Reply to: Pound seems to be weakening against the euro

[DimPrawn]

Oh I don't know, my quality of life in my nice house in a nice part of London, with one of the best locals close to me where I know everyone, a choice of restaurants from around the world in close proximity, plenty of green space, feck all crime, some of the worlds best cultural attractions a train ride away, and most importantly a culture where I feel at home in seems perfectly fine to me.
Not to mention that when I sell said house, I can probably buy 3 comparable ones in Munich and live off the rent, should that be what I aspired to.

AND Streets of London really are paved with gold - Telegraph

[doodab]

Let's just say I know how to add value. You on the other hand, judging by the other thread, are only now learning skills (web dev FFS!) that probably thousands round the world possess.

HTH

Er no, I'm catching up with modern developments in something I haven't bothered with for years (those late 90s browser wars really put me off) in order to add another string to my bow in the hope of jumping from a quiet niche into a more lucrative market upon my forced return to London. The reason I've picked on the front end web and ajax stuff is because it's the only bit of the target skillset that I don't have significant experience in, having been focused almost exclusively on server-side stuff, aside from the odd administration interface, for the last six years or so.

[DodgyAgent]

Milan

I hope you are well. Have you now learnt that being part of the Euro is more than just not having to change your holiday money?

[Mason Boyne]

Well I'm glad you like it there. I'm not sure I'd call the Clapham Grand a cultural attraction but each to their own.

There's plenty of culture down there, it's growing on't walls!

[doodab]

Oh I don't know, my quality of life in my nice house in a nice part of London, with one of the best locals close to me where I know everyone, a choice of restaurants from around the world in close proximity, plenty of green space, feck all crime, some of the worlds best cultural attractions a train ride away, and most importantly a culture where I feel at home in seems perfectly fine to me.
Not to mention that when I sell said house, I can probably buy 3 comparable ones in Munich and live off the rent, should that be what I aspired to.

Well I'm glad you like it there. I'm not sure I'd call the Clapham Grand a cultural attraction but each to their own.

[sasguru]

The thing is SAS, you are, as you keep telling us, the elite of the elite crack intellectual shock troopers. Not everyone has your ability to make money appear out of thin air just by opening their mouth & waving their hands and most people who still have to actually do stuff for a living are far better off in Germany where there is a chance that someone will pay them for doing it.

Let's just say I know how to add value. You on the other hand, judging by the other thread, are only now learning skills (web dev FFS!) that probably thousands round the world possess.

HTH

[sasguru]

It's really a question of what you compare to what. Most of you lot are focusing on Greece or other places that are ****ed, so to make a fair comparison you need to look at life in the less salubrious parts of the UK.

If you are going to look at prosperous parts of the UK it seems perfectly fair to compare London to say Bavaria which has a population comparable to greater London, a GDP about 30% higher and offers a very high quality of life. I have homes in both cities and I would say Munich wins EASILY for quality of life. There are less poor here, it's much less crowded, you have better access to nature, feck all crime, better public services, and for the price of a 3 bed ex council semi in a decent area of London you can buy a detached house with a pool.

On the other hand life in the poorer parts of Greece, Spain or southern Italy is probably much more miserable than living in Swansea or Sheffield.

Oh I don't know, my quality of life in my nice house in a nice part of London, with one of the best locals close to me where I know everyone, a choice of restaurants from around the world in close proximity, plenty of green space, feck all crime, some of the worlds best cultural attractions a train ride away, and most importantly a culture where I feel at home in seems perfectly fine to me.
Not to mention that when I sell said house, I can probably buy 3 comparable ones in Munich and live off the rent, should that be what I aspired to.

[milanbenes]

The thing is SAS, you are, as you keep telling us, the elite of the elite crack intellectual shock troopers. Not everyone has your ability to make money appear out of thin air just by opening their mouth & waving their hands and most people who still have to actually do stuff for a living are far better off in Germany where there is a chance that someone will pay them for doing it.

that Doobab is a very amusing analogy.

I would however not go so far

when I think of Sas I think of Captain Mainwaring from Dad's Army.

Milan.

[doodab]

On the other hand German people are not as much fun, the food may be cheaper but it's far crappier, their corporate atmospheres are generally dullsville personified, rates are not as high as the City for the best people.

I know - I've been every year since 1991 and worked in Germany and Switzerland.

Couldn't wait to get back after a couple of years.

The thing is SAS, you are, as you keep telling us, the elite of the elite crack intellectual shock troopers. Not everyone has your ability to make money appear out of thin air just by opening their mouth & waving their hands and most people who still have to actually do stuff for a living are far better off in Germany where there is a chance that someone will pay them for doing it.

[sasguru]

DA,

i guess it does for

Portugal - most of Europes shoes come from their, most of Europe's tiles come from there

Italy - huge engineering capacity in Italy

Spain - I am not familiar with their industry - apart from agriculture

Milan.

You've spotted what most economists have missed, Milan.
Portugal makes shoes. I can hear the sigh of relief in the Portuguese ministry of Finance from here.

What a cretin you are to be sure.

[doodab]

Scooter is like a country bumpkin who goes abroad for the first time and only sees the superficial side

It's really a question of what you compare to what. Most of you lot are focusing on Greece or other places that are ****ed, so to make a fair comparison you need to look at life in the less salubrious parts of the UK.

If you are going to look at prosperous parts of the UK it seems perfectly fair to compare London to say Bavaria which has a population comparable to greater London, a GDP about 30% higher and offers a very high quality of life. I have homes in both cities and I would say Munich wins EASILY for quality of life. There are less poor here, it's much less crowded, you have better access to nature, feck all crime, better public services, and for the price of a 3 bed ex council semi in a decent area of London you can buy a detached house with a pool.

On the other hand life in the poorer parts of Greece, Spain or southern Italy is probably much more miserable than living in Swansea or Sheffield.

[Jog On]

From a technical analysis perspective EUR/GBP looks like it might have broken out to the upside

[milanbenes]

DA,

i guess it does for

Portugal - most of Europes shoes come from their, most of Europe's tiles come from there

Italy - huge engineering capacity in Italy

Spain - I am not familiar with their industry - apart from agriculture

Milan.

[TimberWolf]

Portillo last night on 'This WeeK' says we are heading for disaster and if Greece goes down we (the UK) are heading for meltdown. So not a totally optimistic view.

[milanbenes]

and good sense of humour



Milan.