[kevkev57]

To me a currency is here to make my life easier. After years of travelling, I no longer have any sentimentality for the ' pound ', or anything else where sentimentality over rules practicallity.

 I personally do not think the UK will adopt the euro for a long long time, if ever.  To be truthful I could not care less, and nor I suspect does the majority on mainland Europe. If the UK is happier keeping the pound, then thats cool as well. It might turn out to be the right thing, who knows.

All I know is that my life is a lot easier with one currency here. Living on the border of France, and not too far away from Germany and Holland.

It is a new currency and for the most part stable, defying the doom and gloom merchants that wanted to see it fall.

The queens head could be shown on one side of a euro coin by the way.  The Belgian euro for example shows the kings head.

Kevin

[Fluffywelshsheep]

Oh and don't forget the raw mince dish (can't remember what it's called)

Steak tartare

yeap that the horrible stuff.

[Fluffywelshsheep]

I can't see the uk changing to euro. the uk would loss thier independant . I have no idea about wales or scotland changing. Wales is too dependant on englands parliment.

I personaly class myself as A Welshy who live in Scotland.

Linz

[Rosemary]

I don't want the bloody Euro either.

[Hardfeather]

The queens head could be shown on one side of a euro coin by the way.  The Belgian euro for example shows the kings head.

Kevin

That would be something..............the queen's head on a pile of Euros. 

[kevkev57]

" I don't want the bloody euro either "

Why ?

Kevin

[doganjo]

Well, I would like it here.  It would make going to France and Germany and loads of other places a whole lot easier!

[gavo]

The Euro is just like monopoly money why would you want that?

[doganjo]

Monopoly money is VERY pretty

[sandy]

 

[gavo]

yes but pretty useless

[doganjo]

Most currencies are.  I wish I had enough skills for bartering!

[northfifeduckling]

I personally LIKED all European currencies better than the Euro - from the look of them.  The designer must have been in a stupid world of his own, but hey, you only buy stuff with them, not frame them to look at!

Bartering's great here in Fife. I used to be a member in a LETS group and now do a bit of food bartering in the North Howe Transition Town food group. It's so much fun! As I still didn't get any courgettes from my own garden I bartered some chutney and jam and got so many in exchange that I can now make pickles and pre cook about 4 meals! You've got eggs, Annie! You could offer advice about keeping birds, breeding dogs, offer dog sitting maybe...

[marigold]

Hello all
Just returned from a week's holiday on an isolated island off the west coast of scotland. 20 of us friends together for a week - fabulous!!!!! 2 people came down with swine flu, One from England and one from Glasgow. Missed the forum and enjoyed logging on tonight to see what you had all been chatting about.
 
Dundee is my local city and I love it - grit and all - after all you can't get a good egg without some grit. As for stupid Scot with swine flu - perhaps he needed some reassurance from his pals that he was going to be ok. He was irresponsible going back into work, but many of us are, when we are scared.
Also would not like to be branded as stupid cos someone with the same nationality is daft. We would all be dammed regardless of where we came from.
By the way, both holiday pals recovered well and we all became a little less scared of the big 'PANDEMIC"
P.s Have never fancied a deep fried mars bar - but there's nothing like an Aberdeen Buttery and a mug of milky coffee.
kirsty

[sheila]

what's an Aberdeen Buttery?