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    uk pound exchange rate

    How far would the uk pound have to fall before you cancelled your next trip


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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    If it went to 35b to the pound it would be about half of the rate I first recall.

    For those (inc myself) who like to have sex with (legal) boys approx a third to (and looking ahead) a quarter of their age, I doubt the exchange rate matters too much as a way would be found to afford that which they have no chance of getting at home.

    For myself, Thailand has already lost its allure to a significant extent and Ive never relied on it for my sexual escapades. However the exchange rate would not be a deciding factor as id just modify my expenditure.

    Now if the air fare reached 1000 (Econ) I would opt out

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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    The exchange rate when I first visited (1993) was, I seem to recall, about 39 B to the UK pound. However, Thai money went a lot further in those days. A reasonably generous off in Bangkok, for instance, was 400-500 B - so maybe about
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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    My first visit happily coincided with the Baht having fallen through the floor

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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    ...some of u seem to have really tight budgets...

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    Thanks - and yes the boys have commented on that before several times too during sex - I just put it down to all the ass clenches work that I do when at the gym personally ! :-)

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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    Quote Originally Posted by latintopxxx View Post
    ...some of u seem to have really tight budgets...
    I would never pay over 1000 pounds for an Economy flight to Thailand. That's not being tight, that's being sensible

    And the criticism is a bit rich coming from someone who flies with China Southern - the cheapest carrier in the market.

    For myself - I can get 15-20 young local meets for that 1000 pounds - the difference being that the availability is nothing like the same and it might take a year to find 15-20 local lads!

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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    About 13 years ago Sterling bought 72 baht and the Euro 52 baht.
    The baht has remained stubbornly stable over that period whereas larger currencies are in a downward spiral.
    I've heard that Thailand had it's own crash before the western economic crash and have learned their lesson.
    Despite political problems the economy in Thailand is holding together relatively well.
    There are benefits to a weak currency also in terms of exports and tourism so the weakness in sterling is not bad news for everyone but it is for bad for the British expats in Spain and Thailand of course.
    There's a lot of glumness in the girlie bars here I notice.
    But the homosexuals still look fairly gay.

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    Re: uk pound exchange rate

    Well it seems the pound has slowly crept up a bit in the last few weeks and stands at 44B today.

    Meanwhile I've been bizarrely pleased to be dealing with a drooping Dong - I was getting 29,500 a couple of weeks ago and I see it is today over 30,000 to the pound for the first time in a couple of years.

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    OK. I'll do it. A "drooping dong" is only to be expected at your time of life. It's like having our very own Sid James on the board.

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