Japanese exchange rates/cost of eating out (was Re: "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008")

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jul 2 16:40:00 2003

--- Mail List <mail.list_at_analog-and-digital-solutions.com> wrote:
> Hello Ethan,
>
> > I personally saw a steak advertised in a window for 8000 Yen.
> > ~115 Yen to the US Dollar.
>
> I just did the division. Then that would have been a $69.56 steak.
>
I wrote:
> >~115 Yen to the US Dollar. It was 105 when I was there in 1996...

You missed the quote - it was 105 when I was there, not 115... it's
about 115 right now.

That was a $76 steak.

-ethan
Received on Wed Jul 02 2003 - 16:40:00 BST