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 06/01/2007 10:06:03 AM · #1
...since the Canadian $ is going to be at par with the US$ before year's end.

Get those B & H orders ready! :D
 06/01/2007 10:09:28 AM · #2
Whoo-hoo!!!!

Oh, and when that happens I want the prices of books here to be the same as the US prices.....does that tick anyone else off? Books that have 2 prices on the inside jacket, a much higher price for us in Canada.

Message edited by author 2007-06-01 10:10:49.
 06/01/2007 10:13:29 AM · #3
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?
 06/01/2007 10:16:14 AM · #4
Originally posted by bdenny:
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.
 06/01/2007 10:18:28 AM · #5
Slang for the greenback is Kleenex.

j/k
 06/01/2007 10:20:51 AM · #6
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by bdenny:
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.

I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.
 06/01/2007 10:27:45 AM · #7
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.


hey, dubloon is perfect. maybe we should try to get into the lexicon, just by usage...
 06/01/2007 11:03:30 AM · #8
Originally posted by xianart:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.


hey, dubloon is perfect. maybe we should try to get into the lexicon, just by usage...


I second the motion.
 06/01/2007 11:09:24 AM · #9
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
[quote=bdenny] So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.


Twoonie: pronounced "toonie", just in case you tried to pronounce the "w"

Message edited by author 2007-06-01 11:09:52.
 06/01/2007 11:46:58 AM · #10
o, yeah, and the loonie is so called because it has a loon (waterbird found all over north amaerica, but especially in canada, with a haunting call, and an eerie cackle) on its back.


06/01/2007 11:49:16 AM · #11
We have loons on the lake in Vermont where my wife's family has a cottage. Everyone gets very excited to see them every summer. Time to buy a 600mm zoom. :)
 06/01/2007 01:31:04 PM · #12
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by bdenny:
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.

I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.


Yeah, me too. It just made sense! (cents, too...)
 06/01/2007 01:41:03 PM · #13
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by bdenny:
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.

I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.


Yeah, me too. It just made sense! (cents, too...)

...plus... Canadians could speak like Pirates when we buy or sell stuff with dubloons. With toonies Canadians are like a bunch of nancy-boys, prancing around in tights and flinging flower petals here and there. Not that I have anything against nancy-boys, and damnit, I like the feel of tights, but come on...
 06/01/2007 02:01:10 PM · #14
Hey now..keep my tights out of it! or as the British would say "don't get your knickers in a knot!"
 06/01/2007 02:33:08 PM · #15
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
[With toonies Canadians are like a bunch of nancy-boys, prancing around in tights and flinging flower petals here and there. Not that I have anything against nancy-boys, and damnit, I like the feel of tights, but come on...

Guess it's time to move to Canada...
 06/01/2007 02:59:12 PM · #16
The best thing is that some of our tights come with capes! Let's all remember that Superman is a Canadian.
 06/01/2007 03:33:54 PM · #17
One of my favorite Canadian coins is this one...

Sure wish I had a big bag full of them.

Ray

Message edited by author 2007-06-01 15:34:18.
 06/01/2007 03:59:06 PM · #18
Originally posted by sea2c:
The best thing is that some of our tights come with capes! Let's all remember that Superman is a Canadian.


Really? The actor, right? Which one then? Surely the character isn't Canadian...wouldn't he be...kryptonian or something like that?
 06/01/2007 04:06:38 PM · #19
Originally posted by bdenny:
Originally posted by sea2c:
The best thing is that some of our tights come with capes! Let's all remember that Superman is a Canadian.


Really? The actor, right? Which one then? Surely the character isn't Canadian...wouldn't he be...kryptonian or something like that?

I think the original Superman was in comic strip form, created by a Canadian.... ? ... But don't quote me, and correct me if I'm wrong
 06/01/2007 04:20:02 PM · #20
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by bdenny:
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.

I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.


lol dubloon would have been awsome. Yar ill give ye' 200 dubloons for your MarkIII, and they'd be like "wow, dubloons eh! Deal" Only to find out its $400 :) Muahahaha.. Oh the fun id have.
 06/01/2007 04:23:31 PM · #21
Originally posted by kawana:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by bdenny:
So the Canadian currency is called the loonie, eh?


No, the currency is called the dollar. Slang for the $1 coin is the loonie, slang for the $2 coin is the twoonie.

I lobbied hard for "dubloon" when the two dollar coin came out. Frikken cutesy-tootsie Canadians.


lol dubloon would have been awsome. Yar ill give ye' 200 dubloons for your MarkIII, and they'd be like "wow, dubloons eh! Deal" Only to find out its $400 :) Muahahaha.. Oh the fun id have.

YARRRR!
 06/01/2007 04:25:41 PM · #22
Don't you guys have higher sales taxes or is it just income tax that's higher?
 06/01/2007 04:30:00 PM · #23
Originally posted by basssman7:
or as the British would say "don't get your knickers in a knot!"


No, No... It's 'Don't get your knickers in a Twist'... I think 'Knickers in a Knot' is Australian.
 06/01/2007 04:39:38 PM · #24
Originally posted by Strikeslip:

I think the original Superman was in comic strip form, created by a Canadian.... ? ... But don't quote me, and correct me if I'm wrong


The kid who played young superman in the first movie (who lifted the car) is from Calgary. I haven't seen him in years, but somewhere I still have a little metal trash can with him on it.
 06/01/2007 04:40:52 PM · #25
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by bdenny:
Originally posted by sea2c:
The best thing is that some of our tights come with capes! Let's all remember that Superman is a Canadian.


Really? The actor, right? Which one then? Surely the character isn't Canadian...wouldn't he be...kryptonian or something like that?

I think the original Superman was in comic strip form, created by a Canadian.... ? ... But don't quote me, and correct me if I'm wrong


You are right Superman was created by a Canadian. The Canadian gov used to air Canadian history commercials and that was one of them.

-dave
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