US ($) Currency Thread 2

jackieblack

neilbond007 wrote: »

Research is part of the fun! There's always Cape Cod.

Holiday research is pretty much my only hobby these days
Have ordered some guide books from my local library... lots of options to consider.
Have been having a quick recce of NYC hotels & prices this evening:eek:

neilbond007 wrote: »

She's wonderful thanks. 3 months and 6 days. 15lb 2oz. 25 inches. She already has 2 teeth coming through (started about 2 weeks ago!)

How lovely! Has she met any of her English relatives yet?

neilbond007 wrote: »

$ been doing some funny things today. From $1.575, to 1.559, to 1.568 and now back to 1.557.... and dropping

Ok, maybe it is me.... it always seems to do this whenever I book anything

jackieblack

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Maybe you will get lucky with another usa debt crisis and this time their exchange rate goes down and gives us 2 to a pound like the good old days

Ah yes.....$2 to £1 ...... I remember it fondly.......

Would be great, but probably at too high a cost to Mr & Mrs average US citizen.
I'm not one to wish ill on others just for a little personal gain

jackieblack

neilbond007 wrote: »

Never been to NYC before? Wow... That's number the first place us Brits go to!

Unless you have children, in which case it's Florida! :rotfl:

neilbond007

jackieblack wrote: »

How lovely! Has she met any of her English relatives yet?

Yep. Myself, GF and baby came over last month for a week. Saw my brother and his family and my parents. There were mucho teas when we left I can tell you! When it was just me visiting home it was sad to leave England. Now with the little one it's 100 times sadder knowing my parents won't see the little lady grow up
We do video chat on Skype each week, so that's good. But my mum just wants to cuddle her

Here's a couple more pics of the her.. .
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx154/neilbond007/P1050366-Copy.jpg
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx154/neilbond007/0910_03.jpg?t=1316637646

newish2this

Neil, she is beautiful and has grown so much!!!!!
I can't believe she's 3 months already!!!!!!!

jackieblack

Lovely photos Neil. Isn't it amazing how quickly they grow at that age!

neilbond007

ashleyingle wrote: »

FOMC meeting Wednesday this week will be the focus - Monday likely to be the lowest level for GBP-USD. GBP-USD will recover end of week.

Hmmmmm..... $1.5368 says different

scottishminnie

jackieblack wrote: »

I'm sure it's amazing, but we're just not really into cities... 3 days will be plenty, by then I'll be desperate to get away

Not sure whether we'll head north, south, east or west..... but we've got a while to decide..... lots of reseach needed

Half the fun is planning the trip. We are currently in Omaha on the last few days of our trip and my mind is on next year already! We have a New Years trip to the gulf coast but the planning is done so my brain has moved on.

New York State is worth having a lok at - I'm a country girl so big cities aren't really for me. We visited Watkins Glen for some motor racing a few years back and the Finger lakes area around it was simply beautiful. Couple of links worth looking at.

http://www.fingerlakes.org/


http://www.theglen.com/?homepage=true

http://visitadirondacks.com/

Happy searching anyway and fingers crossed for an improvement in the £/$ ratio. 1.67 keeps me happy but it seems like a long way off.



p.s. - Chloe is a beautiful baby Neil.

sabretoothtigger

Sterling Index At 1500 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      78.4       1.5340      0.8778 
               OPEN      78.6       1.5424      0.8771 
              10 AM      78.7       1.5456      0.8762 
               NOON      78.9       1.5430      0.8721 
               2 PM      78.9       1.5438      0.8730 
               4 PM      78.7       1.5436      0.8757 
 

September 23, 2011 11:01 ET (15:01 GMT)

1.57 is target upside and still within negative trend

masterwilde

whats the chances of the dollar getting to around 1.75 by march/april 2012?

I think the US might be in a bit of trouble and the pound could make good gains by november and carry through