Subject: Re: National Geographic Quiz<br/>
Date: Nov 23, 2002 @ 01:21<br/>
Author: Karolis B. (&quot;Karolis B.&quot; &lt;kbajoraz@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-50403230">One more encounter with American cluelessness today. I wanted to cash <br/>
a check form Canary Islands. The banker failed to understand the <br/>
difference between dollars and euros as different currencies. A few <br/>
weeks ago I had an American tell me she wouldn&#39;t want to live in <br/>
Canada because the dollar is so low there! (1USD=1.5CAD or smthg). <br/>
This summer this American guy in a Gatwick Express train was amazed <br/>
at how in Germany he used to get more &quot;German dollars&quot; when he <br/>
exchanged the American ones there, so it&#39;s good, he got more buying <br/>
power!, but then he thought of it and added that the things were <br/>
also &quot;twice as expensive&quot;. Canada runs an agressive advertisement <br/>
campaign in American travel magazines. One loose qoute would be &quot;you <br/>
will get $150 for $100 here, when you exchange!&quot;. Try saying &quot;you <br/>
will get 160 pounds for 100 euros!!!&quot; in a european travel ad like it <br/>
was something exciting :))) btw, what does that tell us of the <br/>
Candians&#39;s views of Americans? ;)</div>