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Subject:Re: Crappy Tire was Re: Monday Meanderings & Musings ;-)
From:David Marshall
Date:Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:58:40 -0800

Hold on there!  The Royal Canadian Mint doesn't print Canadian Tire
Money.  Canadian Tire Money is printed by Canadian Bank Note Company,
which is an entirely different company.  The RCM does make money for
other countries, but not for Canadian Tire.

David Marshall

http://www.hasenwerk.ca
http://www.fastforward.ca

Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

On Mon, December 18,
2006 21:32, David Etter wrote:
> Believe it or not... it can be
used in some third world countries if
> you want to be a jerk
about it. The Cdn. Tire money is printed by the
> Royal Canadian
Mint which contracts for over 23 foreign countries.
> The security
measures on the Cdn. Tire Money are better than American
>
Bills.
>         Our American Bills are the the only currency in
the world
> where all the bills are the same size and colour,
thats why we are in
> the process of printing our own 'Monopoly
Money'.
>
>
(dsl82westy)
>
>
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>
>>In a message dated 12/18/06 5:55:24 PM Eastern
Standard Time,
>>gronski@GMAIL.COM writes:
>>
>>
>>>  One of the most interesting things about
Canadian Tire is "Canadian
>>>  Tire Money", you
get a percentage of your purchase back in currency
>>>  that
can be used again in store. No self respecting Canadian has less
>>>  than a few bucks in Canadian Tire money kicking around in
a drawer
>>>  somewhere at home.
>>>
>>>  Chris
>>>
>>>
>>
>>there was like $45 in Crappy Tire money in the glovebox of my
Doka when i
>> got
>>it :<)
>>its
still in there. most people look at it and say.. "WTF is all this
>>Monopoly money in your glovebox for?"   LOL
>>
>>chris
>

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