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The barber...er... barter system

Did you notice that big RV parked at Main and Broadway last week? The one with the barber pole stripes and the giant moustache on the front? Yeah, this one: And did you notice the sign nearby that said "HAIRCUTS FOR TRADE"? I drove by a few times and

Did you notice that big RV parked at Main and Broadway last week? The one with the barber pole stripes and the giant moustache on the front? Yeah, this one:

And did you notice the sign nearby that said "HAIRCUTS FOR TRADE"? I drove by a few times and every time I considered taking a sacrificial lamb haircut in order to get a good story for you. Instead I put it out onto Twitter (are you following us yet? We're @VIAwesome) asking if anybody had gone in for a trim, and wouldn't you know it? One of our followers, Michelle Hanley (with goes by @ggumboots on Twitter) sent us a photo of her friend who got her hair cut there as well as the scoop! Michelle says...

"This is a photo of my dear friend Samantha after getting the side of her head shaved by the lovely fellers with the moustache van. We didn't get a heck of a lot of information, but they were very nice and seemed to know what they're doing. When we were there, there were 2 guys, with really thick Australian accents. They were really nice (and pretty dang cute, just sayin'). They were willing to trade haircuts for pretty much anything. My friend gave them 3 dollars and a pack of cigarettes and they seemed more than pleased. We didn't see much of the inside of the RV, because they do all of their haircuts in the parking lot, but from what I did see there were a ton of cool old records in there. They had speakers outside and were playing a few of the records, lots of old rock n' roll music."

So essentially the story (that I'm personally deriving from this) is that two Australian dudes who are here on vacation ran out of money and aren't legally permitted to work in Canada so they're trading haircuts for whatever they can live off of. They disappeared a couple days after they opened up shop so I imagine they either got the boot by the people who own the parking lot/the cops/immigration OR if they're really lucky they're making their way East on the loot they collect, discovering all of Canada by way of trade and meeting people in each and every city across this great nation.

Or they've set up shop at Wreck Beach.