- Joined
- Jun 27, 2003
I can just imagine the trouble Wildride would get into. Mayor (and Senator Elect *gag*) Begich is so anti-Sled Dogs that it isn't even funny. He would have loved to have that one excuse to nail the Seavey's and run them out of town. /rantOh, Toni! You should say "well, the official exchange rate is 1.31 USD for each 1 Alaskan Dollar (AD), but just because I'm in a good mood I'll sell you 100 AD's for just 1.25 each" And that guy from California - you should have definitely told him you'd take his California money, but that it would be a 10% surcharge.
But don't think we haven't been tempted.
May be some people think Alaska to the US is like, say Gibraltar to UK - you can use UK dollar in Gibraltar (1:1), but you can only use Gibraltar dollar in Gibraltar.
Probably... I don't know how we treat places like Guam and other countries like that (does Iraq count as something similar to our relationship with Guam?).
Another thing that burns me is how 'shipping' to Alaska is so much more expensive because it's "over seas" last I checked you CAN drive all the way up here... AND if I can mail a box down to my family for the same price as they can mail that same box up to me via the USPS then overseas my butt.
I love getting asked questions by online friends on message board Christmas card exchanges when they ask how much extra posting it takes to get a card to me... *smacks forehead*