I think you missed the point...

Whilst it's true to say the Euro is higher now against
the Dollar, due almost entirely to the Dollars collapse,
it's complete and utter horse**** to say that this
is the case in the rest of the world, which I believe
is Oscarvox's point. And getting snotty about it.....please.....

And since the original post was from a South African
club, the post by Tom (different email address, so
I assume it was a different Tom, but if it's you, same
points apply), about real estate prices and checking
insurance cover was way off the mark pointing out the
US Dollar rate without the proviso that it only applies
to Americans. I doubt that Goldfields insurance policy
is in USD, more likely in ZAR, but Clinton translated
it to USD for the benifit of yanks who think that America
is the whole world and that this is an entirely a US
newsgroup...

/yank bashing

John

At 01:00 30 January 2005, Tom wrote:
Well then you can congratulate yourself on your choice
of parents!

For those of us who (still) live in the U.S. it IS
an issue. Last time
I checked my insurance policy is denominated in dollars,
not euros.
Tom