My credit card bill came in the mail last night, and after the conversion to USD Ironman Canada ran me $484. Damn.
Don’t feel too bad. Us Americans are getting hammered in Europe by the Euro. Hopefully the Thai Bhat is doing better against the dollar!
My credit card bill came in the mail last night, and after the conversion to USD Ironman Canada ran me $484. Damn.
From my side I had to pay for IM Lake Placid in July $650CDN when the canadian dollars was much lower 
Tell me about it - the higher Canadian dollar is killing me! I get paid in US dollars, but I live in Canada. Each time the loonie takes a dive, I get a raise, but not lately!!! The CAD hit an 11 year high today. Ugh!
D.
I am in a similar situation. I am from Canada and went to school in the US. I was in school from 1998-2001 using Canadian loans to pay for US tuition when the Canadian dollar was very low vs the US dollar. Now I have to pay all those loans back and my US dollar pay is worth much less, overall this is adding close to 30% to the cost of my school ;-(
mike
It’s great from where I’m looking. I got amazing bargains when I visited my GF in Vancouver last month. I saved approx $200us on FSA carbon compact crankset and $170us on zero gravity brakes!
Dawn, I think the large majority of us Canucks will have little sympathy of a person living in Canada and getting paid in Greenbacks 
On the other hand, all the US stocks in my retirement portfolio are taking a terrible beating. Should have invested in some lame Euro companies instead and ridden the Euro wave as that currency has shot up in the past few years.
While I miss the .63 rate and the fun dinners in Vancouver…since my wife is paid in Canadian it helps alot Last I heard it was .80US to the CDN
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Indeed, for the first time in a very long time, it makes, making a trip to the US, not so much of a financial shock for a Canadian. I remember getting my credit card bills back when I would go down to the state when the Canadian dollar was only worth 60 cents or so, and it was shocking! Mind you, much of it was for business, so I was not paying, but still. At least now we are close to being on the same playing field.
Funny thing was that so few Americans came up to Canada when the Canadian$ was really low. I know that thousands did, for work, business, travel etc . .but goodness, gracious that must have been a cheap vacation.
I was 10 years from being born 40 years ago so I’m talking just a couple years ago when the exchange was around 65% in favor of the USD. My race fee exchanged at exactly 80%. No matter, if Bush gets elected again I’m moving to Canada anyway
I’m old enough to remember when a buck was a buck on either side of the border. CDN and US currency was taken at par at all the border towns on both sides.
I wonder if we’ll eventually go to a common North American currency like the Euros have done.