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Countdown to $100 oil (46) - what's a dollar worth? | 42 comments (42 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: C'mon, quite bumming me out... (none / 1)

I have some neighbors who still talk in old francs- everything's in millions. I don't understand it too much; I have to get my wife to translate.
It's funny how many French still express real estate prices in new francs, although I sense that's finally starting to change and we're moving slowly to the euro.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Sep 13th, 2007 at 06:19:09 PM EST
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Re: C'mon, quite bumming me out... (none / 1)

Try talking real-estate in old francs. Hell, my mother-in-law still talks about consumer items and the days receipts (they're shopkeepers) in old francs. Or salaries in briques, et c. Even I do this last, it's sort of hard not to.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Thu Sep 13th, 2007 at 07:22:30 PM EST
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