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Scuba Forum / General / October 2007Congratulations Canada!
The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. Next stop, the peso. If it gets any worse, we'll be climbing the fence over there looking for work. (Note to Popeye: this is not a gun-thread, even if some gun loonie ends up posting about loon hunting) (Note to killfilers: if you find this truth offensive, go suck an egg) On topic portion: This should make those Pacific destinations that use U.S. currency, like Palau and Micronesia and Hawaii, more affordable for our great white neighbors. I heard once from a Palau DM that when they wanted to refer derogatorily to Japanese divers in their presence (now who would ever want to do such a thing?), that they would speak of "Canadian" divers instead, secure in their substitution because of the fact that very few Canadians visited Palau. Now they'll have to find another group to sub in. Polish divers, perhaps? How many Polish divers could there possibly be? With a reverse-polish regulator, you have to exhale to get a breath. > The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. Thank you. Yes, we're feeling pretty flush right now, at least those who travel and aren't dependant on the industrial sector for pocket change. I really lucked out when I let my American dollar account run dry a while back. Now I can stock up on par currency for the next round of holidays. Sure beats forking over 1,000 loonies for $700 worth of purchasing power. JF Of course it happens right before I go to Niagara Falls ON for a long weekend. >> The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >JF > The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > divers, perhaps? How many Polish divers could there possibly be? > With a reverse-polish regulator, you have to exhale to get a breath. It also means our friends from the frozen north will find SoFla much cheaper. Which, I guess, means even more of those damn canucks this winter. esg > It also means our friends from the frozen north will find SoFla much > cheaper. > > Which, I guess, means even more of those damn canucks this winter. Yup, and up here (in the great white frozen whatever) it means less Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to Vancouver for a quick visit and be back in time for dinner. > Yup, and up here (in the great white frozen whatever) it means less > Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to > Vancouver for a quick visit and be back in time for dinner. A bus? I thought you had to take a dogsled. When did y'all get buses? > > Yup, and up here (in the great white frozen whatever) it means less > > Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to > > Vancouver for a quick visit and be back in time for dinner. > > A bus? I thought you had to take a dogsled. When did y'all get buses? Buses are scarce and only used in July and August when we have a large influx of Merkan tourists. We like to make y'all feel at home. >> > Yup, and up here (in the great white frozen whatever) it means less >> > Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Buses are scarce and only used in July and August when we have a large >influx of Merkan tourists. We like to make y'all feel at home. Yup. Oncet the ice sets in they git drug back to Tennessee to run shine to all you sothren boys. Fewer trips makes fer more effishent drinkin' fer y'all. JF >>> > Yup, and up here (in the great white frozen whatever) it means less >>> > Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > shine to all you sothren boys. Fewer trips makes fer more effishent > drinkin' fer y'all. Wow. We'll be seeing this again. > JF On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:42:53 -0400, "Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote: >>>> > Yup, and up here (in the great white frozen whatever) it means less >>>> > Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > We'll be seeing this again. Wow. Another sig line in the offing? JF > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:42:53 -0400, "Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick" > <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Another sig line in the offing? The possibilities for an inanity like that are endless. You're such the plethora. Maybe this time, you'll be able to show (for once) how I "edited" it. > Buses are scarce and only used in July and August when we have a large > influx of Merkan tourists. We like to make y'all feel at home. If that were true you all would install a few rifle ranges and gun stores, start executing murderers and mass murderers and learn to handle your own national defense instead of chirping away with the cheap shots all the time. >> It also means our friends from the frozen north will find SoFla much >> cheaper. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Merkans coming to Ottawa who wonder if they can take a bus to >Vancouver for a quick visit and be back in time for dinner. Sounds like the progeny of the 60's surfer boys who used to come up from Michigan to Grand Bend - with their surf boards. I never figgered out why they thought the surf was up on our side of the pond. Perhaps it was the hair bleach had finally soaked thru their skulls and frazzled their GTO brains. JF >> The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > esg Why wait for winter? I'll be there in November!  Signature</TAZZ> > > The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > esg Well I was going to take a week or so in the keys this November.. but if you don't want my money Fidel does.. nah he can't have it either.. it would probably be Coz or Bonaire instead. > The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. I couldn't be more pleased and excited!! It was only a few years ago I was paying $1.60 Cdn to buy $1 US for my Belize trips. This next trip to Belize may cost less than a trip to Banff. > Next stop, the peso. If it gets any worse, we'll be climbing the > fence over there looking for work. You guys aren't going to have to worry about your illegal alien problem much longer. Apparently word is out that there's a good thing going on up here and illegal Mexicans are swamping Windsor, Ontario. > (Note to Popeye: this is not a gun-thread, even if some gun loonie > ends up posting about loon hunting) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > use U.S. currency, like Palau and Micronesia and Hawaii, more > affordable for our great white neighbors. Woohoo!!! Maybe I should put Hawaii back on my list. And yeah, if I buy US dollars now and sock them away, I can use them for the Palau and Micronesia trips when I have the time. I'm excited, yes I am. > I heard once from a Palau > DM that when they wanted to refer derogatorily to Japanese divers in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > divers, perhaps? How many Polish divers could there possibly be? > With a reverse-polish regulator, you have to exhale to get a breath. Hmpf. I haven't ever seen any Canadian divers treating the undersea like I have seen some Japanese divers do. >> The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. > >I couldn't be more pleased and excited!! It was only a few years ago I was >paying $1.60 Cdn to buy $1 US for my Belize trips. This next trip to Belize >may cost less than a trip to Banff. Several years ago I was at a conference with a colleague from Edmonton. We were sipping some very nice whisky and he made the comment that "this would cost like twelve bucks back home". I didn't have the heart to tell him that it cost twelve bucks in Chicagp. Now that he can afford it, he owes me a drink. >> Next stop, the peso. If it gets any worse, we'll be climbing the >> fence over there looking for work. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >have seen some Japanese divers do. > Signaturedillon Elvis is still dead > The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. > > Next stop, the peso. If it gets any worse, we'll be climbing the > fence over there looking for work. It's not all sh.ts and giggles here in the frozen north. SWMBO dad and brother work in a car parts plant. We just found out that it's going to be closed (or, if we're lucky, its sister plant). Not too bad for her dad (he's retiring soon, so he may just have to retire early, the poor bugger). But her brother is just 30, so he's screwed big-time. > (Note to Popeye: this is not a gun-thread, even if some gun loonie > ends up posting about loon hunting) Maybe I'll start this one off then (does that qualify me as a loonie, although I'm not sure how to take that, as up here a "looney" is a dollar coin). Anyways, with the high dollar US manufactured guns should be a little cheaper up here... > (Note to killfilers: if you find this truth offensive, go suck an egg) > > On topic portion: This should make those Pacific destinations that > use U.S. currency, like Palau and Micronesia and Hawaii, more > affordable for In my experience Hawaii was, and long has been, one of the cheapest. It was even the cheapest when I traveled there back when the Cnd$ was 0.64 US. >our great white neighbors I'm sure that's a typo. I think the word "north" should be in there somewhere ;-) Bryan > >our great white neighbors > > I'm sure that's a typo. I think the word "north" should be in there > somewhere ;-) Unless he meant we're all a bunch of sharks. >> >our great white neighbors >> >>I'm sure that's a typo. I think the word "north" should be in there >>somewhere ;-) > > Unless he meant we're all a bunch of sharks. Nourthbound ones? Greets, Matthias SignatureVK exquis. mod. Gesch.haus in ruh. Wohnl.3 WE, ehem. Praxis, ca. 350/1000 qm WF/Grdst. 19km nördl. Braunschweig , hochw. einger; Nah VW, Hafen; frei, 0160-4433698 o. 0911-7809081. Gut für Arzt/RA/Ing.büro, oder ruhiges Wohnen, Bilder vorh. > >> >our great white neighbors > >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Nourthbound ones? No great white ones. > > >our great white neighbors > > > I'm sure that's a typo. I think the word "north" should be in there > > somewhere ;-) Sorry to glom onto chilly's post, but Google seems to have killfiled poor Bryan, probably for daring to suggest I would make a typo. Canada is less than 2% black. It's white enough for me. Blinding white, like the glare off your igloos. That's why I'm surprised that the rec.racists hate Canadians so much. They're probably just envious of your "racial purity". > > > >our great white neighbors > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the rec.racists hate Canadians so much. They're probably just envious > of your "racial purity". Then why didn't you just call us "normal people"? > > > "Bryan Heit" <bjh...@NOSPAMucalgary.ca> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Then why didn't you just call us "normal people"? Because you're not normal, you're Canadians. Instead of patriotic stuff like stars and stripes on your flag, you have a leaf. Instead of founding fathers like George W. on your most basic unit of currency, you have a bird. Calgary is a fancy downtown will all sorts of modern glass and steel buildings, yet your big cultural celebration is The Stampede. And some of you speak French. Bonjour. >Because you're not normal, you're Canadians. Instead of patriotic >stuff like stars and stripes on your flag, you have a leaf. Instead >of founding fathers like George W. on your most basic unit of >currency, you have a bird. Not just any bird. That particular one was carefully selected to best represent the majority of our voters, although those same voters think it was chosen to represent the people they voted for. JF >The loonie is finally at parity with the George Washington. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >divers, perhaps? How many Polish divers could there possibly be? >With a reverse-polish regulator, you have to exhale to get a breath. In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them last month. Signaturedillon Elvis is still dead > In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them > last month. New dive gear? An exotic holiday? A Ferarri? ;-) OTOH, I think it's time for me to buy a large quantity of dollars (the US ones, that is)... >> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them >> last month. > OTOH, I think it's time for me to buy a large quantity of dollars (the US > ones, that is)... You're probably better off short than long. Unless you have some insight into the future? >>> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them >>> last month. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > You're probably better off short than long. Unless you have some > insight into the future? Did I tell you 'bout the cristal ball I bought from the tel-sell channel? >>>> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them >>>> last month. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Did I tell you 'bout the cristal ball I bought from the tel-sell > channel? No you didn't - but, enough said. > >>> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them > >>> last month. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Did I tell you 'bout the cristal ball I bought from the tel-sell > channel? I can send you a letter I've received from some Nigerians. All they need is help moving some money out fo their country. Dennis >> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them >> last month. > >New dive gear? An exotic holiday? A Ferarri? ;-) It looks like it'll be about 20 acres in Belize. >OTOH, I think it's time for me to buy a large quantity of dollars (the US >ones, that is)... Signaturedillon Elvis is still dead > >> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them > >> last month. > > > >New dive gear? An exotic holiday? A Ferarri? ;-) > > It looks like it'll be about 20 acres in Belize. Woohoo!! On shore or inland? >> >> In January of 2003, I bought a large quantity of Euros. I sold them >> >> last month. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Woohoo!! On shore or inland? Inland a little. The land is incredibly cheap once you get away from the water. And the hurricane destruction zone. Signaturedillon Elvis is still dead > Inland a little. The land is incredibly cheap once you get away > from the water. And the hurricane destruction zone. Do you have any price examples? I've looked at prices of land in Cozumel and the difference in price between being on the shore and just across the main highway from the shore is quite noticeable... After seeing what Wilma did to some of the houses on the shore, I'm not so certain that I would want to be on the shore anyway... I'm curious if perhaps it would be better to build a house on concrete pillars that stood 12 ft or so above the surrounding terrain, just in case the storm surge made it that far inland... |
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