I can't even remember most of the trip. I was only in Noo Yawk for about 18 hours - long enough to (hypothetically) buy some lenses at B&H, do some (not so hypothetical) sightseeing and catch the flight home.
The magic of UK pricing meant that it was cheaper to buy items in Noo Yawk and pay for a flight than to buy them here - allegedly SOP for the professionals back then, but maybe not so much now.
I'll trade you the singles and a pint for one of my 20 quid notes I have left over from that trip...
you are the media you consume.
The magic of UK pricing
I remember being at a party with a US writer/publisher and after some discussion where he was absolutely amazed at the policies of the UK distributors. when he returned to the Americas, he from that point insisted on printing a UK price on the cover of all of the work he was publishing.
Turns out the distributor was buying at US wholesale prices, the publisher was paying for the shipping to the UK and the distributor was using a $1 = £1 price conversion so that they made a truly excessive ammount from each publication. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
