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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 06.12.2020 19:12   
      
    AK>> A situation! I missed that damn thing again!   
      
    AH> You missed the article, then corrected yourself. Not to worry. The   
    AH> other day I unintentionally omitted a proposition. Even English   
    AH> teachers make misteaks. What matters AFAIC is that you can correct   
    AH> your own errors....   
      
   Did you mean a preposition?   
      
    AK>> In Russia people can buy stable foreign currencies and store it   
    AK>> under mattresses.   
      
    AH> Uh-huh. We can buy some foreign currencies from the banks here, but   
    AH> it seems there's risk involved in whatever course of action one   
    AH> takes....   
      
   I think the inflation in Canada is not so high as in Russia. How many percent   
   do you have per year?   
      
      
    AK>> Do the locks in the old vehicles are more sophisticated?   
      
    AH> My car came with two keys... one for the trunk & the glove box, one   
    AH> for the doors & the ignition (the former being a lot more   
    AH> complicated than the latter). And unlike our rental car it didn't   
    AH> have a lever you could pull from inside the car to unlock the   
    AH> trunk. Anyone who wanted to break into the trunk would have had to   
    AH> work where folks on the sidewalk could easily see them.   
      
   Times are changing. A day on two ago I saw in an internet shop a lock for a   
   bicycle which can be unlocked only via a smart phone application. ;-) It has   
   an alarm system, too. Looks as a usual bicycle lock. ;)   
      
    AK>> Do they pay now in cash, or people now pay with credit card only?   
      
    AH> COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Many businesses are now   
    AH> reluctant to handle cash... but when customers pay by credit card   
    AH> the business must pay an annual fee as well as a commission on each   
    AH> purchase. When smaller businesses such as Mom & Dad's Grocery can't   
    AH> afford to do that they must still accept cash. If their produce is   
    AH> better & cheaper than what I can find at the local supermarket, and   
    AH> they offer more variety, I may still choose to buy such things from   
    AH> Mom & Dad whenever their shop isn't particularly crowded.   
      
   So, people really can start money laundering, in a real sense of this phrase.   
   -)   
      
   Bye, Ardith Hinton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
   english_tutor 2020   
      
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