Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:39:55 -0400 To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Canadian Monopoly Money Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Interestingly, Rich Lynch said: >--- Michael Walsh <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote: > > For those who left Torcon with Canadian currency and > > would like to convert = > > it, my bank will do currency exchange for a $15 fee, > > and I have quite a = > > bit of that Canadian currency. > > > >Been down that road before, many times. We applied >all our remaining Canadian money to the cost of our >hotel room, which is the easiest and most >cost-efficient way to use it up. > >Rich We (Newtons) did the same sort of thing. . .had enough for taxi fare to the airport, not quite enough for lunch, so covered lunch with a combination of our remaining CDN $ and a few bucks on VISA. That left us with a small handful of coinage, including a toonie, which I wanted for a souvenir anyway. I noticed that the toonies seemed to come in change a lot more often the the more colorful loonies. Must mean something. . .always seemed to have a pocket full of quarters, dimes, and the occasional toonie or loonie. Barry