yeah I know -- I used to love going into Canada with US dollars. You'd buy something like a hamburger with a five and get six dollars in change ;) it was almost magic. I understand of course that a dollar is not a dollar in this case but it still was fun.....
On 9/21/07, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I can't wait for the Loonie to fall again. Living in Canada and being > paid in USD, the exchange rate is killing me right now. I could almost pay > an employee off the exchange rate we used to get. Yesterday we got dollar > for dollar at the bank. I cant wait for the next election - hopefully it > drives the US dollar back up. > > Duane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Loonyie Got Some Legs! > > I remember when I was a kid (maybe 13-14) living outside of Buffalo we'd > take the long ride up the Niagara and con somebody to take us across the > border into Canada. We'd hit the bank and cash our money into quarters: > FIVE quarters per dollar and they hit the Skylon Tower Arcade (the arcade > itself gave only four quarters per dollar, Canadian or American). > > Looks like those days are gone: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20890168/ > > Of course you can't really sneak into Canada any more... even right at the > falls they're asking for papers! > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242857 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
