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cheriberry
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dmb
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| Confused the hell out of me in Gima yesterday. |
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cheriberry
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Location: Fairfax, VA
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| Do you think once people get used to it, it will be much more manageable? I'm curious if you guys think it will make things easier in the long run or not? |
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Faustino
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| It's meant the end of my days as a multi-millionaire, that's for sure. |
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vre
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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me too.
When I first came to Turkey, it took me ages to get to grips with thousands and millions and milliar. I had to count every 0000. But this way seems easy= like pounds and pence. But I can see the opposite of my original problem for Turks trying to work it out in YTL and kurus.
Its like anything - people soon get used to it. |
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calsimsek
Joined: 15 Jul 2004
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I'm curious if any one besides me can rember the day the 1,000,000 T.L came out. We got use to the numbers going up and we will all get use to the numbers coming down. By the way how the hell will we get change for the new 100 Y.T.L when you buy a drink or take a cab.  |
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Faustino
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you imagine eight people in a dolmus, all handing the (cigarette smoking) driver a hundred YTL note? It will happen. |
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whynotme
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Location: istanbul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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i can remember 1 lira calsimsek ( as i am turkish) lol
in 1980 2,5 lira was taken out of circulation and we were shocked..( i collected all 2,5 liras and bought lots of gums)..yesterday i saw a 5ytl note...
let me ask you a question...what happens if you hand the driver a 100$ note in NY?
no more millionaire jokes from the foreigners  |
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calsimsek
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| Don't know not from New York, but ı think there would be a few choice words. Well like they What's old is New again. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm curious if any one besides me can rember the day the 1,000,000 T.L came out. |
I remember. Calsimsek, can you remember how much your first salary was? Mine was 6 million TL a month! Less than the price of a beer in some places now |
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calsimsek
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Sep 1992 wage = 6,500,000 T.L a month. I think that was a little over 1000 $, not bad hay. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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You got paid more than me  but I wasn't in Istanbul so it was cheaper to live  |
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calsimsek
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| Yea I got paid more and I spent alot more on everything. I think, it might be smart to work one sesson out of the city and save some money. |
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