Forum Archive Index - November 2000

["hugh webber" <hugh.webber@clear.net.nz>]

quite agree; the Economist McDonalds burger analysis showing how
much of a weeks average wages it took to buy a Big Mac in a number of
countries, which it updates at least once a year showed the NZ dollar was
rather undervalued before the recent falls. People would get much better
value
for their travel money in Australia and other countries that fell with the
euro
and give the UK, USA and Japan a wide berth.....which still leaves the vast
majority of the world's countries.
Returning travellers keep mentioning to me that a pound in the UK buys 
rather less than a NZ$ in NZ....

cheers,
Hugh

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> From: Graeme & Jill Christie <bayvu@ihug.co.nz>
> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [sharechat] V, FRU, BRY
> Date: Thursday, 2 November 2000 9:08
> 
> Sorry $7-20 Too early for me...  G
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graeme & Jill Christie <bayvu@ihug.co.nz>
> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
> Date: Thursday, 2 November 2000 09:07
> Subject: Re: [sharechat] V, FRU, BRY
> 
> 
> Hi Sarah. Having trouble understanding how people can still have a good
time
> after they've paid $7-60 for a bottle of water. RIL was going on about a
> meal once that cost (I think) the equivalent of two weeks wages in N.Z.
The
> fact that your wages in U.K. allow you to pay these prices show me three
> things. 1st, tough luck for the poor unemployed (the gap between the
haves
> and have nots must be huge)  2nd the absolute irrelevancy of this type of
> comparison... and 3rd If ever I thought of travelling again I'll be sure
to
> give the U.K. a wide miss...But, hey , enjoy yourself.. and thanks for
the
> info about Frucor.  Cheers G
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Corkill <sarahcorkill@yahoo.com>
> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
> Date: Wednesday, 1 November 2000 22:45
> Subject: [sharechat] V, FRU, BRY
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been rather quietly recently - can't type for the cold.  Winter has
> come to England with gale force winds, rain and flooding.  Lucky me I was
> beginning to ask myself if the OE was a good idea - then I look at the £
> buying NZ$3.60 and I know it was.  Frucor have got to my laughing all the
> way to the foreign exchange counter.  Tesco's is almost always sold out
> and we have emailed the management at FRU in the UK and told them which
> stores are always running out so we can have a constant supply..... it's
> almost working.
> With the popularity of V and Red Bull everyone is trying to jump on the
> 'energy drink' band wagon.  Supermarkets have released their own pitiful
> attempts and now coke is having a go to.  I agree that Red Bull is the
> energy drink usually sold at clubs across the UK but the main liquid
> consumed is water!!  All that dancing and sweating is replaced by bottles
> upon bottles of evian, and even @ £2.00 a bottle there is still a bottle
> in almost every hand.  Pubs are a different story but you don't got to a
> pub for an energy drink - you go for the beer.  Nice idea from Coke but
> old habits die hard.
> 
> I have also been following the comments made by BRY's hapless CEO - isn't
> this the same man who told shareholders that the BRY share price was
going
> to reach $2.00 within two years, shortly after he took over?  No-one
> believed him then and I doubt anyone will believe him this time around.
> What the the directors planning.... a 1 for 6 consolidation?
> I was fortunate enough to attend the AGM when it was last held in
> Wellington.  More disgruntled retiree's than a grey power meeting and
they
> certainly let the directors know what they thought of them.  When the
> floor was opened for questions one angry shareholder asked if it was true
> that Camerlin was laundering drug funds through BRY?
> At least if that were the case they might have managed to make abit of
> money..........
> 
> Happy investing,
> Sarah
> 
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