Bad Penny

Good penny.... all right what is it ?

The Can Fed gov't announced the demise of the penny. The Mint would no longer strike the penny and it would remain valued.
In fact policies for banks , large financials and retail outlets are now in place for rounding up ( or down ) where needed.

To-day, the penny is now back, I think they'll make more.
Why ? I believe the Minister of Finance found a jar of pennies in his bed-sit. Got to be able to cash them in, right.

So , like the proverbial bad penny.... ' I'm back ' says the lowly copper or mostly copper... no a touch of copper. A hundred pennies is a pound and worth close to $3 as metal. Our coin penny has enough copper for colour and to make melting it down a waste of time ( and money )
Thieves have been nicking copper wire and pipe for scrap for about 3 or 4 years.

Weather turned cold , 34 F , in the shade now but the sun is out.
Yesterday Weatherboy was dressed in long underwear,to-day he's sporting parka and toque ( he's not stupid, its cold out there ). We are also anticipating wind gusts , 20 - 30 MPH. 

For my southern friends, here in T.O. excitement is building. There is a large statistical chance that the T.O. Maple Leafs will be in the Stanley cup play-offs . Apparently, the abbreviated season did not give the ' Buds ' a chance to perform their favourite fold-a-rama trick. Meaning they miss the play-offs by one point or 1 game.
Ala Chicago Cubs, the Leafs last won a Stanley Cup in 1967. Ooh, its been awhile, but they leaf games are guarantee sell out each game. We are loyal , like your dog.