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Re: shuttle disaster



On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 00:24, Geordie Birch wrote:
> said Ron Johnson (on 2003-02-08),
> 
> > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 15:21, Geordie Birch wrote:
> > > said David P James (on 2003-02-08),
> > >
> > > > Travis Crump wrote:
> > > > > Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 20:57, Gary Turner wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > And I can spend my Canadian dollars in Canada, but good luck trying to get
> > > rid of them in a town like Arcata California, or Berkeley even.  US
> > > dollars on the other hand can be used with no problems in many small
> > > retail outlets in Canada.  Big liquidity difference between the two.
> >
> > I'm sure that a Bank would exchange it for you.
> 
> I thought so too, but no bank in Arcata would touch it if I didn't have an
> account.  This was in 1995.

I'm stunned, since I thought that currency exchange was part of a bank's
duties.

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