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Forum: New Zealand

Mar 15th 2013, 10:04 pm

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Posted By trafford

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Not quite that long! Arrived 1997. Missed the Tories, but just in time for "New Labour" and "things can only get better". I had to google it, but I found out which politician said it in 2009 -...

Forum: New Zealand

Mar 15th 2013, 9:02 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

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I can only hope, Genesis! But every time I hear "green shoots" I always think of that UK politician (can't remember who) using the phrase way back in 2009/10. Must be the slowest growing shoots...

Forum: New Zealand

Mar 15th 2013, 3:13 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

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Today, BOE's Mervyn King states that sterling has "fallen enough". He finally looks like he wants to put the brakes on the fall. His efforts to talk down the currency (winning the undeclared...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 27th 2013, 10:07 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

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My OH is an infallible "sh*te telly programme detector". It's like he doesn't even need radio times or the sky menu. You wouldn't have thought it was possible to have so much reality tv about men,...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 27th 2013, 9:47 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

Re: Currency

I was that proverbial Gucci addict (though for me it was Chanel and Celine). It's not that I wish misery on anyone else, DUP, but it is good to hear from someone who has been through the mill and has...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 26th 2013, 9:51 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

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Thank you scottishsstacey. The forum helped me tonight. I can't talk to my OH about it - he is as stressed as I am but doesn't want to talk or think about it (he isn't an over-thinker!).

So...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 26th 2013, 8:23 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

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Unfortunately we aren't happy. :( The business has provided a comfortable lifestyle for years, but the last two have been sheer hell -walking a tightrope trying to keep everything afloat. I am not...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 25th 2013, 9:25 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

Re: Currency

People are very bad at anticipating what will make them happy at some time in the future. We tend to project our present feelings forward in time, and this is usually a mistake. I know this at an...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 25th 2013, 7:53 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

Re: Currency

whitesand - it is good to hear from someone who is there and has returned.:starsmile: In the cold light of day when the novelty wears off you are able to see the reality rather than the rose tinted...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 25th 2013, 11:46 am

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

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Maybe it is just the UK weather making things feel worse, but the currency situation is not helping my mood! :( You wonder whether you should just stick it out in the UK - and whether life is so bad...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 23rd 2013, 7:16 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

Re: Currency

Sorry - I am not an expert either! Pair means NZD/GBP or NZD/USD or NZD/EUR. If you google him, he does a youtube discussion with graphs etc. He invented some sort of software for currency trading....

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 23rd 2013, 4:21 pm

Replies: 312

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Posted By trafford

Re: Currency

I too watch with dismay at the tumbling value of the GBP vs NZD. We are planning to return to NZ after 15 years away and are contemplating when to move money. It's a gamble at any stage, I realise,...

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