll also draw your attention to this other article that interested me - a tree appears to have fallen onto a vintage water tank at Lilac Farm in Bridport:

Tree falls on water tank

These are looking more and more like the end times to me...

S

Jan 24th 2012, 4:18 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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Grayling doesn't look too happy does he?

Jan 24th 2012, 4:37 pm

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Grayling

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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Grayling doesn't look too happy does he?

I'd just been told the new neighbours were South Africans

Jan 24th 2012, 4:39 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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I'd just been told the new neighbours were South Africans

That's why you had to close - their superior retail skills put you out of business.

Jan 24th 2012, 4:40 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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That's why you had to close - their superior retail skills put you out of business.

No....they put off customers coming anywhere near the place

Jan 24th 2012, 4:43 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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No....they put off customers coming anywhere near the place

See, Saffas taking over. Not only shagging your women and drinking your beer, now taking over your businesses.

Nothing can stop us.

Jan 24th 2012, 4:46 pm

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Grayling

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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See, Saffas taking over. Not only shagging your women and drinking your beer, now taking over your businesses.

Nothing can stop us.

Pity they weren't Australians..I could have got them to work behind the counter...they are trained from an early age to work in shops or on the till.

Wouldn't need to pay much either

Jan 24th 2012, 4:48 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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Originally Posted by Grayling

Pity they weren't Australians..I could have got them to work behind the counter...they are trained from an early age to work in shops or on the till.

Wouldn't need to pay much either

There are indeed. It's called tertiary education.

Jan 24th 2012, 4:58 pm

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commonwealth

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

south africa's name should be changed.

Jan 24th 2012, 5:00 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

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south africa's name should be changed.

North Antarctica?

Jan 24th 2012, 5:04 pm

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Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

I realise most of our belongings are packed, the dog had had his injections, the cars are up for sale but to be honest we need to seriously reconsider our decision to go to the UK. I have spoken at length to friends over there but at no time did they tell me about this sort of thing, trees falling on water tanks