# That's a LOT of Canadian Tire money... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597 "2007-04-03T19:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/41 "2007-04-05T15:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] It will probably be loud, dangerous, involve moving parts or open flame or both, and have at least six warning labels. [/QUOTE] Hummm, I wonder if they have a $16 version of this… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/42 "2007-04-06T02:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] It will probably be loud, dangerous, involve moving parts or open flame or both, and have at least six warning labels. [/QUOTE] Sounds like a typical wild water paddler. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/43 "2007-04-06T02:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] It will probably be loud, dangerous, involve moving parts or open flame or both, and have at least six warning labels. [/QUOTE] _squeak_ Aisle 23: Barbecues and Rotisseries. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/44 "2007-04-06T05:42:46Z")
Okay, before anyone in Alberta buys a rotisserie, let me know - I have one in my dining room still in the box that I received for Christmas years ago. I can give you a sweeeet deal on that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/45 "2007-04-08T02:55:54Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Okay, before anyone in Alberta buys a rotisserie, let me know - I have one in my dining room still in the box that I received for Christmas years ago. I can give you a sweeeet deal on that. 😃 [/QUOTE] What’s a rotisserie? Seriously - is it like a spit? For the kitchen? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/46 "2007-04-08T07:48:46Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] What’s a rotisserie? Seriously - is it like a spit? For the kitchen? [/QUOTE] Yes, like a spit. You put your food on it, put the whole thing over a heat source, and turn it on. It rotates your food over the heat source. I’ve seen them mostly with barbecues, but I would think you can also get kitchen ones, either standalone or for use with the oven broiler. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/47 "2007-04-08T09:49:49Z")
I’d just like to add I broke my Canadian Tire Money cherry today. A whole fifty cent bill. The first of many I suppose. Another check off the becoming Canadian required items list. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/48 "2007-04-08T11:28:19Z")
Can you buy a good mousetrap with the stuff? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/49 "2007-04-08T15:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Can you buy a good mousetrap with the stuff? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that Schatzi the Crusty Old Cat[sup]TM[/sup] has taken care of that, actually. I’ve hunted all over the place and there’s nary a turd to be found. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/50 "2007-04-09T00:10:34Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Yes, like a spit. You put your food on it, put the whole thing over a heat source, and turn it on. It rotates your food over the heat source. I’ve seen them mostly with barbecues, but I would think you can also get kitchen ones, either standalone or for use with the oven broiler. [/QUOTE] My dad tried one on his BBQ. I never knew that such flames could come from a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/51 "2007-04-09T01:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=bob\_loblaw] after my grandfather died, way back long ago in the 1980s, my grandmother opened his “do not open” box and discovered that it contained lots and lots of nothing but crappy tire money; almost $700 of the stuff. we assume he had been collecting it since, well, it was introduced. or damn close to that. nobody, afaik, ever came up with a credible idea of what he might have been saving for… i know it bought a new lawnmower, but i’m not sure what else. lots of various crap, i bet. anyway, i currently have {…counting…} $9.15 in ctm. [/QUOTE] _blinks_ Where did they live? I know a few years ago a family from around here bought a lawnmower solely with Canadian Tire money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597.md?page=2)