tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post5876630098100335425..comments2023-09-10T10:42:40.675-04:00Comments on Nocturnal Wonderings: Canadian Currency - A Tale of SillinessCindyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18349459903336460467noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-19855868229264095712007-09-27T00:59:00.000-04:002007-09-27T00:59:00.000-04:00Weird, that last comment just posted itself and co...Weird, that last comment just posted itself and considering I normally have to do a weird typing thing to get stuff to post - well, weird.<BR/><BR/>Jenster - We must have sent you our 'slacker' tooth fairy ;)<BR/><BR/>CindySCindyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349459903336460467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-15356069442840359052007-09-27T00:57:00.000-04:002007-09-27T00:57:00.000-04:00Kat O+ - we never really grow up do we. Glad you ...Kat O+ - we never really grow up do we. Glad you went easy on your brother ;)<BR/><BR/>Jenster - glad you made it and saw a toonieCindyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349459903336460467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-56859057662248391372007-09-26T15:36:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:36:00.000-04:00Wow! Thanks for that fascinating Canadian money l...Wow! Thanks for that fascinating Canadian money lesson. (I really mean it. I'm not even using the sarcasm right now!)<BR/><BR/>I love the "loonie" and "toonie" - or should it be "twonie"? No, nevermind.<BR/><BR/>You guys have very pretty money. Todd and I went to Grand Cayman a few years back and their money was pretty, too. Very colorful with tropical fish and that sort of thing. Also the Queen since it's a British country.<BR/><BR/>The tooth fairy around here was only into quarters, too. Wonder if there's a different one for you guys up there.Jensterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15639970448069931471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-46962075075517145682007-09-26T06:53:00.000-04:002007-09-26T06:53:00.000-04:00Haha, I wasn't going to admit it, but I still join...Haha, I wasn't going to admit it, but I still join in the fray. Even last year when I was pregnant. My Dad yelled at me because I was wrestling my 20-year-old brother for a $2 coin. He won, but only because I was scared I'd hurt him. ;-)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635753217472348567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-43340164948510446062007-09-26T03:21:00.000-04:002007-09-26T03:21:00.000-04:00Kristie - I know! Found money so rocks!Kat O+ - h...Kristie - I know! Found money so rocks!<BR/><BR/>Kat O+ - holy cow!! I was telling Bob this tonight and he just about fell out of his chair. Your kids must be rich and I don't know if I could deal with the pandamonium. Well, okay, I would be shoving the kids out of the way and yelling 'MINE!' ;) <BR/><BR/>Nath - the problem is that it is legal tender. Having someone refuse to take it should be illegal and with the scanners they have now it should be mandatory that all stores have them. I should tell the story of how I accepted a phony American Express Canadian funds thingie. Let's just say I had a funny feeling when I took it and was not surprised when I got a call from head office saying I had to go to the police to file a report. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>C2 - okay vending machines up here are crazy expensive and I totally blame the coins! Our machines accept all money, even paper (Thank God!) and it's nothing now to pay a buck 50 for a chocolate bar while waiting anywhere. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>Rosie - the thing is, I'm not sure that the strength of our dollar bill is affecting anyone up here positively. Any business that trades with the US in comodities are taking huge financial hits. I told Bob the other night that since our dollar is worth next to nothing in the British pound he should try and sell them wood. I mean, they must have de-forested by now ;) Yeah, I know. I'm full of helpful information and the eye rolling was almost painful to watch.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for indulging me in this way off the wall post. Now we just need Jenster to show up and see what a toonie is!<BR/><BR/>CindySCindyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349459903336460467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-54622100683584220452007-09-25T19:54:00.000-04:002007-09-25T19:54:00.000-04:00The most important fact is that your money is wort...The most important fact is that your money is worth more than ours now! :) We save change too. I'm saving mine for RWA next July. Your Bob is in a whole different league than me though. <BR/><BR/>I don't know about the rest of the U.S. but here in California we have lots of stores and restaurants that won't take bills larger than a $20 because counterfeiting is so rampant with the larger bills.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868327419940314643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-13333162774932450432007-09-25T19:38:00.000-04:002007-09-25T19:38:00.000-04:00Oh, it's so pretty (and spendable!)...our money is...Oh, it's so pretty (and spendable!)...our money is boring. They're trying to make it less boring but it's still boring. Of course, the US has been unable to make dollar coins work for anyone besides collectors but I blame vending machine companies - if they were willing to update their stuff, we would have been more open to using dollar coins. Gots to have the junk food, don't ya know. ;-)C2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260556835414082481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-5066559033671210812007-09-25T08:02:00.000-04:002007-09-25T08:02:00.000-04:00LOL, great post Cindy :D I think you have it all r...LOL, great post Cindy :D I think you have it all right :) Since you're wondering, I'm pretty sure that the 50$ was always red... if you put the 2$ and 50$ bill next to each other tho, you'll see it's kind of different red...50$ is more vibrant and 2$ is more rusty. The twoonie made their apparition when I was in grade 8 if I remember correctly... so that was about 10-11 years ago... man, I'm getting old LOL :)<BR/><BR/>I definitively should do like Bob and keep me a change jar...<BR/><BR/>oh and you know what, I really hate 100$ bill!!! grrr... they don't take them anywhere, because they're afraid of it being fake. I went to Indigo yesterday and tey wouldn't take it. sigh... we're probably the only country where this happens.nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626894830238717124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-42561817218580785252007-09-25T06:49:00.000-04:002007-09-25T06:49:00.000-04:00We have colourful money, too, but our hundred-doll...We have colourful money, too, but our hundred-dollar bill is green, so we do aspire to a wallet full of green money. Gosh, I remember when we had dollar bills, too. And I agree with Kristie--the spare change bucket coughs up some serious pocket money at the end of the year (unless you're Filipino, in which case you might get rid of it on New Year's Eve by throwing it in the middle of a room full of kids who will then do anything short of murder to catch the gold coins).Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635753217472348567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133634.post-57749111845602002102007-09-25T06:27:00.000-04:002007-09-25T06:27:00.000-04:00LOL - I think you got it pretty well right. The g...LOL - I think you got it pretty well right. The good thing about the loonies and twoonies is many of us just throw them in the purse and then after a while dig through and low and behold, we have like 12 or thirteen unexpected dollars!! Enough to buy......books!! And it almost seems like they're free, cause it's found money *g*Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.com