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Monday, January 07, 2002, 9:15:21 PM, you wrote:
KS> I always find it funny when people do the conversions. I don't know how KS> many times I have to explain to people at work that $1 Canadian in Canada KS> has the same buying power as $1 American in the US.
I'm not convinced of that. Last time I visited Canada, gas cost me more Canadian dollars per gallon that U.S. dollars per gallon in the states. Ditto for coffee, pop, candy bars, fast-food, etc. In many cases, portions were smaller. I'd buy a large coffee at McDonalds in Canada and it'd be a lot smaller than a U.S. large.
KS> Even funny is when I point out there was a time (and that is in my lifetime) KS> when Canadians flocked to the US to buy cause our dollar was worth more. KS> They just won't believe me but I swear to god it's true.
I distinctly remember this. I don't remember the flocking part, but I clearly remember a brief time back when I was a teenager that the Canadian dollar was worth a few cents more than ours. So now you've found at least one person who believes.
Canada's my favorite vacation destination, btw. I had the holidays off and tried to convince my daughter to go on a rail/bus trip to Moosonee. I was really excited about the idea, but Jenny wouldn't hear of it. She actually got mad at me for even suggestion we travel farther north. So I gave up on Moosonee for now, and I'm looking at maybe doing a weekend rail trip to Hearst with my son.
Best regards,
Jonathan Gennick
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