>> On current exchange rates, that looks like considerably more money than
>> I will ever earn.
>
> Well, you keep self-selecting out of positions that might get you a
> decent salary by not applying for them.  We've had that discussion before.

Not any more. [More on this later...]

>> Heh. I can still remember when I was a teenager people telling me that
>> "in America, you can buy a CD for just £5!" (That's 3x cheaper than the
>> UK.) I always wondered whether there was actually a shred of truth to
>> such an outlandish claim...
>
> You *could* look at amazon.com and see that it is in fact true.  In fact,
> some are even cheaper than that.  Then you wouldn't have to wonder if it
> was true.  You'd know.
>
> Of course at that price, you're generally not talking about the
> soundtrack to a recently-released film.

Well, today you can buy CDs in the UK for less than £10 - IF you buy 
them online.

That still doesn't tell me whether it was possible to buy CDs 3x cheaper 
in the US highstreets when I heard this claim 10 years ago. ;-)

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