Has the Plummeting GBP Changed Your Plans?
Jan 13th, 2009, 07:54 AM
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RM67 maintains tactful-- or appalled?-- silence. Never fear: I am picture of bourgeois respectability, hardly ever make assignations with people I know only by a couple of letters and numbers.
Cholms clearly bad influence.
Really, if the lower orders don't set them a good example, what on earth is the use of us?
Cholms clearly bad influence.
Really, if the lower orders don't set them a good example, what on earth is the use of us?
Jan 13th, 2009, 08:09 AM
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Efforts so far to lure RM67 into hedonistic overseas revels have failed. Will not abandon hope yet. Maybe when GBP bounces back.>>>
I hope so. I want a trip report from the Black and White club in Ayia Napa involving necking slippery nipples by the pitcher and munching on handfulls of bumbles while having it large to some serious grimecore and handbag house.
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I hope so. I want a trip report from the Black and White club in Ayia Napa involving necking slippery nipples by the pitcher and munching on handfulls of bumbles while having it large to some serious grimecore and handbag house.
Respec'
Jan 13th, 2009, 08:34 AM
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Jan 13th, 2009, 11:05 AM
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I seem to remember Monty Python doing something about Brits abroad and warm Watneys Red Barrel...
Anyway, to revert to travelgourmet's OP about the Plummeting Pound, yes it is hurting this particular Brit!!!
I find my planned 'cheap' ski trip to Bulgaria in February is now going to cost me considerably more. Although Bulgaria is not taking on the Euro until 2010, I find myself having to pay the apartment rental in Euros likewise the lift passes, tuition etc for my family of 4.
So the apartment has cost me a lot more than budgeted for when I booked it, and as the ski packs are costed at 215 euros I had originally budgeted for them being around 160 GBP. Now they are around 200 GBP. I can't work out the percentages but this trip is going to be at least 500 GBP more than I had hoped for. (But I did get cheap flights!) And the lev has dropped against the pound as well so food and drink are more expensive too, though there is still a pint to be had for 75p if you know where to go...
Anyway, to revert to travelgourmet's OP about the Plummeting Pound, yes it is hurting this particular Brit!!!
I find my planned 'cheap' ski trip to Bulgaria in February is now going to cost me considerably more. Although Bulgaria is not taking on the Euro until 2010, I find myself having to pay the apartment rental in Euros likewise the lift passes, tuition etc for my family of 4.
So the apartment has cost me a lot more than budgeted for when I booked it, and as the ski packs are costed at 215 euros I had originally budgeted for them being around 160 GBP. Now they are around 200 GBP. I can't work out the percentages but this trip is going to be at least 500 GBP more than I had hoped for. (But I did get cheap flights!) And the lev has dropped against the pound as well so food and drink are more expensive too, though there is still a pint to be had for 75p if you know where to go...
Jan 13th, 2009, 11:57 AM
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Sorry, SB, I've been putting together a training schedule for Ayia Napa.
Monday: Fake Bake tan.
Tuesday: Pob at Lee Stafford.
Weds: Bikini shopping (Burberry, naturally).
Thurs: Tattoo and belly-button piercing.
Fri: Aftershock drinking practice.
Sat: Stomach pump.
Sun: More Aftershock.
Still up for it?
Monday: Fake Bake tan.
Tuesday: Pob at Lee Stafford.
Weds: Bikini shopping (Burberry, naturally).
Thurs: Tattoo and belly-button piercing.
Fri: Aftershock drinking practice.
Sat: Stomach pump.
Sun: More Aftershock.
Still up for it?
Jan 13th, 2009, 01:29 PM
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We found great fares for the end of February and will be taking our granddaughter for 6 nights. She's graduating in May with a degree in theater arts and we're sure she'll enjoy the London theater! Keeping our fingers crossed that the exchange rate remains favorable for us.
