http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml

Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike

By Malcolm Moore in Rome
Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007

"On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
strike.

Angry Italians are downing their forks in response to a 30 per cent
price rise in the nation's favourite food, along with steep rises in
the price of coffee, mozzarella, bread, biscuits and schoolbooks.

A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.

According to Italy's four largest consumer groups, the average
household in the Bel Paese will be stung for an extra £700 this year
on their shopping.

"Giving up pasta for the day will be a symbolic gesture," said a
spokesman for the consumer groups. "Italians should not buy any pasta
that day, and try their best not to eat it at home."

Most Italians eat pasta at least once a day, and consume around 54
kilograms over the course of the year.

According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
have a plate of spaghetti than sex.

Consequently, the strike-organisers are prepared for serious
withdrawal symptoms. Emergency stands offering free bread and milk
will be set up in all major Italian cities for those in need of
carbohydrates.

The pasta-makers said the reason for the 30 per cent price rise was a
shortage of wheat because farmers were switching to produce crops for
the biofuel industry. Currently, a half-kilogram (1.1lb) pack of pasta
costs around 70 euro cents (50p) in Italy and 70p to £1.10 in the UK.

However, a spokesman for the consumer groups said the rises were
rampant speculation by the producers.

"The statistics show the price of grain has now fallen, but the price
of bread, for example, keeps rising, without any link to the wheat
price. According to our analysis, bread, fresh pasta and deserts have
gone up by 12, 20 and 70 per cent respectively in the last year, while
milk has increased by over 300 per cent."

The threat of the strike drew has drawn a rebuke from the prime
minister, Romano Prodi. "There is no justification for the alarms over
price rises," he said. In fact, he said the prices "are in some cases
going down substantially".

He warned, however, that the "the price of prime materials should not
be influencing, in a significant way, the final price that consumers
pay. There are ample margins for improving efficiency to recuperate
the money, just as occurs in other European countries."

</>

Gregory Morrow said...

> According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
> pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
> of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
> have a plate of spaghetti than sex.


[BS-Alert]

Andy

On Sep 4, 2:23?pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Gregory Morrow said...
>
> > According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
> > pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
> > of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
> > have a plate of spaghetti than sex.
>
> [BS-Alert]
>
> Andy

Good pasta is pretty fgood, but I cannot go so far as to say it is
better than sex.

Rosie

rosie wrote:
> On Sep 4, 2:23?pm, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>Gregory Morrow said...
>>
>>
>>>According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
>>>pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
>>>of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
>>>have a plate of spaghetti than sex.
>>
>>[BS-Alert]
>>
>>Andy
>
>
> Good pasta is pretty fgood, but I cannot go so far as to say it is
> better than sex.
>
> Rosie
>
Maybe they meant to say "rather have a plate of spaghetti WITH sex".

rosie wrote:.

> On Sep 4, 2:23?pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> > Gregory Morrow said...
> >
> > > According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
> > > pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
> > > of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
> > > have a plate of spaghetti than sex.
> >
> > [BS-Alert]
> >
> > Andy
>
> Good pasta is pretty fgood, but I cannot go so far as to say it is
> better than sex.


The UK _Telegraph_ from which the article comes is conservative and thus
somewhat "anti - Europe". It's the sort of thing they'd print in order to
make "the Continentals" look ridiculous...

--
Best
Greg

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>
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
>
> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>
> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>
> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
> strike.
>
> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>


I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the price of
airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt $1 US? Since
when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?
Dee Dee

Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> "Giving up pasta for the day will be a symbolic gesture," said a
> spokesman for the consumer groups. "Italians should not buy any
> pasta that day, and try their best not to eat it at home."

Oh, that would work. Like the gasoline boycott
that broke the high gas prices.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

"rosie" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> On Sep 4, 2:23?pm, Andy <q> wrote:
>> Gregory Morrow said...
>>
>> > According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
>> > pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
>> > of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
>> > have a plate of spaghetti than sex.
>>
>> [BS-Alert]
>>
>> Andy
>
> Good pasta is pretty fgood, but I cannot go so far as to say it is
> better than sex.
>
> Rosie

I guess it depends on the recipes/formulas for each.
Dee Dee

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>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
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>> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>>
>> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
>> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>>
>> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
>> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
>> strike.
>>
>> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
>> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>>
>
>
> I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the price
> of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt $1 US?
> Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?
> Dee Dee

When is the last time you had to rear a family on a takehome pay of ?1000?
Actually, the average is supposed to be ?800.

And the cuppa here is about 1 tablespoon of coffee. Add anything to it and
the price goes up.

And we are currently paying from ?1.27 to 1.33 PER LITER for gas. Multiply
by 1.4 to get US dollar prices.


--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

Gregory Morrow wrote:

> According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
> pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
> of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
> have a plate of spaghetti than sex.

That inquiry must have been carried out in a neuropsichiatric clinic...
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

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>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
>>>
>>> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>>>
>>> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
>>> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>>>
>>> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
>>> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
>>> strike.
>>>
>>> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
>>> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the price
>> of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt $1 US?
>> Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?
>> Dee Dee
>
> When is the last time you had to rear a family on a takehome pay of ?1000?
> Actually, the average is supposed to be ?800.

What the hey are you talking about anyway?
Dee Dee

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>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
>>>>
>>>> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>>>>
>>>> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
>>>> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>>>>
>>>> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
>>>> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
>>>> strike.
>>>>
>>>> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
>>>> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the
>>> price of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt $1
>>> US? Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?
>>> Dee Dee
>>
>> When is the last time you had to rear a family on a takehome pay of
>> ?1000? Actually, the average is supposed to be ?800.
>
> What the hey are you talking about anyway?
> Dee Dee

Only that when takehome pay is about 1000 euro to support a family, 25% rise
in the price of the national dish is enough to make you spit.

You think 70 centesimi is cheap, but you don't live on that kind of money.
It can't go both ways. You can't jack up food prices that impact families
when alaries are not and have not in years gone up.


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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
>>>>>
>>>>> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>>>>>
>>>>> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
>>>>> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>>>>>
>>>>> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
>>>>> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
>>>>> strike.
>>>>>
>>>>> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
>>>>> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the
>>>> price of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt $1
>>>> US? Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?
>>>> Dee Dee
>>>
>>> When is the last time you had to rear a family on a takehome pay of
>>> ?1000? Actually, the average is supposed to be ?800.
>>
>> What the hey are you talking about anyway?
>> Dee Dee
>
> Only that when takehome pay is about 1000 euro to support a family, 25%
> rise in the price of the national dish is enough to make you spit.
>
> You think 70 centesimi is cheap, but you don't live on that kind of money.
> It can't go both ways. You can't jack up food prices that impact families
> when alaries are not and have not in years gone up.



I completely understand your logic. I understand inflation.

From what I have read, I thought the prices of everything in Italy had gone
sky-high and Americans living there were almost unable to live on what there
salary; and my thought is that in American money, 70 euro cents is quite
reasonable (comparing it to prices here in the U.S.)

Perhaps I only went to tourist places 20 years ago, but I 'seem' to recall
that a cup of coffee in Italy was more $1US than that then. I was
wondering why it was less than a Euro now.

If I couldn't afford the cup in the restaurant, I wouldn't be drinking
coffee outside the home. Do they have thermos' in Italy?
But, yes, I know, this doesn't really address the problem, but it is a
band-aid until it gets solved.

Also I'm glad I can make pasta.

Dee Dee

"Giusi" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> You think 70 centesimi is cheap, but you don't live on that kind of money.
> It can't go both ways. You can't jack up food prices that impact families
> when alaries are not and have not in years gone up.

Yes I agree! But, Giusy, with 70 cent I can buy a good pasta like De Cecco,
here.
With less money, here in Italy you can buy bad pasta (you now).

--
Kisses
Pandora

"Dee Dee" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>
> "Giusi" > wrote in message
>> Only that when takehome pay is about 1000 euro to support a family, 25%
>> rise in the price of the national dish is enough to make you spit.
>>
>> You think 70 centesimi is cheap, but you don't live on that kind of
>> money. It can't go both ways. You can't jack up food prices that impact
>> families when alaries are not and have not in years gone up.
>
>
>
> I completely understand your logic. I understand inflation.
>
> From what I have read, I thought the prices of everything in Italy had
> gone sky-high and Americans living there were almost unable to live on
> what there salary; and my thought is that in American money, 70 euro cents
> is quite reasonable (comparing it to prices here in the U.S.)
>
> Perhaps I only went to tourist places 20 years ago, but I 'seem' to recall
> that a cup of coffee in Italy was more $1US than that then. I was
> wondering why it was less than a Euro now.
>
> If I couldn't afford the cup in the restaurant, I wouldn't be drinking
> coffee outside the home. Do they have thermos' in Italy?
> But, yes, I know, this doesn't really address the problem, but it is a
> band-aid until it gets solved.
> Also I'm glad I can make pasta.
>
> Dee Dee

Prices had been quite stable, it is the dollar that's in the toilet. I now
pay $1.40 for one euro-- they do charge to change them you know. When I
arrived I paid $.82 for the lira equivalent of a euro.

Italian coffee is almost inexplicable to someone who doesn't live here. the
tiny cups taken through the day are part of the social fabric. Espresso
doesn't taste good even five minutes after making it, so even were all
Italians to arrange to meet with their Thermoses in a park, it wouldn't do.
And then what are the bars to do? Close up? Not knowing when, where or how
you took your coffee here means I can't tell what you paid. Sitting down in
a sidewalk cafe costs more. Tourist areas cost more. Also I can't know
what the dollar was worth then, but the euro is 1978 lire. So maybe you
spent more than that on a coffee, but I never have. Capuccino, yes, but
espresso not unless I was in an expensive restaurant or a major tourist bar
like in San Marco at Venice.

Naturally many Italians can make pasta, but they don't make it everyday.
Most Italians work and pasta making is for a day when you aren't out at
your job. Also, if the price is going up because of wheat prices, then
flour will also go up. Eggs are already pricier than the US, as I recall,
costing about 20 to 28 centesimi per egg. Multiply those prices by 1.4 to
get dollar equivalent prices.

"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Dee Dee" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>>
>> "Giusi" > wrote in message
>>> Only that when takehome pay is about 1000 euro to support a family, 25%
>>> rise in the price of the national dish is enough to make you spit.
>>>
>>> You think 70 centesimi is cheap, but you don't live on that kind of
>>> money. It can't go both ways. You can't jack up food prices that impact
>>> families when alaries are not and have not in years gone up.
>>
>>
>>
>> I completely understand your logic. I understand inflation.
>>
>> From what I have read, I thought the prices of everything in Italy had
>> gone sky-high and Americans living there were almost unable to live on
>> what there salary; and my thought is that in American money, 70 euro
>> cents is quite reasonable (comparing it to prices here in the U.S.)
>>
>> Perhaps I only went to tourist places 20 years ago, but I 'seem' to
>> recall that a cup of coffee in Italy was more $1US than that then. I
>> was wondering why it was less than a Euro now.
>>
>> If I couldn't afford the cup in the restaurant, I wouldn't be drinking
>> coffee outside the home. Do they have thermos' in Italy?
>> But, yes, I know, this doesn't really address the problem, but it is a
>> band-aid until it gets solved.
>> Also I'm glad I can make pasta.
>>
>> Dee Dee
>
>
> Italian coffee is almost inexplicable to someone who doesn't live here.
> the tiny cups taken through the day are part of the social fabric.
> Espresso doesn't taste good even five minutes after making it, so even
> were all Italians to arrange to meet with their Thermoses in a park, it
> wouldn't do. And then what are the bars to do?


Yes, I understand (a little bit) the 'social fabric' of the Italian coffee.

I've almost solved my coffee dilema here in the U.S. Not having had it in
the home for a very long time, drinking tea at home and an occasional
espresso outside the home. I got rid of all my coffee pots (I didn't have
many). But I've been sick of buying an actually horrible tasting
espresso/cappucino anywhere. DH is a coffee fiend and will drinks pots a
day, so to solve this

I have decided to go the espresso route, buying my second espresso machine
(one in 1976 which was a travesty) and a burr grinder to arrive tomorrow.
I will approach the bean problem by proably buying a roaster. DH used to
travel to South America and bring back green beans (not from the garden ;-))
so I have a small feel for it. I, too, want very fresh beans, not ones I
would have to wait for even by special delivery, which I would not do. I
know exactly the roast I desire. Even if I bought them roasted they would
not be to my taste, probably.

As to pasta, most times I do prefer the dried kind.
Dee Dee

Giusi wrote:

> Prices had been quite stable, it is the dollar that's in the toilet. I now
> pay $1.40 for one euro-- they do charge to change them you know. When I
> arrived I paid $.82 for the lira equivalent of a euro.

At one time, one Euro was equal to one US dollar. The US dollar has
lost value, so now one Euro is around $1.38. I leave the country 4-5
times a year on business, with the devaluation of the US dollar,
everything costs more than it used to.

Becca

Typical. Schoolbook prices up-don't eat pasta to protest.

BS Alert.......




"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
>
> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>
> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>
> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
> strike.
>
> Angry Italians are downing their forks in response to a 30 per cent
> price rise in the nation's favourite food, along with steep rises in
> the price of coffee, mozzarella, bread, biscuits and schoolbooks.
>
> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>
> According to Italy's four largest consumer groups, the average
> household in the Bel Paese will be stung for an extra £700 this year
> on their shopping.
>
> "Giving up pasta for the day will be a symbolic gesture," said a
> spokesman for the consumer groups. "Italians should not buy any pasta
> that day, and try their best not to eat it at home."
>
> Most Italians eat pasta at least once a day, and consume around 54
> kilograms over the course of the year.
>
> According to a recent study, many of them prefer pasta to all other
> pleasures. A survey by SWG, a polling company, found that nearly half
> of all Italian men and women would never give it up and would rather
> have a plate of spaghetti than sex.
>
> Consequently, the strike-organisers are prepared for serious
> withdrawal symptoms. Emergency stands offering free bread and milk
> will be set up in all major Italian cities for those in need of
> carbohydrates.
>
> The pasta-makers said the reason for the 30 per cent price rise was a
> shortage of wheat because farmers were switching to produce crops for
> the biofuel industry. Currently, a half-kilogram (1.1lb) pack of pasta
> costs around 70 euro cents (50p) in Italy and 70p to £1.10 in the UK.
>
> However, a spokesman for the consumer groups said the rises were
> rampant speculation by the producers.
>
> "The statistics show the price of grain has now fallen, but the price
> of bread, for example, keeps rising, without any link to the wheat
> price. According to our analysis, bread, fresh pasta and deserts have
> gone up by 12, 20 and 70 per cent respectively in the last year, while
> milk has increased by over 300 per cent."
>
> The threat of the strike drew has drawn a rebuke from the prime
> minister, Romano Prodi. "There is no justification for the alarms over
> price rises," he said. In fact, he said the prices "are in some cases
> going down substantially".
>
> He warned, however, that the "the price of prime materials should not
> be influencing, in a significant way, the final price that consumers
> pay. There are ample margins for improving efficiency to recuperate
> the money, just as occurs in other European countries."
>
> </>
>
>

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>
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
> message ...
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wpasta131.xml
>>
>> Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike
>>
>> By Malcolm Moore in Rome
>> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007
>>
>> "On the 13 September, there will be no spaghetti, fettucine, farfalle
>> or rigatoni in Italy, as the country goes on its first-ever pasta
>> strike.
>>
>> A second strike over the increase in the price of a cup of coffee in a
>> cafe, from 70 euro cents (50p) to one euro, has also been threatened.
>>
>
>
> I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the price
> of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt $1 US?
> Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?
> Dee Dee
>

Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of pennies.

Kswck wrote:

>
> "Dee Dee" > wrote in message
> ...

> > I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the
> > price of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be
> > abt $1 US? Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1? Dee Dee
> >
>
> Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of
> pennies.

Where have you been? That hasn't been true for years. It's currently
about .73 Euros to the dollar.



Brian

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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Kswck wrote:

> Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of pennies.

Oh, how I wish that was true. <g>

Becca

Dee Dee wrote:

> I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the
> price of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be abt
> $1 US? Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1?

Wait: that's not a big cup of coffee, it's just a copule of drops in a mini
cup. If you had to shell 1$ for that minimal amount you'd be at least
surprised.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

Dee Dee wrote:

> I will approach the bean problem by proably buying a roaster.

I know people who roast (or toast) theyr coffee beans in a common skillet.
Looks like it gives good results.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

"Vilco" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> Dee Dee wrote:
>
>> I will approach the bean problem by proably buying a roaster.
>
> I know people who roast (or toast) theyr coffee beans in a common skillet.
> Looks like it gives good results.
> --
> Vilco
> Think pink, drink rose'

I used one of those pizza pans with holes in it. It stinks, though.
Roasting coffee doesn't smell anything like brewing it. And then you need
to get the hulls off. They suggest tossing it in the air repeatedly
outside, which I can do, but if one did not have an outside space, it will
make a mess inside. Still, very good coffee, once I found a shop in Perugia
to sell me green beans.

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"Vilco" > wrote in message
...
> Dee Dee wrote:
>
>> I will approach the bean problem by proably buying a roaster.
>
> I know people who roast (or toast) theyr coffee beans in a common skillet.
> Looks like it gives good results.
> --
> Vilco
> Think pink, drink rose'

Yes, I tried that in the 70's. Then I bought a roaster that you hand-turn
over gas that I eye-spied in a coffee shop one day -- looked like an
antique, but they said it was new.

I'll either buy already-roasted this time or go big-time.
Thanks for the advice, tho.
Dee Dee

"Default User" > wrote in message
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> Kswck wrote:
>
>>
>> "Dee Dee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>> > I had to look at the date of this posting, because I could save the
>> > price of airfare on their price of coffee-- wouldn't 70 euro be
>> > abt $1 US? Since when have I had a cup of coffee for $1? Dee Dee
>> >
>>
>> Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of
>> pennies.
>
> Where have you been? That hasn't been true for years. It's currently
> about .73 Euros to the dollar.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
I figured $1.38 dollars to 1 euro.

Kswck wrote:

>
> "Default User" > wrote in message
> ...

> > > Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of
> > > pennies.
> >
> > Where have you been? That hasn't been true for years. It's currently
> > about .73 Euros to the dollar.

> I figured $1.38 dollars to 1 euro.

Oh, well, that clears it up.




Brian

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On 7 Sep 2007 22:57:14 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>Kswck wrote:
>
>>
>> "Default User" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>> > > Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of
>> > > pennies.
>> >
>> > Where have you been? That hasn't been true for years. It's currently
>> > about .73 Euros to the dollar.
>
>> I figured $1.38 dollars to 1 euro.
>
>Oh, well, that clears it up.
>
Go no further than our unofficial website for a currency converter:
http://www.recfoodcooking.com/cvtcurrency.html

At this time .73 Euros is equal to $1.00.


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"Kswck" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>
> "Default User" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Kswck wrote:

>>> Nah. Euro's and USD is about the same-give or take a couple of
>>> pennies.
>>
>> Where have you been? That hasn't been true for years. It's currently
>> about .73 Euros to the dollar.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
> I figured $1.38 dollars to 1 euro.
This is a joke, right? You think that's close to par? Add to the nearly
40% difference between the two currencies the fact that you must pay to
change currency, no matter how it is done... cc, bank card, check... and it
now costs over US$1.40 to get one euro. It ain't chump change unless you
spend just one euro and go home.

For a traveler that means a euro 100 hotel room costs $140+. A euro 20 meal
(on the cheap side) costs nearly $30. The euro 1000 per week rental car is
$1400+. And that coffee is $1.40 and it is still a tablespoon.

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