A Dollar Sure Doesn't Buy What It Used To...in France anyway!

[misterc]

I was just watching the episode of "I Love Lucy" where the Ricardos & the Mertzes were visiting Paris on Ricky's European tour ("Paris At Last"). In the episode Ricky made mention to Lucy that, while on her day of shopping in the French capital, she would need to go by the American Express (I don't think they meant the credit card) to change her $

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[jerrymcl89]

Aren't the French using Euros now? I'm not sure it's really an apples-to-apples comparison, although I am sure the dollar is vastly weaker now than in 1956, when Europe was really still just starting to recover from the war.

[misterc]

The obvious continued weakness of the dollar nowithstanding, I am embarrassed to say that I am just learning about the demise of the French Franc a few years too late. Se reposer dans la paix, mon ami!

Thanks for the perspective.

I also guess that the next time I watch "I Love Lucy" I just shouldn't be trying to think so hard. It's not what I'm best at anyway!

:-)