Moobobs Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 until you stop converting everything in your head from dollars into pounds! I ALWAYS do it! I annoy myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindor Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'm still doing it 15 months in. Annoys the sh!t out of my OH :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinkla Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 You stop doing it when it stops being meaningful. I've been here over four years and I'm conscious that I no longer know the prices of things in Britain. I only occasionally convert now. But for the first couple of years I converted often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slean Wolfhead Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'm only doing it now to convert money for goods I'm buying in the UK on a future trip, but I'm still not a natural in dollars. It takes longer for me to work out the true value of things, when in sterling you were so familiar it was an instant calculation and decision. Surprisingly electronics seem cheaper in Oz, even if you claim the VAT back when leaving Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled Pink Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 3 weeks, as soon as we got the first pay checks we stopped as it seemed irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled Pink Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 You stop doing it when it stops being meaningful. I've been here over four years and I'm conscious that I no longer know the prices of things in Britain. I only occasionally convert now. But for the first couple of years I converted often. Yep, I agree the first two points here. I find the only conversions I do now if I need to are the other way, pounds to dollars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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