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Old Dec 28th, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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OMG! the exchange....

I had no idea the British pound to dollar was SOOOOO bad!

Yikes.
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Old Dec 28th, 2005 | 01:36 PM
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The average for the last 5 years is $1.6478. Today it's $1.73390 Is today really SOOOOO bad to require a "yikes"?

BTW, the high was $1.955 and the low $1.3677.
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Old Dec 28th, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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If you look at the average over the past year, it's actually pretty good now. www.oanda.com go to FX History The average over the past year was 1.822
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Old Dec 28th, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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Hey, last December, it was $1.96 to one pound. That was a real ouch. Just one year later, it is down to $1.74, not sound so bad in comparison.
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Old Dec 28th, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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Don't know where you got your info. The exchange rate is really rather good (for Americans) just now.
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