Counterfeit money

Note that as of Mar 17, 2009 I discovered the 'fake $5' is actually just an older note.

So yesterday I'm at Mac's milk buying a froster and the cashier rejects my $5 bill as being counterfeit. Sure enough, it was and I think I got it there in the first place as I only use that particular purse when I'm out on my walks.

Then this morning, at our garage sale, a lady presented L with a couple of fake fivers. Luckily we were on alert. The lady seemed innocent enough, but it's alarming to think of what must be out there now. She thought she got it at a restaurant downtown. If you put a real five dollar bill up to the light you'll see a hidden face inside the bill, that's a quick test for the newer bills anyway.

The garage sale was ok, but we didn't have the usual crowds, it being a long weekend. I'm now exhausted. L loves doing the sales part.

Then we discovered water backing up on a floor drain in the basement yesterday. I called the Waterworks Department in our town and they came right away to have a look. It turns out it's a sanitation drain as opposed to a storm drain. They gave me the name of a trusted plumber and he came today and snaked out all the grease buildup. The town would've paid if the problem was at the property line. The plumber is going to come again and put a video camera inside just to make sure there are no other long term problems. It's lucky this all happened before the basement work started. We'll just make sure all the right pipes won't be covered up accidentally. The plumber was fascinated with my fake $5 and bought it off me with a real $5, so now I feel whole again!

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