tooquicktostop Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just arrived back from Antibes looking around the area I will be moving to later this year, well the South of France has always been expensive, but with the weak £ the South of France is sooooo expensive, eg, Pint of beer in Juan Les Pins £9.50 Fillet steak with saute potatoes in a bar £33 Gin and tonic in my hotel £15 Set 3 course dinner in small restaurant in Antibes £45 Bottle of house wine in the hotel £45 Clothes 30% more expensive at least We were pulling about £150 per day just for lunch and dinner and we never really went to any of the 'smart' restaurants!!, looks like the lifestyle will more about sunshine and location rather than nights out !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Blimey, pound really is in the shit, hope it recovers soon so i can start ordering parts from the states again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Will you not be earning in Euro's though? I'd work a deal out in Euro's before I went there if I was you. I have a job offer in Holland again and that would see me on considerably more money with the exchange rate the way it is now. Alot of firms that operate in different coutries have pay offices in all countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 i knew i should have filled my suitcase with phr turbo kits when i was over in the usa when it was $2 to the £ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Will be talking money this week, has to be Euro salary on what I saw this weekend, the £ is no good to me in the Euro market ! My GF changed £80 in Cannes and got 69 Euro !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_blackman Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Flipping heck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Its great against the euro its nearly the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Thats not great this side is it?? It is if you have a job offer in Euro's and own a house in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supranature Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Pint of beer in Juan Les Pins £9.50 FFS I was there in 1979 and it was £1.20......and that was a rip-off then Remember getting 1.75 euro to a £ in a kebab shop in Benidorm 2003..those were the days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It's good for exports. About time we as a country made and exported stuff instead of buying it all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supranature Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It's good for exports. About time we as a country made and exported stuff instead of buying it all in. Export what? We are a "Service " industry country type thingy, tell me what we export, except for talent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It's not funny. Maybe we should have accepted to join the euro?! Nahhh, probably worth holding out, and keeping the pound. We are a proud nation, set apart from the continent. All that water around us really makes us different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaft Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 its not all bad (great for us !!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Shane_ Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 what would ya pay for a pint in the uk at the min lads ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It's not funny. Maybe we should have accepted to join the euro?! Nahhh, probably worth holding out, and keeping the pound. We are a proud nation, set apart from the continent. All that water around us really makes us different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerikbok Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Sad days for the pound yes, I truly feel for you as I have been suffering the 2/1 exchange of the dollar over the past nearly 2 years, now at 1.34 to the dollar I couldn't be happier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Export what? We are a "Service " industry country type thingy, tell me what we export, except for talent? Limited at that too unfortunately.... Posted via Mobile Device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furqan Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Exchange rate rubbish I return to my country syria for holiday and pay £1 for 60 syria pound but last year it price £1 for 100 syria pound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I can't see things improving anytime soon, in fact I can see them getting worse. I've just accepted a permanent position in Japan. I haven't been perm for 10 years, but with the exchange rate my permie salary in Yen is about the same as I can get on contract in the UK. That and the fact contracts globally aren't as nice as they were with agents and clients talking down the rates because of the economy, I think I'll lay low for a couple of years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I was reading an article in the sunday papers about couples who bought property in France a few years back are now selling to come back to the uk (god knows why ) and are actually better off with the extra money in their pocket from the exchange rate. This is the opposite of a few years ago when we sold property to buy cheap in France, funny old business isn't it ? Personally Dean i think the quality of life would outweigh the loss of nights out etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plus1 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Sad days for the pound yes, I truly feel for you as I have been suffering the 2/1 exchange of the dollar over the past nearly 2 years, now at 1.34 to the dollar I couldn't be happier Why? Unless you live in the USA, it's stopping people buying from abroad because the pound is so weak. It had better change soon as I'm off to New York in May and $1.34 to the pound is pants!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 what would ya pay for a pint in the uk at the min lads ? Between £2.40 - £3.30 depending on if you're in a local pub or a pub/club in town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendor Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 It's good for exports. About time we as a country made and exported stuff instead of buying it all in. Yeah well, the manufacturing industry said all that twenty years ago. Now we are totally fubarred. Limited skills, aged and almost retired skilled workforce and very few engineers in training that stay in the UK. Dont get me wrong we do have some centres of excellence but in the main we could not make a pot to p!ss in. As an example, name any white/brown/black goods that are manufactured in the UK. and compete in the world markets. I have a very good friend who is an engineer who has worked for fifty years in manufacturing and he will take all that accumulated skill out of the workforce at the end of this year. This guy is pure gold and the government should pay him NOT to retire. Skills like his are priceless but he has not had anyone to pass them on to for years. Well its too late now and he has had enough. Bloody criminal waste if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendor Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Limited at that too unfortunately.... Posted via Mobile Device Design and engineering graduates from the UK are some of the most highly sought in the world. Our graduate engineers are second to none. We are not talking about 'ology' graduates in some mickey mouse toilet paper degree but serious degrees here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 £ and the $ is looking like it'll be getting closer to 1-1 over the next few weeks, probably down to around £1 to $1.20 and the £ to the Euro is looking like it'll be £1.05-£1.10 to 1 Euro too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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