If I switch to the euro - how will I keep my historical data?
"When I started prowling Times Square theaters in the early '70s in search of Euro-horror, I was often the only girl in the house, " says Maitland McDonagh, who has written about horror for two decades.
Looking at things like turnout that falls with every Euro-election, I conclude that creating a powerful European Parliament was always an experiment, and that with each new election the results look pretty iffy.
"I am not too interested in people wanting to highlight negative things, " he said after Stephen McManus's last-minute Euro qualifying Group I winner.
Not all the other 10 want changes to protect the so-called "outs" (those not in the Euro) since some regard themselves as "pre-ins" i.e. countries preparing to join the Euro.
And not one that I see that is euro-bullish in the medium term.
But it is likely that even Ireland, widely seen as the most successful bailout country, will need a euro-zone crutch as it gets off the bailout I.
Because I think the Anglo-American model will win, I think fortunes will be made buying the euro at depressed levels.
It's not without its flaws - too many middle-class white men in endless discussions about the euro, if you ask me - but the producers, reporters and editors I worked with are among the most experienced, thorough and dedicated I have met.
But I would say a majority are fairly convinced that the euro will survive - even if some of them wish it were not so.
"Once they've gone on holiday this year and experienced the weakness of the pound at the resort, I think you'll find that the demand for non-euro countries will accelerate, " he said.
Look, I think there's absolutely no question of this country joining the euro - certainly not during this government.
If Greeks reject the 50% controlled default on the debts they owe to the banking sector, then the arithmetic I revealed on Newsnight on the eve of the Euro summit comes into play - without a 50% haircut, and a further 130bn euro bailout, on top of 110bn, Greek debt spirals out of control and the country goes bust.
As a Westminster-based reporter, I am as guilty as the next person of knowing little about how these Euro MPs spend their time.
So I was curious to see this exact phrase pop up in various media analyses where implications of Euro-demise, such as redenomination risk, cross-border contract liability, and so on are getting a thinking through, at least in the media, for example here in the WSJ.
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