Thanks Klaus -- my email piled up and I did find out what that was about. Instead of reading from the oldest to the newest -- I've been doing reverse. Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Klaus Dieter Cook" <kcook@signalgraphics-hou.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: Re: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices That's that funny dollar that they use north of the border up in Canada. Klaus Dieter Cook Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "CJ Lisa" <cjlisa@worldnet.att.net> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:57 PM Subject: Re: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices > Hi could someone please explain what the C$ is -- is that the Euro $ or is > Euro $ something else again. BTW I was just in Switzerland and the xchange > rate was US 1$ - CHF 1.78 (Swiss Francs) Now I'm sorry that I didn't spend > some time in Germany as well. > > Thanks > Claire > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lumby@air.on.ca> > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:02 PM > Subject: Fwd: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices > > > >Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:58:31 -0400 > >To: "Heinz L. Zulauf" <zulauf@bigfoot.de> > >From: lumby@air.on.ca > >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices > > > >Well, lets see, Heinz > > > >According to the Toronto Globe and Mail the following are Saturday, > exchange rates: > > > >1 US $ = C$ 1.52 > >1 C $ = US $ .66 > > > >1 DM = C$ .67 > >1 C$ = DM 1.48 > > > >1US $ = DM 2.26 > >1 DM = US$ .4414 > > > >The exchange rate of the US vs C $ is why I spend my holidays in Germansy > rather than the US. While the C$ sank drastically compared to the US $, it > stayed the same as it has for the last 5 years against the Deutsche Mark. > > > >The other reason became evident this year, when my wife Sonja had an > accident on the same day we arrived in Stuttgard, and had to spend two days > in the Böblingen Krieskrankenhaus for tests. The entire stay, plus a > battery of tests,(she was considered "Privat") came to less that C$ 1400.00. > >I shudder to think what it would have cost in the US. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 11:37 PM 6/18/01 +0200, you wrote: > >>Would be great Ralf, please do. > >>_________________________ > >>Heinz L. Zulauf > >>Flotowstrasse 9 > >>D-64287 Darmstadt > >>Germany > >>zulauf@bigfoot.de > >>_______________________ > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <lumby@air.on.ca> > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Check the German Food list out at: > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the > message and send. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!