I have just noticed that my local supermarket is still marking prices both in Euros, AND IN FRANCS.
Do you think they know something we don't? It might leave a nasty taste in her mouth, but I think Ms Merkel should be informed!
It took me well over 30 years to REALLY understand the value of the Franc (in the same way as I do the UK Pound). Now, I spend my Euros simply as 'numbers'. If, or when, the Euro goes into liquidation, I, for one, would be extremely happy to see the return of the French Franc.
In the top photo, €2.67 means very little to me, but 17.51 Fr I understand at once.
In the top photo, €2.67 means very little to me, but 17.51 Fr I understand at once.
Is Ms Merkel eating or trying to stop something escaping? A revolting specimen, at the best of times and, while this is not the best of times, neither is it the worst of times.
ReplyDeleteOne of the silliest things the human race ever did was to change currencies merely to work more easily for the little computers and counting devices of the estate agents and insurance salesmen et al. Bring back the thruppenny bit, the sixpence, the florin, the half-crown and the ten bob note immediately I say!
England had a spate of prosecutions of shopkeeps for daring to mark up in the old-fashioned way, but those too seem to have melted into some sort of shall we shan't we indifference.
Question is not the return of the franc and the sixpence, but whether in ten years time we shall be using the rupee, the Chinese thingummyjig or plain barter ...
The number 12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. The number 10 is divisible by just 2 and 5. 12 can have halves, thirds, and quarters. 10 can only manage halves. QED.
DeleteIn 1970s Canterbury, there were 2 very old ladies who ran a bakery, and they never came to terms with decimal currency, so they simply used it the same way as the old l.s.d. Sometimes you won, sometimes you lost, but so long as you continued to buy bread and cakes there, it sort of worked out in the end.
ReplyDeleteBring back the Groat, I say !
ReplyDeleteI’m ok with new money, but still have difficulty with length or weight, metrically, and have to do mental conversions everytime.
Why can’t they just leave things alone, thank God they still sell beer in pints !
It's true that 12 is divisible by more numbers, although my brain has a hard time thinking in base 12, but i've always used decimalised currency. I have to think in metric and Celcius for much of my job and still find myself doing the conversions. I've made benchmarks for myself so i get a sense of things, e.g., 10°C=take a jacket, 20°C=very nice for outside work.
ReplyDeleteIt's been just over 20 C here today. As you say; perfect for outdoor work.
DeleteI go by my chickens. If they're not coming out of the coop, I'm not coming out of my house.
DeleteGive me metric any time. I grew up with all those pounds, shillings and pence and find the dollar (or any currency based on 100)so much easier but I still think in inches rather than cm and spend a lot of time converting. Unless they tell me a criminal's height in feet and inches I'm no help when it comes to identifying him ( really I'm no help there at all anyway, I have a terrible memory for faces !!!
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PS. As a tourist I embrace the Euro thankfully ( and the exchange rate is great at the moment too )
all Greek to me...sorry, heard that's worth nothing!
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