Simon Kerruish wrote:J.R. wrote:sejintenej wrote:
Ta, muchly, Simon. I spent plenty of memorable time in Nigeria trying to sort out their default and in Brazil trying to sort out Nigeria's default and in London trying to sort out Brazil's default.
Now if I had known it was you I'd have asked to be excused Lagos duty; that was even worse than CH.
Memorable; I'll never forget it unfortunately
So, there's plenty of 'Nuts' in Brazil, then ??
The bad boys currently are Argentina, who have stiffed everyone in sight, including the widows and orphans who put their life savings into the country, get this, actually trusting the Argentine government to repay its obligations. What a quaint notion. You know the definition of an Argentine? He's an Italian who wishes he was an Englishman. I was there again 2 weeks ago and was 'reminded' that the Malvinas are quite clearly Argentinian. I told them they should have said Please.
Argentine beef and wine are absolutely fantastic, and dead cheap since the peso collapsed.
I think I may have wandered from the point, whatever it was...
A little away from the point on the Tube, but having lived in Buenos Aires from 1992 - 2001, 2 weeks is too short to really appreciate the place.
A Financial Wizard is anyone who can live through hyperinflation, as did Argentina in 1989. They used to queue up to renew their one day fixed deposits, and the bank with the best coffee got the business.
Any country will take the money if the lender hasn't done his sums right, and Argentina has being going bankrupt since the end of the 19th century when they nearly brought down Barings.
Most Argentines are not to worried about the Malvinas and many think it was a fight between Maggie and their alcoholic president. Most of the Army did not want to go to war but were forced into it (I got that from a US Colonel who studied at the War School in BA who got it from his Argentine lecturer)
BA is a 24 hour city, still safer than most, has some great restaurants and night life, and is pretty laid back. Added to the fact that the mixture of Italian/Spanish/English women is very easy on the eye, and there are many worse places in the world.
Sorry about this but I enjoyed my time there and I worked for a UK Bank.