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Old 07-22-2009, 03:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Florins to US Dollar Conversions

Does anyone know of a site that I can print out a conversion chart of florins to dollars? I just want to know what groceries cost when I go to the store. Thanks!
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Old 07-22-2009, 03:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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http://coinmill.com/AWG_USD.html

There are plenty more out there just type in florins to dollars in any search engine.
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Know it might be too obvious, but I do this simple calculation in my head:

Florins / 2 +14% i.e. 150 florins = 75 + approx. 10 = 85 US$

After a bunch of Pina Colada, a simpler version is to add 10% which would make it 75+7.5=82.5 which would put you just under the right amount, but what the heck, you are on holiday .

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I always use oanda.com for foreign currency conversion. They have a neat little cheat sheet you can print out for any currency prior to a trip.
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Old 07-22-2009, 09:22 PM   #5 (permalink)
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carsten i do your kind of sober mental math too.
total florins divide by 2 plus 14% = conversion to dollars.
i always have probs with the 14%
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Know it might be too obvious, but I do this simple calculation in my head:

Florins / 2 +14% i.e. 150 florins = 75 + approx. 10 = 85 US$

After a bunch of Pina Colada, a simpler version is to add 10% which would make it 75+7.5=82.5 which would put you just under the right amount, but what the heck, you are on holiday .

Carsten
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Old 07-22-2009, 09:27 PM   #6 (permalink)
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After a bunch of Pina Colada, a simpler version is to add 10% which would make it 75+7.5=82.5 which would put you just under the right amount, but what the heck, you are on holiday .

Carsten
I was never good in math.
The above has always been my conversion method of choice.
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Old 07-22-2009, 10:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I printed out the OANDA cheat sheet just in case I'm not able to do the Pina Colada version during our Kukoo Kunuku trip. LOL...

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