I have an idea for a new thread...

[Bonus]

On 2/12/2025 at 10:07 AM, justinafrika said:

 

Younger friends, and my teen nieces, think I'm ragging them when I mention the rand being 0.6679 to the dollar in 1974, about a dollar and a half to the rand.  "Call me Oom."

 

When we arrived in SA in '76 it was R2 to the £.......

 

:-)

[Hairy]

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Married life

 

[Hairy]

Check before you wee

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[Hairy]

 

[justinafrika]

Edited Thursday at 08:22 AM by justinafrika

[Stoffel76]

11 hours ago, Hairy said:

 

👍

Please tell me he said to her, "Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear!" 🎶😄

 

 

[IceCreamMan]

Being demolished soon. What memories. 

Edited Wednesday at 05:52 PM by IceCreamMan

[justinafrika]

[IceCreamMan]

What sad news today

[IceCreamMan]

On 2/21/2025 at 10:06 PM, Bonus said:

 

When we arrived in SA in '76 it was R2 to the £.......

 

🙂

Yip, was 76 cents (zar) to the dollah when we arrived in 1976. My ole man came with dollars as he thought it was better currency than Belgian francs at the time. ( the right call I guess)

[Hairy]

5 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:

Yip, was 76 cents (zar) to the dollah when we arrived in 1976. My ole man came with dollars as he thought it was better currency than Belgian francs at the time. ( the right call I guess)

Can not really compare to that, as in '76 I was not born yet, but on our honey moon we were traveling at R6/$ ...... 

[IceCreamMan]

Ja well mistakes happen. 
 

https://www.thebanker.com/content/99a47fe5-154d-4775-bed2-15692ec686d9

[justinafrika]

Looks about evens to me.

[IceCreamMan]

Money ( it’s a gas) trumps principles. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/28/uk-based-british-pharma-gsk-pauses-diversity-work-citing-trump-orders?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5