Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted April 5 Popular Post Share #1 Posted April 5 It was cold and raining so Judie wanted to go to a casino. Niagara Falls has more casinos than you can shake a stick at. I tried to talk her out of it. She pulled into the parking garage and the thing that was supposed to give you a ticket was disconnected and an overhead sign said all cars parking $50. She didn’t see the sign and thought I was bullshitting her. Go inside and went to the cashier to exchange USA money for Canuck so she could play the slots and asked them about parking. They said all cars $50. I made her save $50 out of the Canuck money she had to get us out of there. I figured she would blow the rest. She played the slots for about an hour. Win some lose some. After an hour she said see was ready to go. Said she broke even. I told her she didn’t because she was out $50 for parking. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted April 5 Share #2 Posted April 5 Who’s the old man on the funny money? Looks like Archie Bunker in a powdered wig. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted April 5 Share #3 Posted April 5 Sounds like fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 6 Share #4 Posted April 6 Almost everywhere accepts US in Canada. You won't get bank rate exchange but you don't want to take CDN back across. Those tyrants make you go to a bank to exchange it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuffJim Posted April 6 Popular Post Share #5 Posted April 6 This thread is just Looney. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 6 Share #6 Posted April 6 The main issue is that Judie had a good time on her birthday trip. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted April 6 Share #7 Posted April 6 I did some grad school research and taught organic chemistry lab at the U of Toronto. When I came back to the USA, I sometimes handed someone the wrong denomination of paper money because we Americans strangely make every denomination of bills the same color and I had gotten use to different colors - I mean colours - as is the norm in most countries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted April 6 Share #8 Posted April 6 25 minutes ago, MickinMD said: I did some grad school research and taught organic chemistry lab at the U of Toronto. When I came back to the USA, I sometimes handed someone the wrong denomination of paper money because we Americans strangely make every denomination of bills the same color and I had gotten use to different colors - I mean colours - as is the norm in most countries. I prefer different colours for different denominations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted April 6 Share #9 Posted April 6 I bring back a little bit from most places I've been. Never know when someone might be interested in foreign currency. Wilbur must have quite a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 6 Share #10 Posted April 6 13 hours ago, Parsnip Totin Jack said: Who’s the old man on the funny money? Looks like Archie Bunker in a powdered wig. I think Leslie Nielsen once impersonated Barbara Bush. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted April 6 Share #11 Posted April 6 11 hours ago, shootingstar said: I prefer different colours for different denominations. I was always told Canadians use colored money because it makes it easier to pay your bar tab at the end of the night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 6 Author Share #12 Posted April 6 6 hours ago, sheep_herder said: I bring back a little bit from most places I've been. Never know when someone might be interested in foreign currency. Wilbur must have quite a collection. My father in law was a missionary in Siberia after the fall of the USSR. He brought back some virtually worthless money from there and small amounts of money from all the different countries he had visited in his eighty some years on this earth. When I was cleaning out his home office I found a large briefcase with all his foreign money and a couple thousand dollars worth of proof sets he collected. I gave it to my sister in law. I hope she took it to someone who would pay her a fair price. Proof sets didn’t turn out to be the great investment he thought they would be. I looked up each proof set on eBay to see what they were going for and people were selling them for less than double their face value. He had a lot of silver coins and silver certificates. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 6 Share #13 Posted April 6 12 hours ago, MickinMD said: I mean colours - as is the norm in most countries. I thought that was just countries that kowtow to foreign monarchies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 6 Share #14 Posted April 6 7 hours ago, sheep_herder said: I bring back a little bit from most places I've been. Never know when someone might be interested in foreign currency. Wilbur must have quite a collection. I have been pretty good at getting rid of it. Often left in a hotel room for the maids. I have kept a lot of coins over the years, some currencies no longer in existence. My daughters have them. I just buy cheesy fridge magnets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 6 Share #15 Posted April 6 3 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: I thought that was just countries that kowtow to foreign monarchies. My dads, paternal family were in Boston. They were loyalists and split when the splitting was good. The kowtowing runs deep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 6 Share #16 Posted April 6 Do skaters in those countries do the triple kowtow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 6 Share #17 Posted April 6 14 hours ago, Wilbur said: Almost everywhere accepts US in Canada. You won't get bank rate exchange but you don't want to take CDN back across. Those tyrants make you go to a bank to exchange it. What's the expected replacement rate for going from the queen to the king? Is it just as the old bills wear out they are removed and replaced? Are the new bills currently available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 6 Share #18 Posted April 6 26 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: What's the expected replacement rate for going from the queen to the king? Is it just as the old bills wear out they are removed and replaced? Are the new bills currently available? Good questions. I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 6 Share #19 Posted April 6 7 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Good questions. I have no idea. You haven't spotted any in the wild yet? I find our US stuff rolls out sort of slowly, but then, almost overnight, it's almost only that newer stuff that is around. I don't get much change, but I sometimes look at the quarters and wonder "when the heck did this series start". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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