Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom is an engineer. Every night he accounted for every penny (rial) spent. He's obsessive that way. Tina On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Given what you just described, how do you know that you were never cheated? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 May 2016, at 15:22, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > We never got used to using Iranian money. When we lived in Iran in the > > 1970's one dollar equaled 8 rials. Today one dollar equals 30,000 rials. > > That makes for awkwardly large amounts of bills so prices are often given > > in tomans, which means you knock one zero off of the rial amount. What > Tom > > would do is hold out a handful of money and let the merchant choose what > he > > needed: > > > > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000r1PIO5ggNp4 > > > > We were never cheated and they always rounded out the price in our favor! > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html