Comments on: Curse you, yen!

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:02:50 +0000

This yen raise/drop wreaks havoc on my bank account, since our military COLA (Cost Of Living Allowance) goes down drastically when the yen is up. Yet it seems to take months for them to raise it back whenever the yen goes back down….
Oh well, less Pepper Lunch and ramen out in town, more pizza and commissary stuffs on base.
Sorry you lost a good deal of money though…

By: Adamu

Adamu — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:55:40 +0000

Um, I didn’t keep that much! I still win!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:54:17 +0000

Um, guys, read again. The yen is going DOWN in value relative to the dollar. So by keeping our yen, we’ve all lost…

By: Adamu

Adamu — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:29:59 +0000

I kept yen too. Woo hoo!

By: Curzon

Curzon — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:27:23 +0000

That is indeed another, equally important consideration. But certainly Mr. J. Miyazaki and I discussed the issue at some length at the time and concurred it would be way better to keep yen.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:16:06 +0000

Not to criticize you, but your words at the time were something like “WHY would you want to change your money? The exchange fees will eat you ALIVE!”

By: Curzon

Curzon — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:56:07 +0000

Not to gloat, but that’s a mistake I didn’t make.