British vs American off topic

[Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre]

Barrie Heaton wrote:
> 
> Here is some things to compare
> 
> This is for the North of England you can add as much as 50% for the
> south of England.
> 
> A meal for two in an average restaurant  £35.00
> 
> A pair of shoes £16 to £70
> 
> A 4 oz jar of instant coffee £2.60
> 
> A Pint of Beer £1.60  Larger 2.00
> 
> A one mile taxi journey £1.70
> 
> A one mile Bus journy £0.40
> 
> A 200 mile return Train journy  £35.00 second class off peak
> 
> a call out charge for the washing machine man from Norweb (big Company)
> £70.00
> 
> A SAT  £1200.00  + VAt @ 17%    not too sure on the price but not far
> out
> 
> A tuning fork £3.75
> 
> A papps wedge £3.00 + Vat
> 
> 100 hanmer Shanks £9.10 + vat
> 
> Ready cut damper felts for upright £35.00 + Vat
> 
> Barrie,
> 
> In article <19971021.221955.9510.0.rmartin30@juno.com>, ralph m martin
> <rmartin30@juno.com> writes
> >list
> >re: the questions about exchange rate...British and American.
> >
> >The exchange rate doesn't really tell you anything because the pound buys
> >different than the dollar, It's very difficult to relate the two. It's
> >far more sensible to relate the cost of things like the average pair of
> >shoes, average meal, cost of the average tuning hammer in pounds so that
> >you may liken the two in this manner.
> > I no longer have any idea of what the pound buys in Ireland anymore.
> >It's been ten years since I've been back, but it must be similar to
> >England's because we have English and Irish pounds freely circulating.
> >
> >Ralph Martin
> >
> >
> >
> 
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Now Now Barrie,
                Your forgeting to tell these friedly Americans that they
serve real pints of beer over there, not the short measure that is
served on this side of the pond.
Have a pint for me.
Roger.