Makati City, Philippines

[zippyt]

worth what about 47 cents US ????

[slang]

$ .2314 at the moment but as the dollar falls in strength, it could be worth much less soon.

It's a cool looking note though, eh?

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by slang

$ .2314 at the moment but as the dollar falls in strength, it could be worth much less soon.

It's a cool looking note though, eh?

What, is their currency valued in terms of dollars?

[slang]

42 pesos to the dollar or there about. It was 55 when I started going to the Phils.

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by slang

42 pesos to the dollar or there about. It was 55 when I started going to the Phils.

Um... doesn't that mean the peso is stronger, in terms of dollars, now than it was?

I'm confused. Previously you said that one peso will buy about $0.23 US, which is far from what you just claimed. (nm, I did the math and, according to the quoted post, a peso is worth about $0.023 US.)

Still, my confusion remains. 55 pesos per USD is about $0.018, which means that the Philippine peso is becoming stronger and/or the US dollar is becoming weaker (I know this part of things is true). The way you phrased things before led me to believe that they'd done something silly like value pesos in terms of dollars (i.e., pegged the peso to some index of USD).

[slang]

Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

Um... doesn't that mean the peso is stronger, in terms of dollars, now than it was?

I'm confused. Previously you said that one peso will buy about $0.23 US, which is far from what you just claimed. (nm, I did the math and, according to the quoted post, a peso is worth about $0.023 US.)

Still, my confusion remains. 55 pesos per USD is about $0.018, which means that the Philippine peso is becoming stronger and/or the US dollar is becoming weaker (I know this part of things is true). The way you phrased things before led me to believe that they'd done something silly like value pesos in terms of dollars (i.e., pegged the peso to some index of USD).

I'm not sure but it seems that your confusion is based on post #795. In that post I show a 10 peso note. Then in post #796, Zippy asks it's value, a 10 peso note and I reply $.23.

At 42 pesos to $1, 10 pesos is about $.23.

Or maybe it isn't. Whats your take on this?

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by slang

I'm not sure but it seems that your confusion is based on post #795. In that post I show a 10 peso note. Then in post #796, Zippy asks it's value, a 10 peso note and I reply $.23.

At 42 pesos to $1, 10 pesos is about $.23.

Hahah. That's it! I thought I was losing my mind.

[slang]

I'm surely losing my mind as the dollar falls and falls and falls.

This could be a deal of a place to visit or stay with a strong dollar. With a weak dollar, not nearly so much so.

[ZenGum]

This morning I sent a smallish amount of money back to Australia.

This afternoon the yen jumped about five #$%&ing percent.
:p :p :p !!!!

[slang]

You are not helping my outlook.

Good deal for you though.

[slang]

Big storm warning here in Manila. Everytime I ask about the seriousness of this, I get "that look", so I'm prepping for a bad storm.

Powering up the recharge lights, eating the leftover foods from the fridge, storing some water, and getting clothing ready for taking some cool wind photos of the storm.

generic storm link

[xoxoxoBruce]

And now a live report on the typhoon, from our man in the Philipines....

[SparkStalker]

Damn, stay safe, Slang.

[slang]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And now a live report on the typhoon, from our man in the Philipines....

I'm already preparing my wife that I will be going out to the corner with the camera to make some video clips.

Not wishing this to be my last clip, I will truly be careful. As careful as one can be outside in a typhoon.

[Griff]

Watch yourself pal. We love the pics but don't get stupid.