Holiday preparations: Episode 97

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:23 am

Mrs Nick has just materialised and has announced that she is "going to get some French curreny".

Me: OK
Her: How much should I get?
Me: Just a few quid, I can use my card and get more cash out if we need it
Her: No, I think we should take £300
Me: If you say so
Her: Or do you think £400?
Me: We can get more out of the bank while we are there if we need it
Her: So say £350?
Me: Whatever you think
Her: £400 then
Me: If you wish
Her: Or I could get just 300
and so on for ever........

Old Holborn · Post by **Old Holborn** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:28 am

Tell her to shut up. You will pay less at a French cashpoint than any high street bank or the post office. No commission, no fees.

Bet she keeps her Euros in a special wallet as well. And then you will have the examining every note every time she buys something and checking and rechecking her change with comments of "how much is that in English money?" repeated every forty five seconds for the next two weeks.

OOO. That's cheap. Costs twice that at home

Ooo. That's expensive. Aldi have them for a quid

OOOO. How much is that in English money?

How many Euros have we got left? How much is that in English money?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:33 am

She is now in a flap about E111 forms. She has actually persuaded the local postmistress to keep the village post office open longer so that she can get them stamped. I pointed out we could easily do this in London on Monday morning.

Pointless.

And she does have a special wallet!

And now she has come back in a flap cos she has filled the forms in in blue ink, which is verboten, and we have to do the bastards all over again!!

Grumpmeister · Post by **Grumpmeister** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:50 am

Just a suggestion but next time you both go on holiday it may be easier if you arrange everything

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:54 am

Yes, but anything that went wrong wuld be my fault. It is anyway. I am now tippexing out Mrs Nick's passport number from the E111 cos she has put that down instead of her NI number.

miserablebugger · Post by **miserablebugger** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:57 am

[quote="Grumpmeister"]Just a suggestion but next time you both go on holiday it may be easier if you arrange everything

[/quote]

Or have seperate destinations.

"There's been a mix up with the booking. I'll join you on the next flight."

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:00 pm

It just goes on. I printed out a route map off the AA site this morning. I have now been told to do another avoiding toll roads.

Grumpmeister · Post by **Grumpmeister** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:02 pm

Use Google Earth, the list of directions on there should keep her happy for hours

Berek · Post by **Berek** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:06 pm

French Currency.. does she mean Euros ?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:07 pm

Yes indeed. Oddly we have loads of SPanish Euros but she refuses to use these as she thinks French ones "might be more acceptable in France".

You work it out!

Berek · Post by **Berek** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:10 pm

HA HA HA... brilliant

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:12 pm

If you read of an axe murder on the Wirral in the next day or two spare me a thought. Or put up the bail.

kms · Post by **kms** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:19 pm

Nick. Your wife is an Irish Catholic ?. Send her for a weeks basket weaving in Donegal. She should be able to cope with that.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:21 pm

No. She is a Scouse Catholic, which is worse.

Grumpmeister · Post by **Grumpmeister** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:48 pm

I remember a conversation I once had with an ex before I realised thet the lights were on but Mr brain had long since departed which was along the lines of if the french have francs and the germans have marks and believing me when I said the italians had raphaels did all countries name their currency on famous citizens...