Punt or Euro?

zyxwvu

Which currency did/do you prefer? The punt seemed to be worth a lot more in my opinion (and hence was better). Euro coins and even notes seem to be worth a lot less. And yes, I know there has been inflation since the euro was brought in but I'd still think of 1 punt as more valuable than 2 euro :

Temptamperu

I remember this was all feilds so therefore the Punt. Also i prefered pound notes to coins as the seemed to be worth more.

Aoifey!

Just for handiness sake when travelling, I'd pick Euro. It just makes it so much easier.

Elmidena

I still think of the euro as monopoly money tbh. Used to be deadly in school the amount of stuff you could buy with 10p and the added bonus of being able to scribble on paper over them and have a mini farmyard in the GI copybooks :pac:

Euro is extremely handy for travelling though. Pros and cons to both.

westendgirlie

You don't get much change out of 50euro when you pop to the shops for the nights dinner and a few other supplies.

50punt on the other hand would do ya all week!

deathrider

Regardless of which is better, I never seem to use the word Euro at all. I always just say quid, unless it's just a one, in which case I call it a pound. I don't know why

Mrs Garth Brooks

I was cleaning my bedroom about a month ago, for the first time in ages and decided it was time to sort what was under my bed. I used to store stuff under it. I found 1 punt coin. Accidently dropped it on the kitchen floor. I miss the way how it sounds while landing. The punt was so much better.

soterpisc

deathrider wrote: »

Regardless of which is better, I never seem to use the word Euro at all. I always just say quid, unless it's just a one, in which case I call it a pound. I don't know why

I take it you are over 40?

galwayrush

If we kept the Punt, our banks would probably be in a healthier state and we would be even more ****ed, intrest rates would never drop below double figures ..

deathrider

soterpisc wrote: »

I take it you are over 40?

Strangely, no. I'm not even 30 yet. That's why I think it's odd.

Resi12

Whatever one was cheaper!

DjFlin

Atari JaguDollars.

Fago!

Punts because they make a pingy-er sound when you drop one on the ground.

piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnng

Little Miss Lady

The euro's handy for travelling and that but with the punt atleast I could feel that I got something decent out of a 50 instead of the minute it's broken it's gone.. If you get me

Eurovisionmad

Still remember the Nun in the Classroom for the £5 note Good old days instead of the boring Euro notes!

squod

Hated the fifty pence piece and the two pence. Punts would be worth nothing if we still had them.

ArmaniJeanss

mrbango wrote: »

We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible. The long usurpation of that right by a foreign people and government has not extinguished the right, nor can it ever be extinguished except by the destruction of the Irish people. In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty: six times during the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms. Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world, we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State, and we pledge our lives and the lives of our comrades-in-arms to the cause of its freedom, of its welfare, and its exaltation among the nations.

You can understand why they lost with such pointlessly longwinded prose.

If they'd gone with 'Power To the People' or 'For Ireland' I reckon they'd have got more people on board.

Son Of A Vidic

No contest, it has got to be Punts.

dsmythy

It's called inflation people.

Hank_Jones

I always keep thinking back to the punt and what could be bought with a pound.

I remember when the changeover happened, a euro was equivalent to 78p and I always compare price in these terms.

A bar of chocolate is now around a euro, or 78 Irish pence.
They were sold for 30p back in the day, it's just so horrible to think about.