When I was a boy air for one's tires was free and available at almost every gas station. Not today. Today air is at least a buck, if it is available at all. Out on the highway, the four-lane roadway linking London to Toronto and the rest of the province, one can pay for air with a credit card or debit card if one doesn't have a loonie and two quarters handy. That's right, air is a buck and a half at the rest-stop beside the freeway.
A loonie is the name Canadians have given their one dollar coin. The coin carries the raised image of a loon on one side, hence the nickname. There's another thing that has changed. When I was boy we had dollar bills. But bills were expensive and they wore out quickly.
The one dollar coins costs more initially but they last forever. But time is still hard on money, coin or bill, it loses value over time. For this reason, among others, the metal coins are being superseded by plastic: credit cards and debit cards.
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