Hi Bill,

How right you are! The exchange rate - dollar vs. pound - is ridiculously high. My cost of living has risen fully 25% in the past year in this country (U.K.) due to the weak dollar or inflated pound (depending on your point of view) without the benefit of any increase in income. The exchange rate is hurting all of us living here whose income is in dollars. Exchange rate fluctuations are one of the risks one has to accept when living in the country of your spouse's birth. When you are retired and on a fixed income it can be a double whammy!

Enjoy your Americana styles. I like them, too.

Best Wishes,

Chuck