Rate of exchange
Jul 7th 2011, 5:32 pm
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Rate of exchange
Oh my god! Have you seen the rate of exchange? It's completely pants!!!! 
Jul 7th 2011, 5:48 pm
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Re: Rate of exchange
Great for my winter vacation in Florida. Bought $1024US today for $1000Can.
I use my ING US dollar savings account. It's a great way to play the currency market.
I use my ING US dollar savings account. It's a great way to play the currency market.
Jul 7th 2011, 6:05 pm
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Right people, I posted this to get some sympathy and to commiserate with others who like us are about to send monies over from the UK not the other way round!!!!! Not for people to start popping the corks and celebrate!!!! 
Please feel for us!!
Please feel for us!!
Jul 7th 2011, 6:08 pm
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+1 on the enjoying the exchange rate during a vacation back to UK.
Jul 7th 2011, 6:10 pm
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Does anybody have a smiley sticking it's tongue out???? Where's the sympathy?? 
Jul 7th 2011, 6:21 pm
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You do have a little of my sympathy - coming from UK to Canada right now is really pants.
Hubby, on the other hand is in the UK right now - so we are smiling (just quietly, like
).
Not sure of the direction the exchange rate is likely to take over the next few months (we all need to polish that crystal ball). Are you able to move money over in smaller chunks to minimise the variations?
Hubby, on the other hand is in the UK right now - so we are smiling (just quietly, like
).Not sure of the direction the exchange rate is likely to take over the next few months (we all need to polish that crystal ball). Are you able to move money over in smaller chunks to minimise the variations?
Jul 7th 2011, 6:28 pm
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You do have a little of my sympathy - coming from UK to Canada right now is really pants.
Hubby, on the other hand is in the UK right now - so we are smiling (just quietly, like ).
Not sure of the direction the exchange rate is likely to take over the next few months (we all need to polish that crystal ball). Are you able to move money over in smaller chunks to minimise the variations?
Hubby, on the other hand is in the UK right now - so we are smiling (just quietly, like
).Not sure of the direction the exchange rate is likely to take over the next few months (we all need to polish that crystal ball). Are you able to move money over in smaller chunks to minimise the variations?
WTF is really pants supposed to mean
Jul 7th 2011, 6:35 pm
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You might get more sympathy in the immigration section if you can get an exchange rate thread past the mods.
Those here already who are too busy making out like bandits with cheap GBP.
Those here already who are too busy making out like bandits with cheap GBP.
Jul 7th 2011, 6:38 pm
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"Really pants" is a bit like "completely pants", that the OP mentioned in #1 above. I was being sympathetic, like - got it?
Jul 7th 2011, 6:50 pm
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Like it
Next that poster will be asking what "got the hump" means, or for someone to explain what "quid" means 
Jul 7th 2011, 6:56 pm
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Jul 7th 2011, 6:58 pm
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No you sarcky bugger i know those terms as they've been arround for yonks, but as I left the UK over 25 years ago some of the new terms mean nothing to me.
Jul 7th 2011, 7:28 pm
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OK - so in this instance, "Pants" means rubbish, awful, terrible. The exchange rate is really pants. Bad - not good - low for those coming this way.
Jul 7th 2011, 7:56 pm
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Well the exchange rate might be pants but thanks guys you've cheered me up with your comments!!