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why are you surprised by that?

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Because we are in a major economic crisis. Not too long ago the euro was at and/or above 2:1 with the american dollar. To see the dollar actually INCREASING in value [or at least the euro decreasing] is surprising.

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.It's the transition
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Well, an economic depression will do that to you.

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who knows she can fall, pick herself up, and move on.

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I don't know why, but this figure is surprising.

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in case u dont know, since the euro came to being on 1/1/2000, 1 euro is very close to how much the $1 is.

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There's probably going to be another rate cut today. We'll see the inflation in a year or so.

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It used to be double our dollar. How sad is that?  

Well, an economic depression will do that to you.

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I think you have it backwards...
It's BAD when the euro is double the dollar, that means if you were to go to europe with $100, you'd be left with 50 euro. =bad.

Economic crisis should decrease the value of the dollar, so that the euro was even MORE than our dollar, not let our dollar catch up, which is a good thing.

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.It's the transition
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Quote: from xoallixs0n at 12:04 pm on Oct. 28, 2008

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It used to be double our dollar. How sad is that?

 Well, an economic depression will do that to you.

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??
I think you have it backwards...
It's BAD when the euro is double the dollar, that means if you were to go to europe with $100, you'd be left with 50 euro. =bad.

Economic crisis should decrease the value of the dollar, so that the euro was even MORE than our dollar, not let our dollar catch up, which is a good thing.

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Quote: from barnabas at 12:01 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
why are you surprised by that?
Because we are in a major economic crisis. Not too long ago the euro was at and/or above 2:1 with the american dollar. To see the dollar actually INCREASING in value [or at least the euro decreasing] is surprising.

This is what I meant.

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There is beauty inside a woman who believes in herself;
who knows she is capable of anything that she puts her mind to.
who knows she can fall, pick herself up, and move on.