Bud the Spud (chip truck) writing that "some summers, I would catch myself concocting an unlikely errand in Halifax, an hour and three-quarters from where I live, just to get within striking distance of Bud the Spud." Bud the Spud (chip truck) Bud the Spud is an iconic chip truck in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In operation since 1977, it is parked outside the Spring Garden Road branch of the Halifax Public Libraries each summer. It is now located around the corner on Grafton Street, north of Spring Garden Road. The edge of the library is marked by a low concrete wall, and it is
Slang terms for money to an amount of R1,000,000. Among the English speaking communities "Bucks" is commonly used to refer to Rands (South African Currency). Less commonly used is the Afrikaans slang for Rands which is "Bokke", the plural of Bok; The Afrikaans word for antelope ("Bucks" being the English equivalent), derived from the Springbok image on the R 1 coin. e.g. R 100 = 100 Bucks/Bokke, R 5 = 5 Bucks/Bokke etc. In Sweden money in general is colloquially referred to by the words "stålar", "deg" ("dough") or "klöver" ("clover") and the English loanword "cash". Slang terms for the Swedish krona in use