Anyone miss Queen Medb?.

Paddy Samurai

Anyone prefer if all the EU contries had kept their own currencies,and we had never heard of the EURO?.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png/256px-Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png

IRISH taxpayers will have to borrow €1.3bn to help bail out Greece.
Ireland will lend the money to debt-ridden Greece over the next three years as part of the massive €110bn rescue plan to keep the country afloat agreed in Brussels last night.
The sum is nearly three times what the Government had previously planned for in what is the first rescue of a eurozone nation.
And last night the Labour Party warned there would have to be an explanation for the massive increase which would have to be footed by taxpayers.
The money is part of a joint eurozone-International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout worth a total of €110bn over three years.
Apart from Greece, the remaining 15 eurozone countries will borrow up to €80bn and lend it back to the beleaguered country.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/taxpayers-will-borrow-836413bn-to-aid-greece-2162404.html

landsleaving

Meh. Having no euros is the same as having no punts.

starbelgrade

The punt coin was far too big.

L.Jenkins

Can't say I knew the woman personally, oh wait you're talking about money. Of course I miss old Irish currency. I have about 2 / 3 pounds of old Irish currency and an old 2 n' 6 from 1954. Good times!!!

Darlughda

Goddamit.
I thought you were talking about the legendary Queen of Connacht who could best 30 men a day in battle or in bed, not the poverty stricken Roisín Dubh that was represented on the old £1 notes.

The_Minister

starbelgrade wrote: »

The punt coin was far too big.

Found one a month or so ago - like a hubcap.

Einhard

I'm too bad at maths to have to calculate exchange rates every time I leave the country.

Anyway, euro or no euro, Greece'd be screwed and so would we. The difference with being a member of the eurozone is that we have a better chance of a bailout on reasonable terms should things go completely pear shaped, than we would if we had stuck with the punt. Ye wanna see what we'd be like sans Euro? Take a look at Iceland.







I am partial to the odd sultana mind...

ascanbe

Thought you were referring to the 'Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog'.

L.Jenkins

Think the exchange rate when the euro was introduced was £1 for €1.27. Divide everything by 1.27 to get pounds and multiple everything by 1.27 to get euros.

simu

Sultanas in pyjamas for me.

But, on a more serious note, I'm not too bothered by what currency we use once I've plenty of it!

Kintarō Hattori

The_Minister wrote: »

Found one a month or so ago - like a hubcap.

Ah no way! I loved the old pound coin, you knew exactly how much money you had in your pocket without taking it out to count. It was a fantastic coin.

Bottle_of_Smoke

The old notes were much better than the monopoly looking euro.

Agent Smith

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Anyone prefer if all the EU contries had kept their own currencies,and we had never heard of the EURO?.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png/256px-Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png

ah she was nothing but a slapper tbh

WindSock

I loved our old money. This one is handier sometimes though. Wish we stuck more national symbols on the back like Italy have.

orourkeda

Just give me money. That's what I want

prinz

a) the euro has little or no bearing on the current Greek problems tbh. Having the euro may well prevent currency speculation across Europe from country to country as has happened before.

b) if you travel a lot to eurozone countries then the euro is brilliant.

Scarinae

I don't remember pound notes, so I had no idea what you were on about with the thread title!

Kasabian

Fishie wrote: »

I don't remember pound notes, so I had no idea what you were on about with the thread title!

Get to class

RacoonQueen

I'm here, how could you miss me when I've been here all the time.

Onesimus

starbelgrade wrote: »

The punt coin was far too big.

And I thought Leprachauns were just a myth :pac:

Dravokivich

starbelgrade wrote: »

The punt coin was far too big.

TBH, when the Euro coins first came out I thought they were small...

Einhard wrote: »

Anyway, euro or no euro, Greece'd be screwed and so would we.

I agree... was over in Greece 10 years ago and their economy was so shot to pieces the currency was completely worthless...

with how we are now... switching back over to punt isn't going to make things better... a shít lot of money that doesn't exist is still owed out, no matter what currency we use....

Scarinae

lonad wrote: »

Get to class

I'm 23!



(But I am still a student...)

thetonynator

Einhard wrote: »

I'm too bad at maths to have to calculate exchange rates every time I leave the country.

Anyway, euro or no euro, Greece'd be screwed and so would we. The difference with being a member of the eurozone is that we have a better chance of a bailout on reasonable terms should things go completely pear shaped, than we would if we had stuck with the punt. Ye wanna see what we'd be like sans Euro? Take a look at Iceland.






I am partial to the odd sultana mind...

So that means . . . .without the euro we'd have a massive volcano throwing ash everywhere and causing chaos for everyone else but not for us? Cool . . .I miss the punt then . . .:D

aDeener

simu wrote: »

Sultanas in pyjamas for me.

But, on a more serious note, I'm not too bothered by what currency we use once I've plenty of it!

i see what you did there :pac:

syklops

djhunter30 wrote: »

Can't say I knew the woman personally, oh wait you're talking about money. Of course I miss old Irish currency. I have about 2 / 3 pounds of old Irish currency and an old 2 n' 6 from 1954. Good times!!!

What do you mean Good times? If my mother and others of her generation are correct there was nothing whatsoever good about 1950s Ireland.

Dionysus

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Anyone prefer if all the EU contries had kept their own currencies,and we had never heard of the EURO?.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png/256px-Punt_-_Series_B_-_Ireland.png





http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/taxpayers-will-borrow-836413bn-to-aid-greece-2162404.html

I like the fact that you can use one currency in so many countries and you're not sulking in the corner about Europe taking your sovereignty and afraid to join the euro for nationalistic reasons.

On the other hand, it definitely would be handy to be able to devalue our currency now.

Dionysus

simu wrote: »

But, on a more serious note, I'm not too bothered by what currency we use once I've plenty of it!

One word: Zimbabwe

stovelid

I loved the old bank notes.... especially the one with the scary lion-beast thing on the back. Was that on the back of the old fiver?

Edit: found it

TheDuderino

Gotta hate the people who say "OOhhh we wouldnt be in this mess but for the EU and those damn pesky Euro's"
Thing is, Germany, France... had the same low interest rates as us -Euro- but you dont see them being in the ****.

Nahhh tis the damn FF, Bankers and ourselves for being greedy gits.

Someday we'll learn to let the Germans do the books.
Actually let them run the country

Can we join the Federal Repuplic of Germany?

Paddy Samurai

TheDuderino wrote: »

Thing is, Germany, France... had the same low interest rates as us -Euro- but you dont see them being in the ****.

Sorry Duderino...looks like they are in the same **** .

As the cash-strapped state of North Rhine-Westphalia goes to the polls on Sunday, it is clear many Germans want to put national not European Union interests first, the BBC's Oana Lungescu reports.........Swimming pools are closing, kindergarten fees going up, and Wuppertal could soon be bankrupt, along with 19 other cities across NRW.

Meanwhile, cities like Wuppertal in NRW are on the brink of bankruptcy.

"We must not forget that there are tremendous difficulties in Germany itself. There is poverty here that one did not see 20 years ago."

and some of them also think the euro is dead.

One man shouted: "Give the Greeks their drachma back." Another held up a hand-written sign: "The euro is dead."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8667836.stm

PK2008

We no longer use the punt!!!???!!!!



NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

prinz

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Sorry Duderino...looks like they are in the same **** .

Wuppertal is a city I know well. It's a hole. It has been a hole for decades because the city has been falling into decline since the end of the coal and steel production of the industrial revolution. Trying to make it appear as if it was a thriving city grinding to a halt is ludicrous. Unemployment has been rife for years even through the boom years, whole sections of the city are in disrepair etc.

The only thing keeping the city going is the university and the students it attracts into the town.

nibtrix

starbelgrade wrote: »

The punt coin was far too big.

I loved the punt coin!! I remember when they were introduced in 1990, it was awesome getting a giant pound coin for my pocket money instead of a grubby note...

mojesius

My sister bought one of the collector cases they were selling when the euro came out with all the old currency in them.

galwayrush

Our banks would not be in as much of a crisis if we were not in the euro, they would probaly be charging 15% or more on intrest rates to solve it:rolleyes:, so **** that ****e, i want to stick with the euro.

Lauder

Lady Lavery was better on money than Meave