Living with the Euro (Size Counts)

Here's the surprise: of all the Euro coins, I have no complaints about the 50-cent pieces - maybe because they're slightly smaller and lighter than the American version.

The transition to the new currency, along with a general feeling of economic unease has caused retailers of luxury goods to experience much below-average sales. Shoppers are not only not spending, but are also armed with pocket calculator/converters so that they know what they would be spending in French Francs. In the restaurant industry, it's been reported that Waiters and Waitresses have lost up to thirty percent of their wages as consumers leave smaller tips.

Despite this, we may all end up spending, however, on one product designed to offset the aforementioned impracticalities of the (count them!) 8 Euro coins: a multi-compartment change purse. A nice one sells for about 30 Euros and has the coins' denominations printed on each divider.

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