http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/06/canada-still-hasnt-fallen-into-riots-and-bloodshed Comments On: Canada Still Hasn't Fallen Into Riots and Bloodshed by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Philly]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:39:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Big Matt G]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:25:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:37:58 -0800 The Stranger
@28 they got the pig farm serial killers. PoCo is safe now.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:37:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by CanadianLawyer]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:59:50 -0800 The Stranger
First it was the hockey riots in Vancouver ...then the mall shootings in Toronto ..then the pig farm serial killers.

What's next, crossing the street against the red light?
Posted by blackhook]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:51:02 -0800 The Stranger
And I thought Serbia (where I currently live) was the only god-forsaken shithole that had this issue with change. And we're talking in the country's capital.

Sometimes I remember and I get stacks of 10c bills when I change money. Other times I forget and get scolded for having a whopping $2.50 equivalent that I'm paying with. The whole country's gone to the Fawly Towers school of customer service and everyone is confused as to who is supposed to be serving whom in any transaction
Posted by Doot]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:40:15 -0800 The Stranger
I don't see the point in collecting more, and I'm price-insensitive enough not to haul 55 lbs of pennies to Coinstar to get $100.

(Please, someone tell me my math is wrong, because that's obscene.)

If it makes you feel better, I have no quarter jars in my basement.
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:41:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:37:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Free Lunch]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:58:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:59:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:33:41 -0800 The Stranger
Also kill the $1 bill.
Posted by Afreet]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:21:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rainbird]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:33 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pupuguru]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:28:17 -0800 The Stranger want to keep your change. Mystifying!
Posted by Backyard Bombardier]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:07:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raku]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:53:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by McJulie]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:40:39 -0800 The Stranger
It's not just Mexico. When I traveled in West Africa, it was impossible to get change, and what few small notes you could get your hands on were practically unrecognizable thanks to overuse. The same thing was true in Haiti. Even the hotels rarely had any change smaller than a 1,000 goude note.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:31:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:24:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:21:50 -0800 The Stranger
Even for remote tourist areas many had handheld card readers. Some holdouts like restaurants insisted on cash only but that was probably to avoid fees (and perhaps taxes!)

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:02:20 -0800 The Stranger YES kill the paper dollar

American money is, by bulk, mostly worthless stuff. They hand you back your change, and it's garbage, not enough to buy so much as a soda or a single cigarette. Throw it in a jar. Pesos, Euros, Pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars: all of the foreign currencies you're likely to see overseas don't switch to paper (or plastic) until you get to much more than USD 1 in value; the smallest British note is worth almost eight dollars, while a small handful of coins in any of these countries is guaranteed to be worth your trouble, ten or twenty bucks' worth. Unthinkable here.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:02:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ArtBasketSara]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:58:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:57:40 -0800 The Stranger