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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 08:08:48 CST
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- From: Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Early morning blues...
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- > of living here is *very* high. Sending out for a pizza costs about
- > 10 pounds, if that's a better yardstick for you. 4 or 5 times as much
- > as the equivalent in the US.
-
- Is that last sentence referring to the cost of sending out for pizza? What's
- the exchange rate these days? I agree that 10 pounds is much more expensive
- than ordering pizza here, but I would say it's more like twice the cost than
- like 4 or 5 times the cost.
- --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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