Things that make you go "Hmmmm...."

[unixronin]

I ordered a copy of Ayreon's new CD, 01011001, recently and paid for it (via Paypal) in Euros, not really giving it a second thought.  Today I updated transaction records in my accounts, and registered the amount in US dollars payPal sourced to meet the exchange rate.

This was the point at which I realized, in a tangible sense, that the US dollar has lost half of its value against the Euro since the last time I bought a CD from Europe.  It wasn't all that long ago.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Heh. :) I like that term.

It's not like I didn't know the dollar was tanking. This just happens to have been the first clear, direct, first-hand example I've had of exactly how badly it's tanking.