Mike,
Hi.
Yeah, I'm one of the Social-media-averse, but I'm not contributing anything
these days, so not a big deal.
So far as Canadian Cents, as it happens, I'm a penny collector and turn up
a Canadian coin from time-to-time. I've learned that the composition has
changed a bit off and on. While copper plated zinc has been the mainstay here
in the U.S. for decades, you folk have in recent years produced both plated
zinc and plated steel (for widely circulated coins). The plated steel are
magnetic, of course, which we only did one year (1943).
At any rate, some of your recent Cents are fairly valuable, relative to
face value. By valuable, I mean ~$2.00. By way of example:
2006 - Magnetic - - $5.00 $10.00 $15.00 $25.00 $49.30
http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php?coin=1-cent-2006&years=1-cent-1965-2012
Anyhow, my Water Heater logging project worked well. The result was about
as interesting as watching grass grow. The careful tracking revealed that:
When we use hot water, the water heater fires up. Mrs. W thinks I'm nuts. I
haven't been able to mount a cogent counter-argument.
I'm afraid my dreams of a block-buster article for Science, or Nature have
been dashed. Monitoring the boiler during the winter would have been far more
interesting. Speaking of which, the last two or three nights it has dipped into
the low 40's, OK, OK... ~ 6 deg. I am hoping that those temperatures will stunt
the grass, which I have already had to mow twice.
Regards,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Stein
To: Model 100 Discussion
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: [M100] Mdeol 100 FACEBOOK group
Ah, another addict! ;-) Nice to hear from ya!
We no longer have pennies up here in Canada, so it'll have to be my 5 cents
(not that that makes it worth any more than your 2 cents, especially with
today's exchange rate ;-)
