>>When I lived near the border years ago it was great going over and having our money worth more when buying Labatt's and going out to eat. It's been awhile, but it looks like old times...
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>>http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from=USD&to=CAD&submit=Convert
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>Is this like how the Finns used to cross over to exploit the poor Russians?

I wouldn't know who exploited whom. Yes, the ruble was near worthless, but by 8pm the Finns would be dead drunk and the waiters would add the cost of resoling their shoes, but didn't have the Serbian waiters' imagination to accidentally add the date to the total.