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Old Jun 27th 2016 | 4:08 am
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Another 3c gone overnight.

Pension now worth $72 a month less since Thursday and I'm not at payday yet
Nothing you can do about it other than sit back & wait till it may go up again. In the meantime cut back on those expensive cuts of meat

I suppose the GBP:CDN exchange rate is better today than it was back between March 2010 & June 2013?

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Old Jun 27th 2016 | 5:04 am
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Before anyone else has a heart attack it's worth noting that's the US $ not the Canadian one.
Yeh I was a bit puzzled by this statement, thanks. I was looking and best we can get is 58 pee to the $ Canadian.

Not sure US$ is worth posting on a Canada forum, maybe add the Ausie $ just to add more confusion Lol
 
Old Jun 27th 2016 | 5:10 am
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
Yeh I was a bit puzzled by this statement, thanks. I was looking and best we can get is 58 pee to the $ Canadian.
Wouldn't it be the US:CDN dollar exchange rate that is more important to us lot living in Canada?
 
Old Jun 27th 2016 | 5:17 am
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Does that not depend on if one still has money/assets in the UK? I always look at the GBP/CAD exchange rate.

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Originally Posted by Siouxie
Oh for goodness sake..

Why do people generalise and belittle because the vote didn't go the way they hoped? Why does it concern them so much of the age, education, employment or otherwise of those that voted to leave - don't they think there were an (almost) equal amount of people with a similar background who voted remain?

Stop pointing the finger because others dissagreed!

IMHO, people were just fed up to the back teeth of not having control over their own country any longer.

Regardless, the deed is done.

Time to move on and move forwards.


As ever Siouxie!!

The media is a lot to blame in many of these situations.
 
Old Jun 27th 2016 | 5:27 am
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Originally Posted by Snowy560
Does that not depend on if one still has money/assets in the UK? I always look at the GBP/CAD exchange rate.

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Of course, lower GBP:CDN while you still have assets in or derive income coming from the UK, then you are not on the winning side if you live here

Hindsight is 20/20, playing the FX is not for the faint of heart IMO

Assets outside of the country that you live in or spend most of your time resident is a fools game/gamble
 
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I made a decision after we sold the house in the UK last year (and did transfer the proceeds), not to transfer anything else I hold personally because it had been so stressful with the exchange rates and "trying to get it right" (because of course as I realize now, you never do). Obviously, Brexit was not on my mind at that time (perhaps it should have been).

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Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd
The media is a lot to blame in many of these situations.
For which situations? The collapse of the currency, the pending departure of branch-plant industry, the rise in street level racism, the disarray in both major parties, can hardly be attributed to the writings of mahvellous Julie Burchill.

I suppose the papers are somewhat culpable in not more vigorously exposing the Leave campaign's lies over finance and immigration and for allowing Boris to be portrayed as a lovable buffoon rather than a dangerous egomaniac but, in the end, it's the people who voted who made this stupid decision. It's not the BBC that shot the working public in the foot.

Of course the country will muddle on, few people will die over the decision, but it's no good pretending the British public was misled. The British public is simply stupid.
 
Old Jun 27th 2016 | 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by dbd33
I suppose the papers are somewhat culpable in not more vigorously exposing the Leave campaign's lies over finance and immigration and for allowing Boris to be portrayed as a lovable buffoon rather than a dangerous egomaniac but, in the end, it's the people who voted who made this stupid decision. It's not the BBC that shot the working public in the foot.
Spot on. Interesting that Kelvin McKenzie (of all people) now personally admits voters remorse.
 
Old Jun 27th 2016 | 6:29 am
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Government in crisis, Opposition collapsing, currency plummeting...summer riots on the way

Sounds more like a third world country.

What next, Military Coup?
 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Government in crisis, Opposition collapsing, currency plummeting...summer riots on the way

Sounds more like a third world country.

What next, Military Coup?
For now, this is why we live in Canada, nice, peaceful & calm with never any of those things.

I have lived through several financial swings & roundabouts, most before I had the internet. The papers used to wind me up no-end. I have since come to the realization I have little control & just sit back, wait till the storm blows over.

At my age, I don't get wound up or arsed about what goes on in the world of politics or financial markets, especially the crap what is spread across the media.
 
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Originally Posted by not2old
For now, this is why we live in Canada, nice, peaceful & calm with never any of those things.

I have lived through several financial swings & roundabouts, most before I had the internet. The papers used to wind me up no-end. I have since come to the realization I have little control & just sit back, wait till the storm blows over.

At my age, I don't get wound up or arsed about what goes on in the world of politics or financial markets, especially the crap what is spread across the media.
U only get arssy when a kid wants to change his signiture in his passport now a days ehh
 
Old Jun 27th 2016 | 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
U only get arssy when a kid wants to change his signiture in his passport now a days ehh
Speaking of which.... when do think the old style 'Blue British passport' will be available, cos my current [Burgundy EU style, which I hate] expires in 2018

I collect passports BTW... go figure

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Old Jun 27th 2016 | 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by not2old
Speaking of which.... when do think the old style 'Blue British passport' will be available, cos my current [Burgundy EU style, which I hate] expires in 2018

I collect passports BTW... go figure

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Originally Posted by Shard
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Post EU after the divorce, is that a 'the old style passport won't return', if so - what style 'post EU exit' do you see the British passport looking like?

Same I suppose with the 'drivers licence' without the EU circle of stars
 


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