Share my delight, dear charioteers! The cumulo-nimbus græcus has a silver sterling lining, which some of us expats in countries which are euro-friendly will appreciate – in every sense of the word.
Since almost 3 years ago my poor little pound has bounced uncomfortably on the bottom, down as much as 15%, but now it has leapt up again, as financiers desert the two-tier euro.
Thanks are also due to M. Hollande – who plans to lash out on golden growth for the froggies – spending with gay abandon (no, I know he’s not) the euros he doesn’t have.
While our Ange is not for turning. Hold tight onto that handbag, Ms. Merkel!
Boadicea's Chariot 
Believe me, Janus, I do share your delight. Back to the good old days.
Did you know that the word sky is an old Nordic word that meant cloud?
http://blog.inkyfool.com/2011/01/clouds-and-skies.html
One man’s ‘silver lining’ is another’s ‘pie in the sky’!
Inkyfool is a great blog. For example Mark Forsyth explains the origin of ‘pool’ as in Littlewoods. It’s a French chicken!
Janus – This schadenfreude is beneath you and can I join in please?
Mwahahahahahaa!
OZ
Sipu – I once knew a trader by the name of Trevor who was nicknamed ‘Nebulous Trev’, because he was always the clouid around the silver lining.
OZ
Whilst I am pleased you are winning at the moment, Janus; well it’s good to know someone is, but I have a horrible feeling that it’s all going to end in tears.
Janus, good evening.
I have to say that I find your glee at the slide in the value of the euro against the pound positively over the top. I would hope that we could all take a more balanced view about the difficulties which our European cousins will be facing, instead of just gloating about personal gain.
Added to which, I’ve just got back from going on holiday to Italy a week before this all happened and I bought my euros at the old pre-Hollande rate. And I’ve just found a 50 euro note at the back of my wallet which is shrinking in value as I type.
Cose sorridenti
Noooo, Mr Mackie! Most of us earned our pension in Sterling and the slide of the politically-inspitred Euro against proper currencies can only be a good thing.
OZ
JM, if you’d like to send me your spare 50 euro note, I could make sure it was used in a country that would give it its proper value.
OZ, you’re absolutely right. If this slide of the euro continues, I may even think a nice thought about Gordon Brown, albeit fleetingly.
JM, …”gloating about personal gain”? I got the idea from Murdoch, Sarkozy and Prince Andrew. 🙂
PS How’s the judging going? Are we on battleship time here?
Sipu, ‘sky’ is still Danish for cloud – it also means a kind of jellied bouillon which is used as a relish on a beef smørbrød.
Arrers, this is Realpolitik. Now is the nub. Carpe diem! (I have a post ready for the inevitable decline!)
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OZ, you’re absolutely right. If this slide of the euro continues, I may even think a nice thought about Gordon Brown, albeit fleetingly.
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Sheona, that’s the trouble with comfort – we start being nice to plonkers.
Mr Mackie: yes, yes, quite… I still have about 5,000 Japanese yen. They’ve also gone done a bit.
When I returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Obamastan I promptly sold every last euro cent to my mum who insisted on buying them for her next holiday.
Minters: there is no “good” outcome to this situation, only bad ones of varying degree.
Christopher, you have the makings of a fine forex biz there! Have a word with OZ about the ‘wrinkles’!
What’s all this talk of “pensions”? The only ones I know of are seedy French Hotels.
I was tickled to see that Angela has now said she won’t have it! Countries abandoning her prescribed austerity, that is. In fact her having it or not having it seems unlikely to slow down the surge of opposition to German hegemony.