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To: Zhang Fei

“162? It was 250 in the 80s.”

When I came to Japan in May 1985 it was around 260 yen to a dollar . Then when I moved here in Sept. of that year , overnight , while I was on the flight over ( heard the news when we stopped at Anchorage ) it lost 15 or so percent . Continued the drop from there .


8 posted on 06/30/2026 11:06:27 PM PDT by sushiman
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man, i could just take a flight to Tokyo i suppose.

there is a second hand store there that sells expensive watches like omega and grand seiko in yens.....

then swing by jk alley for a quick date.


10 posted on 07/01/2026 12:59:58 AM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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