Watching the zeroes disappear
Tony Bridgland's lire millions have shrunk to Euro size - but someEdinburgh fund punters really have lost a lot of money
Sometimes, increased security against one peril can mean increaseddanger in respect of another. That was illustrated when there was aserious fire in a hotel in Uruguay a while back in which several hundredpeople died. They had been unable to escape through windows which had ironbars cemented into the masonry to deter thieves - all on therecommendation of the hotel's insurers, I believe.
Having realised that I was no longer a multi-millionaire (in lire only,unfortunately) thanks to Italy's
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