We made a short jaunt north of the border to Canada last week and the family got the opportunity to understand what Dad does all day with all those flashing numbers and charts. My son found the 1:1 exchange rate offered at the game room particularly convenient. Turning Dad’s greenbacks into 4 Canadian quarters was easy as pie.

Mom was thrilled to fill up at the gas station for $0.83 a gallon! Only later did she discover she was buying litres, not gallons….