The Pound is going down the Toilet

[mistermack]

Sorry you dont understand the Dutch bicycle world. Here is a very recent article:
Older Dutch cyclists warned after rise in electric bike deaths

Netherlands police call for safety courses as data shows more riders die on e-bikes than mopeds, with 90% of deaths among over 60s

We have an estimated 22.3 million bikes in this country for 17 million people. People do not insure their bikes. It would be far too expensive. Bike theft is common and the police dont act on reports as they would not have time to do anything else. So buy a good lock.
Almost all kids cycle to and from school.

70% of all journeys under 12kms. are done on a bike.

That's right. I wasn't posting about the Dutch. And your post didn't make it clear that you WERE.
Holland is unusually flat, so it's not surprising that it's older people who opt for an electric bike.
Most countries have hills, and that's where the electrics have a real advantage, and an incentive to the younger riders to buy one.
I'm not surprised that people don't insure pedal bikes, but they probably would for electric bikes.
I wasn't just referring to the small and slow electric bikes. There are high powered fast electric bikes now, a genuine alternative to a motorbike.
I believe they've lapped the Isle of Man course at over 100 mph on one, and there's an ebike race every year.

[pErvinalia]

You guys are straight out of a bad Star Trek episode. I'm just waiting for the great reveal. What is it, you're all 6,000 years old, androids, the people of the lost city of Atlantis who've managed to survive by eating babies --come on, what's really going on?

[rainbow]

Glug-glug.

Perhaps it should be rather known as the English half-pint?

The OP was posted in August 2016.

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from= ... UR&view=2Y

[Hermit]

Glug-glug.

Perhaps it should be rather known as the English half-pint?

The OP was posted in August 2016.

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from= ... UR&view=2Y

Nonono. The pound iz not dropped. The pound cannot drop (unless Corbyn wins the next election). The euro iz ris, don't cha know?

[mistermack]

Nonono. The euro iz ris, don't cha know?

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from= ... SD&view=2Y

Many a wise word, is spoken by an idiot !!

[Hermit]

Wow! The US dollar has not fallen either. So, if the US dollar did not fall, what happened to the British pound in relation to the US dollar?

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from= ... SD&view=2Y

[mistermack]

Wow! The US dollar has not fallen either. So, if the US dollar did not fall, what happened to the British pound in relation to the US dollar?

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from= ... SD&view=2Y

Dumb and dumber !!
The OP was posted on 2nd August 2016. The pound is roughly the same dollar value now, as it was then.

You need to learn about graphs, and how to read them.

The pound MIGHT go down the toilet at any minute. And the same applies to any other currency. But it didn't since the thread started.

[Hermit]

Wow! The US dollar has not fallen either. So, if the US dollar did not fall, what happened to the British pound in relation to the US dollar?

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from= ... SD&view=2Y

Dumb and dumber !!
The OP was posted on 2nd August 2016. The pound is roughly the same dollar value now, as it was then.

You need to learn about graphs, and how to read them.

The pound MIGHT go down the toilet at any minute. And the same applies to any other currency. But it didn't since the thread started.

Of course. We've been around that lap before, and I am not going to point out your error again.

Speaking of your errors, looking around a bit more, it becomes clear that an awful lot of currencies have risen against the British pound. Makes one wonder whether there's truth in geocentricism after all, the earth being stationery at the centre of the universe and the sun, the stars of the Milky way and all other galaxies revolving around it. I could be wrong of course. All you need to do to prove me wrong is to point to a major trading partner where the currency has not risen against the GBP. Have you tried China? Japan? Bugger, eh?

[mistermack]

We've been around that lap before, and I am not going to point out your error again.

I understand. Losing must be tiring.

[Hermit]

We've been around that lap before, and I am not going to point out your error again.

I understand. Losing must be tiring.

I'll just have to take your word for that. Damn all those currencies rising while the British pound is holding its steady course.

[Scot Dutchy]

OOPS.

[Hermit]

OOPS.

That's the euro rising, mate, not the British pound falling.

[Scot Dutchy]

I suppose this is the dollar rising as well.

[Hermit]

I suppose this is the dollar rising as well.

Why, yes. Yes, it is. So is the Japanese yen, the Russian ruble, the Indian rupee, the Chinese yuan... Even the Somali shilling. They're all rising, while the British pound is not falling.

[Scot Dutchy]

The glass is half full or half empty POV.