GA Russell

Do the math. Using the figures you posted, it's not. I can now give a definitive answer to this question. As stated above, allowing Amazon UK to convert from pounds to dollars would have cost me $4.86. I have been billed by my bank $2.55 for allowing it to convert. Therefore, I saved $2.31 by allowing my bank to convert the currency. The bank charged me 2% of the purchase price.

Casino Royale (2006, 2 disc widescreen edition) - $1.78 http://www.amazon.com/Casino-Royale-Two-Disc-Widescreen-Edition/dp/B000MNP2KI?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000MNP2KI

Doug Ramsey in his blog links to this Washington Post obituary of Ellington and Mary Lou Williams archivist Annie Kuebler, which I think that many here will find interesting. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/annie-kuebler-jazz-archivist-who-survived-near-fatal-fire-dies-at-61/2012/08/18/1819a286-e960-11e1-a3d2-2a05679928ef_story.html

This looks interesting. HALF NOTE ANNOUNCES A NEW RELEASE FROM LEE KONITZ ENFANTS TERRIBLES Featuring BILL FRISELL GARY PEACOCK JOEY BARON AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 NEW YORK, August 20, 2012 - Enfants Terribles features four veteran jazz men whose collective efforts on stage and in the studio span decades. Together they are saxophonist Lee Konitz, guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Joey Baron. Individually, each boasts a distinguished career path and network of associations representing jazzʼs wide range of stylistic directions. (Konitz alone began professionally in 1945.) Recorded live at the Blue Note, Enfants Terribles finds the group surveying tunes well-known to the jazz community, standards played and re-imagined throughout the years - "Body & Soul," "I Canʼt Get Started," "What Is This Thing Called Love" and "Stella By Starlight," among others. Though the repertoire is familiar, the renderings are new, a function of the collaborative spirit and interplay among these particular musicians. Their union evinces a strong sense of togetherness - the sum effect of a four-way exchange shaping artful creation. RECORDED LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE TRACKS 1. What Is This Thing Called Love 2. Body and Soul 3. Stella By Starlight 4. Iʼll Remember April 5. I Remember You 6. I Canʼt Get Started

Scott McKenzie has died at age 73. RIP. I liked his voice more than I liked the song San Francisco. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-scott-mckenzie-20120821,0,6246690.story

Just a guess. Talulah Bankhead?

RIP. She was one of my favorites. And as far as I know, all of her jokes were clean.

Well, I didn't know the dollar amount until the bank posted it to my account online. I guess it's possible that the bank will later post a second figure for the conversion fee. I'll let you know if it does. My primary interest is in determining if my bank's fee is less than Amazon's.

Thanks for your input so far! I see that we have 84 views, but only 5 votes. I hope that people are weighing their options before voting!

RIP. Here's another. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/08/20/top-gun-director-tony-scott-dies-at-68/#ixzz243dRMOHh

Jetman, I think that the bank's fee was included in the figure I quoted.

Amazon UK... Bill Evans - The Riverside and Milestone Albums (15 cd's) - 34.78 GBP - 20% VAT = 27.82 GBP http://www.amazon.co...45437896&sr=1-1 At the current exchange rate of $1.57, that comes to $43.68 plus shipping. In my order over the weekend, I added it to my dvd order which had 9 GBP for shipping, and the Evans box did not add anything more to the shipping total. Amazon US... $51.14 http://www.amazon.co...e+and+Milestone PS - As per Jetman's comment, I think that the $1.57 includes the bank's fee to convert the pounds to dollars. Amazon was offering to convert at $1.63.

Here's an update: I ordered two cd boxes totalling 17 cd's (not including 3 cd's I already have). I ordered two dvd boxes plus some singles totalling 14 movies. The total came to 81.05 GBP, including 9 GBP shipping. Amazon wanted me to use their converter, which pegged the pound at $1.63. Instead, I chose to have my bank pay in pounds, and the bank charged me pegging the pound at $1.57. So that decision saved me $4.86. Totalling the 17 cd's and the 14 dvd's, the price average (including shipping) was $4.11 per item. I think that's pretty good!

British Columbia Lions 24....Saskatchewan Roughriders 5 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4522581 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403453 The Lions started slow, and allowed the Riders to score first with a field goal. After that it was all BC. Today was Darian Durant's 30th birthday.

ss1, I think that by the time you were born, Dick had already moved on to his two-way wrist tv!

I have picked up the free $3.00 Amazon Local voucher for mp3 albums costing $5.99 or more which sonnymax posted about yesterday. It so happens that I have another $1.00 credit from a purchase I made recently, so that means that I have $4.00 in credits to buy a $5.99 album. I have listed ten albums which look like they might be worth $1.99, so I thought I would ask your opinion. Tell me which one I should get! I don't see how I can close the poll ahead of time, but I intend to make my purchase August 31.

ss1, are you too young to remember Dick Tracy's two-way wrist radio?

aloc, I note that all but the first are Capitol records!

Marty, it was part of the Shearing Mosaic box.

Jim, I think your guesses are too obvious. My first thought was Pete Rose. If it is any of your choices, I don't think that Berrigan would have said that it is "a really good trivia question." But perhaps I'm reading too much into it!

ss1, I saw Brett play in the 1973 American Association All-Star game in Omaha (along with Bucky Dent and Joel Come'on People Now Youngblood), so I assume that he was a rookie in '74.

Tony Oliva?

Toronto Argonauts 22....Calgary Stampeders 14 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4522359 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403379 Defensive battle, with only field goals until the last play of the third quarter. Cory Boyd's replacement Chad Kackert had a good game.

Montreal Alouettes 38....Edmonton Eskimos 25 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4522215 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403325 Not an interesting game. Montreal led 28-0 in the second quarter, and then coasted. Edmonton outscored them 14-0 in the fourth to make the final score look more respectable than it should have.

Happy Birthday 2012 Laurie! Love the new Osaka release!