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Was that a deliberate typo :)

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Weird - I've checked and different sites say different rates.:confused:

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Yep, BBC says 1.69775
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/f.../one_month.stm

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guys the difference is caused by off market (off market in this case being its the weekend) trading that isn't placed into the feeds which flow down stream xe seems to track there own off market trading hence the difference.

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Different FX houses give different rates, depending on the margin they want. Some include charges into the rate, others give a good rate and pass on the charges. Rates also vary with the amount, method of transaction, eg wire, cash, cheque. Lots of variables that make it difficult to compare without getting a quote specifically to you.
I often use Custom House, who seem to be pretty competitive, charges included in rate quoted.

If you want a live rate try this, but this is not what you'll get in the banks etc, usually a couple of pennies difference. http://www.forexdirectory.net/gbp.html

It can get worse - on Feb 14 1985 $1.45810 by December 31, 1987 it was up to $2.42150

Makes me thankful we moved when we did.

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:lol::lol::lol:

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Please don't depress me anymore....i hate exchange rates.....i want 2.40 for my pound again or i'm going to cry:(

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There are many reasons why people choose to have faith. However I am not one of them :) I just really dislike lazy thinking. It does everyone a disservice.

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May i say "NICE LIPS" Flirty:thumbsup:

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Read The End of Faith by Sam Harris...that is an extremely well thought out atheist argument that comes to the same conclusion about Islam that I 've made. Having travelled and worked in many Muslim countries, where I have encountered such attitudes among 'thinking' people as "The only thing Hitler did wrong was not kill more Jews" and having seen the appalling oppression of half of the population I feel that it is only right that people who value freedom, democracy and human rights should make a stand against it. It is also a religion that needs singling out because it is the only major religion who's founder condoned the use of violence to propagate it...moreover he didn't just condone it, he pursued it himself.

Early Christianity spread by word of mouth and genuine martydom...very big difference from the way Islam has always, and is spreading. Jesus opposed all violence and oppression and laid his life down rather than fight. He told his followers to move on if people weren't interested in what they had to say. He said love your enemy. All religions are not the same, at least the founders of all religions aren't. The Bhudda was equally anti-violence.

I don't think people are mentally ill who have faith, as I have faith...and that was a silly thing to say I admit...but I think you have to be a bit psychotic to believe that it is right to kill innocent people in the name of God.

Back to exchange rates. What do we reckon for the week ahead? A rally by the pound, or finding it's floor at around 1.70 or final capitulation as it goes below $1.60.

I'm reckoning we will see a bit of a recovery in the early part of the week to $1.75, then a continuation of the slide back into the $1.60s...no reason, just seems to be the way markets work.

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i have as much inclination to believe in the flying spaghetti monster, as i do in some bearded guys up in the clouds.

religious origin is about exclusion of 'non-believers', to promote trade amoungst the collective 'believers'.

since then, religion is the manipulation by opportunists upon those who worry too much about dying to enjoy living!

the suggestion of "don't do this or you burn in hell", or "do this and sleep on a bed of virgins", is as insane to me as maintaining that some bloke called Jesus ever actually lived, or that one religion is more / less violent than the other.... what with Jihads, Crusades, Somalia......

in short, religion is a bag of bollocks. if you draw this conclusion from your own brain, and not the surmon of someone who might be corrupt, then you have simply used 'your god given intellect' and he / she isn't likely to spank you for that now are they?


the exchange rate fluctutations continue to give me palpitations.... i think i might hold off our migration for a year! :( but what i have found to be a good resouorce is:

http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=qkcha...ol=FX%5EGBPCAD

you can set the graph to be 'the last 5 years' and truly see the downward trend. bah!

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just got a cheque in pound sterling. bugger.
Does anyone know the rates and charges banks give if cashed here?

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I haven't done it for a while, but last time I did I recall being presently surprised that the in-bank rate was so good.

Somewhere like HSBC might be worth a look as they let you hold accounts in Sterling here in Canada (and Euros, and USD, etc.) so you can deposit in the native currency and then move electronically between accounts (if this is likely to be a regular thing).

Ah yes, His Noodly Appendages!. Also worth a look for you heathens is the movie Religulous.

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Try this: http://www.tdcommercialbanking.com/t...ance/rates.jsp