Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 13:02:32 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Samuel Lubell <lubell at boo.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Canadian Monopoly Money
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 09:39 AM 9/4/2003 -0400, Barry wrote:
> >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 had lunch at the airport, had a little left, wandered through the airport
bookstore and bought a British version of Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone.  No watered down Sorcerer's Stone for me!