Par! Par!

[elly427]

Er, not to offend my American friends but!

$1 Cdn = $1 US

*points* *exclaims* *heads for the border*

I never thought I'd see that in my life. When I was a kid, the dollar was at, like, $0.70. Huh.

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[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

You can't offend us more than our own government has. :)

[effervescent.livejournal.com]

:D Isn't it fantastic? I keep thinking that it can't be true, haha. Way too used to seeing it at .60 or something, or the times when the fact that it had gone up into the .70 meant that it was doing WELL.

[jadengreen36.livejournal.com]

I know!

I mean I can step back and say that I realize in the long run this is not a good thing for the consumer, but in the short run it is absolutely amazing to be able to cross the border and spend so much less on everyday Walmart/Target/clothing stuff that was untouchable for so many years.

With my dh and my closest friend 'just over the border' we go back and forth a few times a year, and I constantly use their houses as my US mailing address. Whenever we travel I always used to take a calculator so I could compare prices and figure out if things were worth it, or not. It was so great this past summer so just mentally tack in about 10%, compared to the 50% of a few years ago, and it let us save so much on the cost of food and gas pn our trips this year.

[http://users.livejournal.com/wisteria_/]

Okay, this reminds me that I had a dream about you the other night! I was visiting you in Vancouver, and we went to your apartment building (even though you live in a house, but whatever.) In the hallway, I spotted the teacher from the classroom next to me. She gave me an alarmed look then pretended not to see me. Turns out she's been commuting from Vancouver to Atlanta all this time!

The next morning, you decided to take me downtown to see your office, except we had to walk there across a long bridge (see, I remember all the things you told me!). We got to the other side of the bridge, and you pointed out that we were close to the BSG set. I saw some extras in uniform, then I saw Cally leaning against a wall. Once we were past her, I whispered to you, "That's Cally!" THEN a few minutes later JAMIE suddenly started walking in front of us. We both freaked out but acted very cool about it, especially when he turned around and said, "Hello!" And then I had to stop and text indigo419 about it... except I was worried because of those cellular surcharges. ;)

I don't remember anything else, though I think there was a snafu at the airport. Hmm!

If only it were real!