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  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    Does this mean it's safe to come back today?

    if it starts dropping again we know who to blame now ;)
    i always thought it was me...
  • if it starts dropping again we know who to blame now ;)
    i always thought it was me...


    its just plummeted to 1.35 :eek: :eek: :eek:
    its all jackie's fault !!!




    only joking....
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  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    :cry: :embarasse :cry: :embarasse :cry: (:D )
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • actually, it has just taken a bit of a tumble, but only as far as 1.4080
    Please take the time to have a look around my Daughter's website www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
    (MSE Andrea says ok!)
  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    actually, it has just taken a bit of a tumble, but only as far as 1.4080

    that was profit taking... come on IM... keep up... you're the one that taught us that! :)

    back over 1.41 now.
  • glad to see you have learnt something!
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  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    glad to see you have learnt something!

    it's slow going... but i tend to get there in the end :)

    i've found a song to match the steady progress of the rate this morning
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOqtDtUEpVM

    ***WARNING*** This clip is best viewed with "mute" button pressed
  • haha classic !!
    Please take the time to have a look around my Daughter's website www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
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  • it's slow going... but i tend to get there in the end :)

    i've found a song to match the steady progress of the rate this morning
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOqtDtUEpVM

    ***WARNING*** This clip is best viewed with "mute" button pressed

    wish i had taken your advise and pressed the mute button, just got a lot of very concerned looks :o
  • 11:51 04Mar09 IFR-GBP/USD: Offers Touted at 1.4130, ADP Employment Report Ahead

    Touted offers at 1.4130 are an appreciation obstacle north of 1.4116.
    The latter level marks the intra-day high notched on the back of February"s
    unexpected UK service sector PMI rise to 43.2. A fall to 41.9, from 42.5 in
    January, was forecast. 1.4158 was yesterday"s peak.

    February"s ADP US employment report will be unveiled at 13:15GMT today, with February"s ISM non-manufacturing index ensuing at 15:00GMT. The ADP report is expected to reveal that the US private sector shed 630k jobs last month, after shedding 522k jobs in January. The ISM non-mfg index is forecast to fall to 41.0, from 42.9 in January.
    Please take the time to have a look around my Daughter's website www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
    (MSE Andrea says ok!)
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