Reply to: OMG, Approximately @ 08:54 GMT the euro broke through the 0.90105 barrier

[psychocandy]

Have I mentioned that the Bosch alternator factory in Miskin closes today after a mere 20 years?

With the loss of 400 odd jobs?

Off to Hungary we go.

It's the peace dividend or something.

Used to live near there. In fact, was born not that far from there....

[scooterscot]

Was anyone else listening to Radio 5 during the Songa/ Fed match?

Fantastic. The DJ's had notice rather than fixing the economy George and Merv were instead watching the tennis from the Royal box.

The best came though when the DJ broke the tennis commentary to announce the Greek parliament voted in favour of austerity measures. The DJ' "wonder if the chancellor knows" at which point the TV camera panned over to them and it went a bit like this.

"Looks like the chancellor is reading a message on his phone"

"Must be important Merv is shown the message"

"Now there both look annoyed"



Classic.

[DimPrawn]

It's almost embarrassing.

Sir Lord Fckwit of the BoE has let the cat out of the bag with hints of more money printing and no rate rises until GB has full employment (), so never basically.

Time to get the biggest mortgage in Sterling you can afford and buy that house!

[scooterscot]

Even better today !!!!!

And guess who gets paid in Euros? Excellent news..

Party!

[alreadypacked]

Even better today !!!!!

And guess who gets paid in Euros? Excellent news..

Guess who get paid in CHF, even better news

[psychocandy]

Even better today !!!!!

And guess who gets paid in Euros? Excellent news..

[Sysman]

My dishwasher is very noisy; well that’s what I get with cheap Pilipino helpers.

The noisiest dishwasher I had was Brazilian.

It started at 6 am too.

Terrible racket.

But then she'd come back to bed for some hanky panky.

It was difficult to stay grumpy.

[Paddy]

A mate has a Bosch dishwasher and it's amazingly quiet. My last Bosch drill was crap; no matter how much I tightened the clamp thingy, under heavy load it would spin without turning the drill bit.

My dishwasher is very noisy; well that’s what I get with cheap Pilipino helpers.

[vetran]

Half of "DA International traders" revenues are in Euros

DA

Think you should change your company name to D A Financial Trading?

[Sysman]

My Bosch dishwasher is very quiet as well but I've not had any problems with my Bosch drill and I use it a lot - yours must have been faulty. I've just bought a Bosch professional jigsaw - all their products feel solid (admittedly I've not been buying the base model).

Yep. I made the mistake of going for a bargain when I was in the middle of buying a whole houseful of kit.

Is it one of those cordless ones with a hand tightened chuck? Those are really glorified screwdrivers. One with a chuck that tightens with a key won't have that problem.

That's the one, except mine had a key as well. As I recall it wasn't too hot on grip for screwdriver work either. I ended up recycling it when the battery wouldn't hold its charge.

[doodab]

A mate has a Bosch dishwasher and it's amazingly quiet. My last Bosch drill was crap; no matter how much I tightened the clamp thingy, under heavy load it would spin without turning the drill bit.

Is it one of those cordless ones with a hand tightened chuck? Those are really glorified screwdrivers. One with a chuck that tightens with a key won't have that problem.

[Lockhouse]

A mate has a Bosch dishwasher and it's amazingly quiet. My last Bosch drill was crap; no matter how much I tightened the clamp thingy, under heavy load it would spin without turning the drill bit.

My Bosch dishwasher is very quiet as well but I've not had any problems with my Bosch drill and I use it a lot - yours must have been faulty. I've just bought a Bosch professional jigsaw - all their products feel solid (admittedly I've not been buying the base model).

[DodgyAgent]

I came across this in the 90s when I became a carefree batchelor once more. Shopping for an iron, I wanted the dog's danglies steam iron that could allegedly iron curtains while they were still hung up. The salesman was trying to persuade me to buy a cheaper model!

A few years later setting up a new home in Europe I went for another steam iron. 10 times better than the top of the range jobby I'd bought in the UK, and it really could iron curtains while they were hanging up. This one wasn't even top of the range, I could have spent lots more if I'd been inclined to.

Talking of irons where's Churchill this week?

[Sysman]

East Germany?

LOL!

I wonder what Google will make of that?

[gingerjedi]

I came across this in the 90s when I became a carefree batchelor once more. Shopping for an iron, I wanted the dog's danglies steam iron that could allegedly iron curtains while they were still hung up. The salesman was trying to persuade me to buy a cheaper model!

A few years later setting up a new home in Europe I went for another steam iron. 10 times better than the top of the range jobby I'd bought in the UK, and it really could iron curtains while they were hanging up. This one wasn't even top of the range, I could have spent lots more if I'd been inclined to.

East Germany?