American girlfriend willing to settle in the UK
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From: d4g4h4 on 28 May 2007 10:20 Miguel Cruz <spam(a)spam.spam> wrote: > d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > I gave you the figures- that's the percentage I get for withdrawing > > money abroad. I have no need to exchange any money back. > > Would it be possible to quote a single foreign transaction from your > bank statement? The date, currency, and amount deducted from your > account. I'm genuinely curious about the exact cut imposed by the > legendary Nationwide and would love a chance to compare it to the > reference rate for that day. If you don't want to post here, an email > would be great - traveler @ u , nu My last foreign withdrawal (I didn't need to withdraw any money on my most recent trip) was April 8, for 60 euro at Treviso airport. It showed in my account April 9, and I was debited �34.04 -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: d4g4h4 on 28 May 2007 10:30 David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Miguel Cruz <spam(a)spam.spam> wrote: > > > d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > > I gave you the figures- that's the percentage I get for withdrawing > > > money abroad. I have no need to exchange any money back. > > > > Would it be possible to quote a single foreign transaction from your > > bank statement? The date, currency, and amount deducted from your > > account. I'm genuinely curious about the exact cut imposed by the > > legendary Nationwide and would love a chance to compare it to the > > reference rate for that day. If you don't want to post here, an email > > would be great - traveler @ u , nu > > My last foreign withdrawal (I didn't need to withdraw any money on my > most recent trip) was April 8, for 60 euro at Treviso airport. Sorry 50 euro! > It showed in my account April 9, and I was debited �34.04 -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: d4g4h4 on 28 May 2007 10:50 Keith Anderson <keefy(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Sun, 27 May 2007 23:22:05 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > > >Housing prices are out of control in the UK. It's horrendous. > > <<Selfishly crosses fingers, hoping that sale of UK apartment and > purchase of a much cheaper property in Berlin goes through OK before > the bubble bursts>> I think you'll be fine, but I'll keep fingers crossed for you too! :) -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: Frank F. Matthews on 28 May 2007 11:10 William Black wrote: > "Mister Bartlett" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > news:1hytdjx.8u84u12mnmkaN%me2(a)privacy.net... > >>William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> > > >>>>Yep - fear of being taxed in the UK to pay for financial mismanagement >>>>in, say, Greece. >>> >>>I'm afraid you're going to have to explain how a common currency will >>>cause >>>that. >> >>Because a UK Chancellor can no longer manipulate the UK economy by >>changing interest rates, the impact of (say) inflationary action in >>(say) Greece is felt directly in the UK where it can only be controlled >>by taxation. At present there are 2 levers on the UK economy. In >>Euroland there is only one. > > > And in what way, for example, is that making any continental country worse > off than the UK? > The usual situation is high interest rates because the over all euro economy is heating up when the local economy needs a boost.
From: Frank F. Matthews on 28 May 2007 11:12
William Black wrote: > "Frank F. Matthews" <frankfmatthews(a)houston.rr.com> wrote in message > news:465a64b0$0$10100$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > >> >>William Black wrote: >> >> >>>"Magda" <magda(a)eu> wrote in message >>>news:efej53hrpbafjqmqa7op2ekbbd6s8u12ut(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> >>>>On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:02:09 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "William Black" >>>><william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked >>>>like this: >>> >>> >>>>... My wife needs a Schengen visa to visit Schengen countries. >>>> >>>>The wife of a french man won't need it. >>>> >>>>... She has a UK residential visa. >>>> >>>>Sign the Schengen agreements! >>>> >>>>(Like that's gonna happen in my lifetime...) >>> >>> >>>I wish. >>> >>>And the Euro as well. >>> >>>I can't get my head around people who think that having your own currency >>>is a good thing for no very good reason except some sort of fear. >>> >>>The only people who make money are the banks, who actually manage to tax >>>people for having the temerity to want to spend money abroad... >>> >> >>The problem is that the loss of a separate currency results in a great >>deal of loss of the ability to manage your own economy. >> >>It is not clear that the advantages are more than minor. >> > > Actually that explanation only applies if you're the chancellor. For normal > people there are advantages and no down side. > It appears that you think the only beneficiary of economic control is to the person applying the controls. If the UK economy is harmed the Chancellor will take a hit. However a lot of other folks will be harmed as well. |