The Canadian dollar (loonies, appropriately named most times) is currently plummeting, right in time for winter and the recurring Canadian desire to GET THE HELL OUT OF CANADA!!!
Ahem, my apologies - I'm not sure what came over me there...
What I hoped to relay was that right about the time that we might like to take a vacation to a warmer climate, before our 4.5 foot tall cars are covered in 14.5 feet of snow, our currency is about as valuable as a metal washer with a hole punched in the middle. Even if we held up a 7-11, we couldn't procure enough cash from the till to make the gas purchase to get there worth the while.
It is a scenario that seems to unfold every few years. Once, ever so briefly, our dollar was worth more than our well-off neighbours to the south of us. It still pretty much traded at par for some reason, but technically, it was worth more.
Now, a dollar here will buy you a Kraft noodle or two, certainly not the entire lavish dinner promised on grocery store shelves.
All we can do is wait it out, it will climb once again.
I just have to hope my igloo has enough seal meat to get me through the hard, unforgiving Canadian winter...
Later!!
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2 comments:
Sigh. Yes. We will wait. Shiver and wait.
-15, snow still falling.
You sticking with that story?
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