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Hm. Possible. Legolas Send a noteboard - 13/05/2010 03:50:31 PM
Since they don't know what cheques are on the continent. Still, with online banking, I have no idea why anyone thought it was a good idea to print them.

It depends on the country, I believe in France they use a lot of cheques still? In here, pretty much everyone pays their rent by an automatic monthly payment, and have been doing that for a while, long before online banking became possible. Unless of course you're doing it all below the table, or either the landlord or renter is very old, a technophobe or has some other reason not to do it, I guess...
I was once in a shop in Paris with a Russian girl who tried to buy an SD card costing something like €8 with a €500 note. She was actually surprised that the shop didn't have the correct change, and couldn't offer anything smaller. By an amazing stroke of luck, I had just been to the American Express place to exchange my traveller's cheques and had eight €100 notes on me, so I swapped five of them for her note. I'm sure I'd never seen such a valuable bit of paper – even £50 notes are rare over here. Luckily I managed to last till the end of my trip without using it, and was able to take it to Canada and get dollars with it. It didn't occur to me then, but I bet her dad was in the Russian Mafia...

*lol* This seems quite possible. The thing with 500 euro notes (and even 100 and 200 ones) is that many shops refuse them not even because it requires too much change, but because the risk is too great if it turns out to be false. I think we even have a law here saying stores are allowed to refuse 500 euro notes without any particular notification, and in some (cheaper) stores you'll see signs saying they won't accept 200 or even 100 either.
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So the list of countries using the euro will grow longer, not shorter... Estonia to join in 2011 Legolas - 12/05/2010 10:51:37 PM 1090 Views
Sounds like a winner Isaac - 12/05/2010 11:07:38 PM 708 Views
You Americans should like Estonia - they're rather neoliberal that way. Legolas - 12/05/2010 11:18:30 PM 904 Views
Apparently we do Isaac - 13/05/2010 05:34:41 PM 751 Views
I liked the remark one Estonian bankofficial made Bramhodoulos - 12/05/2010 11:38:26 PM 666 Views
Re: I liked the remark one Estonian bankofficial made BlackAdder - 12/05/2010 11:42:37 PM 735 Views
I stand corrected than Bramhodoulos - 12/05/2010 11:45:33 PM 620 Views
I do sometimes wish more Belgians would understand that. Legolas - 12/05/2010 11:52:41 PM 605 Views
Re: I do sometimes wish more Belgians would understand that. BlackAdder - 13/05/2010 12:05:03 AM 609 Views
That would be more convincing if universities promoted more social mobility. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:11:37 AM 738 Views
Social attitudes take a very long time to change. Tim - 13/05/2010 12:28:09 AM 756 Views
We have need-based scholarships. We could extend them. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:38:31 AM 633 Views
I guess it depends on exactly what the fees are. Tim - 13/05/2010 11:06:37 AM 722 Views
They're low. Too low. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:12:29 PM 748 Views
American universities do have entrance exams. Sort of. Macharius - 13/05/2010 02:17:13 PM 743 Views
Those are really too lame to count. Legolas - 13/05/2010 02:21:23 PM 792 Views
Re: Those are really too lame to count. Macharius - 13/05/2010 05:04:25 PM 795 Views
typically the more specialized programs require that LadyLorraine - 13/05/2010 05:53:20 PM 704 Views
Re: Those are really too lame to count. BlackAdder - 13/05/2010 07:32:19 PM 803 Views
Like I indicated, I'm not suggesting it in the American system. Legolas - 13/05/2010 07:53:15 PM 800 Views
meh. Most degrees are useless anyway. AgentOrange - 13/05/2010 01:14:54 AM 629 Views
That could be fixed if there weren't such stigma attached to vocational schools. Ghavrel - 13/05/2010 02:18:40 AM 650 Views
Re: That would be more convincing if universities promoted more social mobility. BlackAdder - 13/05/2010 08:08:16 PM 715 Views
Buying a senator helps. Vodalus - 14/05/2010 02:33:44 AM 670 Views
Re: That would be more convincing if universities promoted more social mobility. Legolas - 14/05/2010 11:48:22 AM 719 Views
Is it as late as university? Or is it a good bit earlier? EDIT: Nevermind. Answered elsewhere. Vodalus - 14/05/2010 05:36:50 PM 819 Views
Oh, it's a lot earlier. Legolas - 14/05/2010 06:03:51 PM 772 Views
Re: Is it as late as university? Or is it a good bit earlier? EDIT: Nevermind. Answered elsewhere. BlackAdder - 14/05/2010 07:57:32 PM 654 Views
Re: That would be more convincing if universities promoted more social mobility. BlackAdder - 14/05/2010 08:02:58 PM 772 Views
Come on. jh - 13/05/2010 10:13:29 AM 785 Views
naw most of them are getting degrees in liberal arts because they like to read book more then work *NM* random thoughts - 13/05/2010 02:01:59 PM 263 Views
You ever been to Estonia? If not, stop speaking. *NM* Lordling - 13/05/2010 10:29:17 AM 398 Views
your funny *NM* random thoughts - 13/05/2010 02:01:06 PM 265 Views
Surely Sweden can say, or could have said, that they wouldn't join till they damn well felt like it? Tim - 12/05/2010 11:39:57 PM 659 Views
Apparently Denmark only got the opt-out after rejecting the Maastricht treaty. Legolas - 12/05/2010 11:47:00 PM 700 Views
Good point: it seems to me no-one cares about being Belgian, only Flemish or Walloon . Tim - 12/05/2010 11:51:27 PM 572 Views
It's slightly more subtle than that. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:00:29 AM 737 Views
What do you think about this suggestion? Tim - 13/05/2010 12:09:02 AM 724 Views
That has been suggested by many, yeah. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:28:24 AM 736 Views
But before you make a decision like that... Bramhodoulos - 13/05/2010 08:36:07 AM 720 Views
They can export him to another country which needs a king. Wouldn't be the first time. Tim - 13/05/2010 10:57:59 AM 656 Views
We have a Flemish government, though. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:22:57 PM 756 Views
Hmm, a pan-European entity getting too big and splitting into Eastern and Western administrations... Tim - 13/05/2010 11:09:51 AM 633 Views
That wasn't entirely what I meant. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:15:14 PM 672 Views
There is one answer to most of those questions Bramhodoulos - 12/05/2010 11:49:46 PM 600 Views
I love that the rest of you have the euro. Tim - 12/05/2010 11:53:10 PM 590 Views
*waits for the Pound to drop and the UK begging for the euro* *NM* Bramhodoulos - 12/05/2010 11:56:25 PM 340 Views
That would be the worst time to do it. Tim - 13/05/2010 12:05:32 AM 690 Views
Well... that is true. But your exports would be really high. Ghavrel - 13/05/2010 12:11:50 AM 635 Views
Also the best time. snoopcester - 13/05/2010 12:11:53 AM 688 Views
I WIN *NM* Ghavrel - 13/05/2010 12:12:51 AM 273 Views
Bah *NM* snoopcester - 13/05/2010 12:18:48 AM 241 Views
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... *NM* Tim - 13/05/2010 12:19:32 AM 231 Views
I think on the balance, that's probably better than the opposite, but yeah, neither is ideal. *NM* Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:14:23 AM 312 Views
There is a small problem with that... jh - 13/05/2010 10:21:44 AM 588 Views
I found the wikipedia article. Tim - 13/05/2010 10:53:00 AM 779 Views
WOW WHEN DID THE UK CHANGE THEIR COINS Ghavrel - 13/05/2010 12:10:41 AM 690 Views
2008, apparently. Though I don't think we actually saw them until 2009. Tim - 13/05/2010 12:17:46 AM 701 Views
Oh. Okay. I guess the black is just a reflective thing they're doing for the photo. Ghavrel - 13/05/2010 12:37:24 AM 636 Views
I used to use a ten-pound note to inhale...things. Tom - 13/05/2010 05:54:09 AM 647 Views
You have a thing for Charles Darwin? Tim - 13/05/2010 10:45:14 AM 596 Views
From "Mean Mr. Mustard" - "keeps a ten-bob note up his nose...such a mean old man..." Tom - 13/05/2010 02:36:34 PM 629 Views
In that case I'm going to have to disappoint you. Tim - 13/05/2010 02:54:04 PM 758 Views
I knew that, but I had limited options. Tom - 13/05/2010 03:15:07 PM 736 Views
You could try a €500 note. Tim - 13/05/2010 03:18:11 PM 630 Views
In other news, the sky is blue. Legolas - 13/05/2010 03:33:25 PM 656 Views
I seem to remember reading something in 2002 about Germans paying their monthly rent in cash. Tim - 13/05/2010 03:43:35 PM 734 Views
Hm. Possible. Legolas - 13/05/2010 03:50:31 PM 610 Views
Re: In other news, the sky is blue. BlackAdder - 13/05/2010 07:45:06 PM 731 Views
Sheesh...I was just using, not dealing. Tom - 13/05/2010 03:47:05 PM 627 Views
The thrill of decadence? *NM* Tim - 13/05/2010 03:51:21 PM 265 Views
Ooh...I'm sure THAT will shore up the eurozone... *laughs* Tom - 13/05/2010 05:51:12 AM 681 Views
Agreed Balwer - 13/05/2010 12:20:12 PM 652 Views
Nobody said it would. Legolas - 13/05/2010 12:34:27 PM 658 Views
You know what will save the eurozone ? AgentOrange - 13/05/2010 04:55:06 PM 644 Views
You're a little ray of sunshine, aren't you? *NM* Legolas - 13/05/2010 05:10:48 PM 255 Views
Hey man, I don't want Europe to be the next Japan AgentOrange - 13/05/2010 05:42:26 PM 652 Views
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