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DaftFunk
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A yes from me.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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The dollar isn't any good on the continent... And the Euro crippled the Italians for a variety of reasons, since they were using interest rates and exchange rate trickery to give the economy little boosts, rather than tackle the underlying problems in the economy. My girlfriend is Italian, and much as she has fond memories of the Lira, she says she'd keep the Euro.
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forquare1
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Location: /dev/tty0
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Out of interest, what is the slang for Euro? Here a thousand quid is £1000 The US have a thousand bucks which refers to $1000 According to Wikipedia, the Euro would have something along the lines of "a thousand single currency", which doesn't quite have the same ring to it... Not that it's important 
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AlunD
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Location: Wiltshire
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My wife who is Italian remembers change being given in sweets 
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Eh? I expect people would probably call a Euro a quid.
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Nick
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Location: Portsmouth
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brataccas
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Location: Scotland
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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bratty, are you saying that if I was to walk into a Spar corner shop in, let's say, Milngavie, with a €20 note and tried to buy a loaf of bread, they'd say 'Ta very much, here's your change'?
Forgive my scepticism, but I'm struggling to believe it.
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brataccas
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whoops I actually forgot to add that I meant popular name high street shops  *slaps self* _________________
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ProfessorF
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So, what, like House of Fraser in Glasgow or something? Which stores? Cos that's not too different from the tourist traps down south. I've a feeling the tourist traps in London will take € as well. 
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Linux_User
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A sizeable number of shops here will also accept the Euro, funnily enough. And this is a village of less than 3,000 people.
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brataccas
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pretty much any store in high street and shopping centres, gadget shops ie TK MAXX, NEXT, argos, a lot of clothes shops, too many to think of, WH smith, etc etc edit: and btw you do realise SPar shops are norweigan? it translates to "save" as in budget
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big_D
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Location: Bramsche
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It means save in German as well.
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bobbdobbs
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SPAR was founded in the Netherlands in 1932 by Adriaan Van Wells SPAR come from DESPAAR, Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig. Which means ‘By United Cooperation All Will Profit’. "useless info facts of the day supplied by bobbdobbs" ™®© _________________Finally joined Flickr
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tombolt
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