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Hi everybody !
As an act of tying up loose ends after my move, I today have endeavored to count all the cash of foreign currencies I accumulated over the years in travels and on other occasions, so that Monday I can bring it to the local branch of the central bank to have it changed free of charge. Something all (EU)-Europeans will have to do at the some point over the next month since all currencies from Euro countries will loose their validity come Juli of 2002. Besides this practical aspect the whole process was a little like looking at a photo album of all my past travels. So here is the final tally: UK: 5 New Pence & 12 old pence (from 1955: are these still valid ?) = 53,47 Pfennige = 24.60 Cents Greece: 5 Drachmas = 0.287 Pfennige = 0.132 Cents Canada: 1 cent = 1.43 Pfennige = 0.66 Cents Luxembourg: 1 Franc 25 Centimes = 26 Pfennige = 12 Cents Sweden: 3 Crowns 50 Öre = 70 Pfennige = 32 Cents Czechoslovakia: Yes, that is right, I got still money from the old Czechoslovakia which does not exist anymore: does anyone know if they still recognize that old money in the new Czech or Slovak Republic ? If so: 42 Crowns = 2 Marks 18 Pfennige = 1 Dollar Yugoslavia: 5000 Dinar - from the the same department: the portrait of Tito, no, not the American billionaire, but the former Yugoslav president Josip Brosz called Tito, is gracing that bill. In case they still should recognize that money in the new Yugoslavia it must be worthless anyway. I think, they went through at least three major 4-digit inflations since the mid-eighties. Belgium: 46 Francs = 2 Marks 23 Pfennige = 1 Dollar 3 Cents - Hooray ! We've taken the one buck barrier ! Austria: 21 Schillinge 50 Groschen = 3 Marks 5 Pfennige = 1 Dollar 40 Cents - these crazy Austrians: in German a "Groschen" is the same as a dime in the US: a 10-Pfennige-coin. The probably only did that to confuse the German tourists, so that they'd pay ten times as much for everything ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Denmark: 24 Crowns 5 Öre - home of Jacob/Bocaj and generally the friendliest people in the world, also producer of the best vanilla curd in the world. Try to imagine a country full of Moiraines and you are almost there. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif If we were all Danes, no not Great Danes, the world would be a much better place ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Spain: 311 Pesetas = 3 Marks 66 Pfennige = 1 Dollar 68 Cents - Ramon's beloved home country, every time the name is merely mentioned, the poor chap becomes all depressed. In case you've ever wondered why he was forced to take exile in this cold and barbaric country: well, knowing Ramon and his ways you probably already guessed it. There was that, uh, incident with this young lady of very, very noble blood which her father was less than amused about. So, Ramon had to make it to the border rather quickly - otherwise he would be missing a head or two now. Sigh ! USA: 4 Dollars 39 Cents - the only country besides Spain Ramon would really ever want to live in - as long as the supernaturally beautiful LadyWendy resides there. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif The Netherlands: 12 Guilders 20 cents = 10 Marks 83 Pfennige = 4 Dollar 98 Cents - these shiny silver coins with the portrait of the Dutch Queen on them are what the incomparable Archbabe Melusine's slender hands touch every day when she goes to buy the famous Dutch cheese that has made her so incredibly blond and tall. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif France: 56 Francs 5 Centimes = 16 Marks 70 Pfennige = 7 Dollars 68 Cents - "Pfennige" is such a nice oldfashioned German word which will vanish with the arrival of the Euro. Our government should have bribed the French into accepting "Pfennig" instead of "Cent" as name for the smaller unit of the Euro. Besides, the notion of 60 million French trying to pronounce "Pfennig" every day brings a big dirty smile to my face. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Hong Kong: 200 Dollars = ? Sorry , don't have the exchange rate. Will play the role of the "candy box" when I go to the bank. And finally Italy: 129,565 Lire - now, ladies, yes I am still single, but before you start to queue to propose, let me just calculate that to Dollars ... . . . . . . . = 130 Marks 86 Pfennige = 60 Dollars 20 Cents ... "Where are all the lovely ladies running to ? - Hey, wait, I am not THAT ugly ! - Sigh !" ------------------ So long ! R³ - new, much improved signature under construction ! http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/castletainly/gifs/cow.gif |
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If so, then no, but if you wait a couple of hundred years you could sell them on as antiques http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif. |
Hi, Ramon, hope you're getting settled in OK. Why don't you just keep them? You've done without the money all this time. I would hang on the them, some could become valuable, especially with Euopre going to the Euro. Are any of the EU countries not changing? I thought Britain was not going to change? Am I wrong?
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Hi Reeka, long time no see http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/xyxwave.gif.
Did Leah receive Marc's mail ? 'Cause Marc is eagerly waiting for a reply now ! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif You are right, English people won't go for the Euro - they never want to do things the way everybody else does, these. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Drive on the wrong side of the road, cook things only they can eat ... I will remember forever the first day of my honeymoon : I was on a ferry going to Ireland, and when I woke up the first morning I wasn't feeling all that well, what with the ship rolling, and so I went to the dining room to have breakfast, and there was this huge amount of jelly things with impossible colors (bright green, pink, ...), that were slightly shivering with the ship ... eeek ! T'was terrible - I went back downstairs and got sick ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Oh, and Ramon : Pffffennnig ... there, what is the big deal ? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://fc1ddq.free.fr/stan2.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/images/forum/icons/ninja1.gif The world is my oyster ! And now I have the knives to open it ... [This message has been edited by Moiraine (edited 05-06-2001).] [This message has been edited by Moiraine (edited 05-06-2001).] |
Hey Ramon buddy, nice to see you again.
Add the 5 new pence to the 12 old pence and you got 17 totally worthless pence. Even 17 totally useful pence won't get you into a public toilet over here mate so either keep em for posterity or chuck em. The 5 new pence, dependant on the year is either 5 old new pence (worthless) not to be confused with 5 old pence (also worthless) or 5 new new pence (worth 5 pence)...I know...go figure, ain't worth the mathematical headache....chuck it. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Err, what's a Euro....is it worth 5 pence? ------------------ One love, peace. |
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Englands only contrubution to the world cuisuine (OK terrible spelling, mayday mayday, Wolf going down....boom) hehe)) .. Fish and chips. I tried that one.. Well thank god they have Italian restaurants and MC Donalds there. Sorry all you UK people, I have heard you have more than that but I haven´t met anyone who could tell me where it was... Jello is however truly and deeply disgusting... ------------------ http://wolfgir.najk.net/name.gif WOLF WINS EVERY FIGHT BUT ONE, AND IN THAT ONE, HE DIES |
Wolfgir, I hear you mate!
Luckily the 'National Cuisine' in Britain is now considered to be Indian food (Chicken Tikka Masala is the most popular dish in Britain) so that's a huge relief to all food lovers out there. Come to Britain and have a really great Curry! I wouldn't bother with Fish & Chips, unless you have a thing for soggy batter and heart disease. Ramon, I always keep a bit of money as a souvenir when I travel (even if I'm not supposed to http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif ). One of my most treasured items is a Romanian 2000 lei note (about 30000 lei = £1 sterling when I got it). What is cool about this particular note is that it was produced specially for the eclipse of 1999 and it is made of plastic, with see through coloured plastic bits for the planets, sun and moon. I mean how cool does currency get?? ------------------ http://www.gldb.com/wayno/epona2.gif Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Epona of The Laughing Hyenas |
I have to agree, Wolfie. If it were not for the ethnic restaurants in London, when I travel there on business, I would starve.
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Well, Moiraine, coeur de ce forum, you had to edit your post here twice. I take that was because it took you - at least - two tries before "Pfennig" came out well enough, so that you cared and dared to present it to me ... http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/hihi.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Charlie, I think a Euro is worth 19.5 Groschen - but I won't tell you if that is the Austrian or the German version. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Epona, money with plastic ?! No, thanks ! I am much more of a traditionalist when it comes to things like that. IMO the - new ! - French 10 Francs-coins are the most beautiful of them all. But what did you do in Romania, not a traditional touristic destination ? ------------------ So long ! R³ - new, much improved signature under construction ! http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/castletainly/gifs/cow.gif |
Pewie, thought I would get flamed there for my opinion on english food.. Well if you get to know me you´ll soon found out that food isn´t my top priority.. I do eat, but well, not much.. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif
Cool with that plastic money Epona.. Could you take a scan of it perhaps? I would like to se that one http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://wolfgir.najk.net/name.gif WOLF WINS EVERY FIGHT BUT ONE, AND IN THAT ONE, HE DIES |
Wolfgir, this is actually a joke I heard a long time ago, which your statement reminded me. Hope it gets a chuckle somewhere.
The difference between Heaven and Hell is: in Heaven, the British are the cops, the French are the cooks, and the Germans are the engineers. in Hell, the Germans are the cops, the British are the cooks, and the French are the engineers. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif (apologies to anyone who may be offended...it's in fun! And I know of at least one VERY good French engineer, too...he's the guy that told me this joke!) http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/saz1.gif |
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Next time she goes to Sweden she is going to get me a tin of bear meat! And Reeka, I once ate breakfast in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Grits - now what is THAT all about? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Ramon, I can't think what those coins could be but just because they are from from 1955 it doesn't make them old! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Donut (on the defensive) http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ------------------ http://www.wheatsheaf.freeserve.co.uk/roastspurs.gif Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas Heading for Cardiff [This message has been edited by Donut (edited 05-07-2001).] |
My personal rule of thumb.
"Never eat on an empty stomach". Fill it to the brim with the beer of your choice and taste becomes irrelevant. Jeez sometimes you're just happy to have shovelled it in your mouth on the first attempt...not always possible accepted. English restaurant = Whichever shop your drunken frame encounters first. Taste, cost and cholestoral are of absolutely no significance when zig zagging your way home covering your new shirt front in layers of warmish grease. Yes, the Engish open air restaurant, tried, enjoyed and often thrown up by Brits the world over. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ One love, peace. |
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Hehe hoho hahah.. That was really funny man!!! ------------------ http://wolfgir.najk.net/name.gif WOLF WINS EVERY FIGHT BUT ONE, AND IN THAT ONE, HE DIES |
Ramon: Just curious, why do you call me m'aam? In the states, you usually only call someone m'am who is alot older than you. I'm not that old Ramon.
Donut: Absolutely can't believe that you have been to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Birmingham is north of there. Well, about grits. You can't grow wheat very well in the south, but corn grows very well here. I guess you would say that it is the major "grain" produced in the south. So, we make lots of things out of corn. Cornbread is wonderful (bread made out of corn). Grits are a cornmeal mush, I personally love them, but to some people it is an acquired taste. Did you eat them? Did you like them? ------------------ Reeka--The Hand of Death O_H_F GMDLM http://publish.hometown.aol.com/tobb...ages/reeka.jpg |
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It is unusual for me to find a food that I hate but grits was it! I loved the corn bread and the catfish, and the alligator, and the gumbo and the southern fried chicken and the country ham and eggs and every other type of food. Only one other problem in the States. We were in Little Rock in Arkansas and we ordered peach cobblers for desert but didn't really like them. When the waitress came to the table she noticed we had left them and asked in a loud southern accent 'What's wrong with your cobblers?' http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif. (In Britain 'cobblers' is a euphemism for 'nuts' if you get my drift) My friend laughed so much he slid off his chair under the table. ------------------ http://www.wheatsheaf.freeserve.co.uk/roastspurs.gif Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas Heading for Cardiff |
Donut! ROFLMAO! ROFLMAO! That reminds me of a professor of ours. I work in a university, that was in London for a semester. Her 8 year old son was with her, and he wanted a collection of some sort from their visit in London. So, to conserve space and money, they started a eraser (like on the end of pencils) collection. She told me that in Britain, you call erasers "rubbers." Well, in the States, "rubbers" are condoms. He was going to school with British kids and picking up the lingo. She told me, "I have got to tell him that when we get home to not ask people if they want to see his collection of rubbers"
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Donut - It sounds like you traveled extensively in the southeastern part of the USA. Was it a tour? Personally grits are not one of my more favorite foods. I'll eat them but only with sugar and butter. During my army days, I was at Ft. Bragg North Carolina going through a training school. I was assigned to a squad where I was a minority (Actually it was a great experience for me). All of my squad was African American, but me and one other. The first day we all went to breakfest they about laughed me out of the mess hall for eating my grits with butter and sugar. They all eat them with salt and pepper (YUCK!!!).
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Hey Ramon!
You told me you would have that slow connection so I never expected to see you here on the board yet, dear vampire http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif TEEHEE! As to all that currency- do keep it as mementos! I have some of my own kicking about. Rubles and kopeks, of course and some money from my brief stop in Helsinki and my week in Amsterdam. Even have lire and several other currencies from the Beriozki shops in Moscow and environs. Those were hard currency only shops back in the days of the Soviet Union. And since Soviet citizens were forbidden to posess foreign money,the shops were effectively only for foreigners to use. Cloudy ------------------ http://publish.hometown.aol.com/tobb...s/bestow~1.jpg Raindancer of the Laughing Hyenas Clan Storm-Queen StormCloud of the Black Knight Heart Mind Soul Forever [This message has been edited by Cloudbringer (edited 05-07-2001).] |
Now, cheese grits are good! But they have to be prepared right. Other than that, grits are pretty tasteless, especially hominy ones. Big, fat corn pellets soaked in lye. Yechh!
And, yes, I'm from the "deep south" originally...I'm from Louisiana. I don't think I would ever give a newcomer (and that includes my Yankee friends!) grits as a welcome device. Start them out with something they can handle better. Grits is an acquired taste. I would hate to go to Scotland and have someone expect me to eat haggis! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/saz1.gif |
Haggis is brilliant!! - just enjoy the taste and ignore the ingredients. The traditional accompaniments are mashed turnips and potato (oh and whisky http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif )
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A lot of whiskey, I should imagine, Mouse! Hehe! I dunno...maybe if I got tanked enough, I'd be brave enough to try it. Well, I eat oysters in New Orleans, so I can't see what could be worse than that! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif
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I am delighted to have started the whole cooking discussion ! I more than half expected to get flamed by you British guys. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif
I also keep money from every part of the world I have been able to put my hands on since I was a child, I have given my full collection to my kid now - the last coin that had me laughing was the Australian dollar given to him by Yorick : he keeps grumbling about people thinking that there are kangaroos hopping everywhere in Australia, but guess what is on the Australian dollar ? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://fc1ddq.free.fr/stan2.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/images/forum/icons/ninja1.gif The world is my oyster ! And now I have the knives to open it ... |
Chacun a son gout - personally I don't go a lot on shellfish. I suppose it is all down to a trawlerman telling me when I was a kid that the biggest, juciest prawns were found near sewage outflows.......http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/puke.gif
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Mouse: I suppose you probably don't want me telling you what catfish have for dinner either, then, hmmm? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif
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