subtle difference's.

[pitw]

There are some in our two country's and I thought we might explore some   Lets start with the money.  Yours is all one color except for the $10 bill which is a bit washed out.  It would appear that your government has spent so much on bailouts and other goodies that they can only afford one color[must be cheaper to buy in bulk].



Ours on the other hand is more of wild flower bouquet of living colors that allows the user to be a mite blind and still tell what he/she has given to the cashier that isn't able to add 2+2 twice in a row successfully [that is something common on both sides of the border].

[Todd Rahm]

Hey we wouldn't expect anything then a bunch of flowered colored money from a French country.  :roflmao:

(Todd is running for the door) 

Be happy your pastels are worth more. 

[KySongDog]

Enjoy it (the money) while ya can cause it is getting cheaper every day.  The more they print, the cheaper the money gets.  Its called hyper inflation.   

[pitw]

Todd better be hiding well   which brings up another difference.  Camo, I just came up from breakfast where there were a hundred+ people and not one piece of camo clothing to be seen.  Down south I think the ratio of people wearing camo to those not was 3 to 2.  Kinda like you guys can displease the wife even more than me and need to blend in with a tree at a moments notice.  Really I don't get it, is camo clothing cheaper than regular cloth .

[Todd Rahm]

Lol, Barry if I want to hide from the wife, I go to the kitchen and disguise myself as a cooking utensil.  :roflmao: She'll never find me. 

[Okanagan]

 Camo, I just came up from breakfast where there were a hundred+ people and not one piece of camo clothing to be seen.  Down south I think the ratio of people wearing camo to those not was 3 to 2.  Kinda like you guys can displease the wife even more than me and need to blend in with a tree at a moments notice.  Really I don't get it, is camo clothing cheaper than regular cloth .

Actually, sometimes camo is the cheapest, and that will increase as the fad passes and the glut of camo clothing is dumped at discount.  Stock up on whatcha want as it will eventually get scarce when the yuppies and teeny boppers quit wearing it.  The black and white urban camo makes good snow camo, even if the images are celebrity faces and such rather than leaves.

FWIW I have made it sort of a personal rule to never wear camo in any public place, and never have except maybe a fleece jacket in a country store once or twice.  

As to US money looking alike, the Chief of a remote northern village in Canada once told me in all seriousness that US paper money was deliberately designed to help clerks shortchange customers, especially foreigners.   He'd just returned from Las Vegas.

[pitw]

As to US money looking alike, the Chief of a remote northern village in Canada once told me in all seriousness that US paper money was deliberately designed to help clerks shortchange customers, especially foreigners.   He'd just returned from Las Vegas.

Smart man that chief .
Why is it that it appears on both sides of the border that in order to have a job as a cashier that the prerequisite for the job is to be able to not be able to add   If there is a power outage they are screwed.

Todd have you ever camo'd yourself as the skewer?
   

[Todd Rahm]

Nope, usually a wooden spoon or a spatula works. 

[Hawks Feather]

f I want to hide from the wife, I go to the kitchen and disguise myself as a cooking utensil.  :roflmao: She'll never find me. 

Now there is a quote from a man who has a wife that never logs in at FnF.

Jerry

[FinsnFur]

Actually all our new bills have multiple colors in them now except the $1.00
They still arent as brilliant as yours though.

Our added colors were to deter counterfeiting.

[CCP]

Yeap sometimes I have to use that union money myself.

How far south did you go???

If you come down this far make sure you get rid of all your fives with Abe on them unless you are looking for trouble. 


I think the new light red coloring of the ten is an attempt to confuse us southerners in attempting to get us to take union money. :roflmao:



Yep Barry we still use Confederate money down here.(it seems to be worth alittle more now)

And last but not least if you have to ask way we wear camo down south then you wood knot understand. Its a Southern thang U Heer. 


BTW I heard tell the rainbow money in canada came about from all the yellow hippies from San Fransisco in the 60's.

[5 SHOTS]

colored money is OK......but i know some people who are color blind.  :roflmao: :roflmao:

[pitw]

5 the Australians thought of that and have different size bills as well   Kinda/sorta makes sense as our coins are a diiferent size

CCP i didn't get near far enough south to see them but I'd probably have took them at face value   I guess it's kinda/sorta like us wearing toques then EH.

[Carolina Coyote]

Pitw, Just wondering when you came across the Border if the Merchant's in the US would accept the flower money?cc

[pitw]

Pitw, Just wondering when you came across the Border if the Merchant's in the US would accept the flower money?cc

Golly I never even tried   I took a bunch of money I bought at the bank with me cause I didn't know if they would and I guess I am still ignorant on the subject

[Hawks Feather]

You made a wise choice.  Right now your dollar is worth $0.937 in the US.  When you go to cash it in at a store you would get between $0.80 and $0.90 for your dollar.  But to be fair, the same thing happened to me when I was in Canada.  The best way to work around it is to use a credit card.  The credit card company does the conversion for you and it doesn't cost you anything.

Jerry

[Carolina Coyote]

My experience has been that US merchants will not take Canadian money, but you pull out Greenbacks in Canada and they will take them in a heartbeat, I still have a few bills from my trips to Canada but can't spend them here.? cc

[Hawks Feather]

If you want to unload them you should be able to take them to your bank and have them exchanged there.  Or the other option is to just send them to Barry and have him spend them for you.   

Jerry

[Carolina Coyote]

Barry being the nice fellow he is , I just may do that.  cc

[pitw]

Barry being the nice fellow he is , I just may do that.  cc

Tooooo Cooooool    Yep Canadians like taking the American money at face value   I have seen places that wouldn't take it and I did a quick conversion for a few fellers