G'morning David,

 DW> I'm not sure how much N.Z. money is worth. The Canadian dollar is about
 DW> 90 cents, U.S., or 50 pence sterling. If we buy a can of Coke from a
 DW> machine here, it usually costs about a dollar. On the other hand, big,
 DW> 2-litre bottles, only cost two or three dollars.

$NZ1 = $US0.63 about now;  my wife, the grocer's daughter, buys 
big when 2 litre diet Cokes drop below $2 - and not at all at 
prices above that;  her strategy keeps us afloat in the stuff all 
year round.   The needs giant cupboards, an amazing inventory and 
a FIFO policy on purchase use,  but it keeps the shopping bills 
down.

 -> I do believe I could happily tolerate some really grand
 -> illusions....
 DW> What would you do with a billion dollars?

Probably set up a general college for gifted students determined 
to work for the public good - plant some seed for the future in 
some such way...

Miles.
  
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