Ron.M -> RE: Greek economy (Nov. 6 2010 20:05:44)
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They are lucky coz they are in the EU. So the other members will help to keep the euro up. Greek is poor anyway. Well,.. Abu Dabi isnt so far from greek...maybe they could help greek, too? Trouble was IMO, that the Greeks were living beyond what they could sustain. Actually MOST of us were, what...with blank cheques and offers for loans being enclosed inside every bank statement etc. You could hardly go to the Bank to do any transaction without the cashier asking if you would like a loan for a new car, or a holiday, or a home extension, all at very low interest rates....in fact some were offering free (0%) interest for the first year. Or Credit Card companies extending your credit balance to 20 times what you'd ever expect ever to spend in a month. Or American credit agencies going round the unemployed areas of the deep South and offering guys in string vests sitting on their front porches (during the weekday) a chance to own their own home. "Just sign here and we'll take care of the rest....nothing to pay for the first 3 months.." I noticed that the indigenous Aberdonians here didn't fall for it though....they're much too "canny" for that. (Some of the local culture must have rubbed off, 'cos I didn't either.) Aberdonian Joke.... Three brothers are sitting around the fire in a farmhouse in Aberdeenshire. One of them says.."Ach...I'm sick of this....I'm awa oot..." So he makes his way to Glasgow and there he boards a boat to Canada. After spending 15 years in Canada, he comes back for a visit and walks into the kitchen, where his two brothers are sitting round the fire, with long beards down to their feet. "Hello brothers, good tae see ye...How's things...Whit's this thing wi' the long beards?" One of them looks up and says.. "Well, when you went awa', ye took the bloody razor wi' ye..!!" [:D][:D] cheers, Ron
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