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Count your changege carefully.
CJ
| 1/14/2006
| CJ
Posted on 01/14/2006 12:17:01 PM PST by CholeraJoe
For the fourth time in two weeks, I've gotten Canadian coins back from automatic change dispensers at Abertsons, Osco, WalMart and Safeway. I realize that I live in a state on the Canadian border, but it's 130 miles away.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: changege; checkyourspeling; funnymoney; funwithgrammar
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The Canadian penny, quarter, nickel and dime are nearly the same size as the US coins of the same denomination. Coin counters at banks puke them out but automatic coin dispensers don't and cheat US citizens.
To: CholeraJoe
Spell words carefully too.
To: CholeraJoe
Depending on the branches, you can often bring them to a bank that deals in foreign currency and cash them in (yes, you'll get a few cents less).
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:19:23 PM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: CholeraJoe
"What has you gots in your pocketses?"
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:20:34 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(1 CDN$ == $0.85 U.S.)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Ping!
In 1984 I dated a woman who was stationed in Korea. The Korean 100 won coin (value about 11 cents) was the exact size and shape of an American quarter. We had a ball with the vending machines at the hotel in Honolulu.
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:23:40 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerlbel doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:24:32 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerlbel doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:26:35 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerlbel doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: Argh; secret garden; xsmommy; hobbes1
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:29:39 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerlbel doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: CholeraJoe
well i didn't notice where i got the canadian quarter but the Target checker snootily handed it back to me last week, when i was making exact change for my purchase. i said well someone gave it to ME because i haven't been to Canada in about 3-4 years. and we are south of the MASON-DIXON let alone the canadian border!
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:32:09 PM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
The big chains like Tarjay and the Mart of the wall will do that to reduce their losses.
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:35:19 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerlbel doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: CholeraJoe
I got what I assume was a one cent euro a couple of weeks back. It was about the size of a dime but copper colored.
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:38:24 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: CholeraJoe
i normally use the charge cards at those places, but here i was trying to be fiscally sound!
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:44:16 PM PST
by
xsmommy
To: cripplecreek
You got lucky. A one cent Euro is worth about 13 cents, unlike a one cent Canuckistan penny that puts you in debt.
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:49:18 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerbell doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: CholeraJoe
To: Fierce Allegiance
Again I apologize for my spelling.
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:53:34 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerbell doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: CholeraJoe
Maybe you should stop using the self-checkout lane and make the stores work for the profit.
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:54:46 PM PST
by
ChefKeith
(Flies,fleas,ants,ticks,cockroaches,lawyers,judges & politicians All the same. Useless!!!)
To: CholeraJoe
No biggie, we all do it, and it gives us a chance to bump your thread.
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
01/14/2006 12:58:35 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerbell doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
To: CholeraJoe
To: ChefKeith
Oddly enough, the checkout line had a slack-jawed, steeley-eyed killer with prison tattoos on her arms working it. Not self checkout.
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posted on
01/14/2006 1:08:26 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Tinkerbell doesn't wear underwear. She moved wrong once and I saw. She's not a real blond.)
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