Poll #1065687
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When you find a discarded scratch ticket (not in a trash can), do you check if to see it is a winner mistakenly tossed aside?

<EDIT>That read be "check to see". Can't fix poll text.</EDIT>

For years now, the Canadian dollar has been growing stronger while the U.S. dollar has been growing weaker, with the U.S. Dollar dollar falling as low as C$1.0555 yesterday. Long gone are the days when traveling from the United States to Canada felt like winning the lottery in the currency exchange.

With the slump in stock prices and the now overtly worried fed things don't look to well for the United States. Add in the Chinese using threats of liquidating their U.S. debt holdings to ward off trade sanctions, I see no reason to believe that this trend will not continue. The Chinese threat, even if never acted on, demonstrates effectively the direness of the financial situation in the United States after almost 7 years of Bush's borrow and spend policies.

My prediction: Within the next 6 months, the Canadian dollar will surpass the U.S. dollar.

I went to the Casino St. Charles with my parents last night. Went with $20, left with none. I don't plan to do any more gambling, as that was my loss limit. I don't think I could head out here without hitting the boat though. Both my parents, however, left with more then they went with.

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This morning, my mom and I went yard saling, where I spent $2 at one of them and got 2 belts, some candles, and 4 bottles of Selson Blue. I don't know why a yard sale had Selson Blue, but they did and they were cheep. I've very excited about the belts as well, as they will go with some of my more edgy outfits.

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I've been spending a good amount of time with Jonas. He a little sponge for information, taking in and learning everything he can. It's amazing to watch him, as I haven't really spent this much time around kids his age since I was a kid myself. So far, I'm very glad I've taken this trip.