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Canadians beware...
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Conrad
Posts: 533
Joined: Jul. 16 2003
From: Toronto, ON, Canada
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RE: Canadians beware... (in reply to Ron.M)
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Ha! We are a well kept secret. Shhhhh (And I realize that statement could be as ambiguous as our national identity, hehe) Nah... clearly I'm biased but Canada is a mostly laid back, expansively beautiful, inclusive place for all so come on over, eh! I feel very fortunate to be living here. I think about it often except I don't go shouting it from the rooftops... but recently my close relationship with the health care system has made me feel unusually grateful. Ron... we have "New Glasgow" in Nova Scotia, so beat that, "Old Glasgow"!!! pfff And it's true about those obnoxious Yankee border guards. They are terrifyingly good at what they do. They can get you tripping over yourself. Don't even try the whitest of lies in their presence. They have a sixth sense for those things and they are big, loud, proud and scary! Don't mess with Texas... don't mess with 'Merrrca' I say! Ya, the border patrolling is really strong on the American side for the drug trade and for 'terrists' that we potentially let in to our country. In fact, next year everyone in Canada will require a passport to cross the border just by land. And it's true, we aim to be a responsible, peacekeeping nation except that we are in Afghanistan now and that is a hotly debated issue within the country.
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Date Nov. 16 2008 11:12:52
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cathulu
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Joined: Dec. 15 2006
From: Vancouver, Canukistan
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RE: Canadians beware... (in reply to Ron.M)
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Boy I am surprised by that. Is that a joke? The riff-raff is purely on the American side. I was recently in Osoyoos in the Okanogan - beautiful country, the Northern tip of the Sonoran Desert infact - and I could wander into the United States quite easily. It was just a hop over a falling apart fence along a path that was already well travelled. Some border crossings are self-reporting, at least until recently, e.g. Stewart, B.C. and Haider, Alaska and Standstead, Quebec and some town in Vermont. I think the main street in town is the border, and there is even a library that straddles the border and has a black line down the middle! What about the Iroquois, their reserve crosses the border and they go back and forth no problemo. 9/11, may that day be forgotten in the dust bin of history as soon as possible, Insha'allah! A bunch of crazies that legally got into the US and hatched their plans there really screwed things up for the everyman - and the US blamed Canada for letting them in when we had nothing to do with it! It is nuts, I hope Obama gets rid of Homeland Security. It only makes the law abiding feel safe. We should get rid of our borders, not harden them.
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Date Nov. 16 2008 15:16:39
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Conrad
Posts: 533
Joined: Jul. 16 2003
From: Toronto, ON, Canada
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RE: Canadians beware... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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It's not that bad. Depends where you are and who you are. You get four true seasons which I love. Anyway, with global warming, we'll be in really good shape! Yes, in Toronto it's very hot in the summer and quite cold in the winter because of the humidity, and smog can escalate sometimes, but a lot of Canada is very tolerable. In southern B.C. the climate is very temperate, almost ideal (rarely below zero) and almost never snows at lake level and it's stunningly gorgeous with all those enormous coniferous trees, mountains etc... In fact, on some of the islands it doesn't even rain that much. That's where I want to be eventually, but parts of the East Coast are charming and some of Quebec has old-world appeal like Europe, although you have to deal with the separatists and "parle Quebecois". Ya Estevan... what's the deal with that? Who are you anyway! Just kidding, we'll probably meet eventually.
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Date Nov. 17 2008 3:34:10
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cathulu
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From: Vancouver, Canukistan
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RE: Canadians beware... (in reply to edguerin)
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Regarding Flamenco, guess who's tour schedule? Someone has already been to the Yukon and it wasn't Paco. Oct 04 Summerside, PEI Jubilee Theatre Oct 05 Fredericton, NB The Playhouse Oct 06 Moncton, NB Capitol Theatre Oct 07 Pictou, NS Decoste Centre Oct 09 Saint John, NB The Imperial Theatre Oct 10 Halifax, NS The Rebecca Cohn Aud. Oct 12 at the Kay Meek Centre, Vancouver BC 8pm Oct 13 Maple Ridge, BC Maple Ridge Arts Centre Oct 14 Madeira Park, BC Pender Harbour Music Society Oct 16 Kelowna, BC Creekside Theatre Oct 17 Golden, BC Golden Civic Centre Oct 18 Red Deer, AB Red Deer Centre Oct 19 Calgary, University Theatre Oct 20 Edmonton, AB Festival Place Oct 23 Whitehorse, YK Yukon Arts Centre Oct 26/27 Yellowknife, NT Northern Arts & Cult. Centre Oct 29 Kenora, ON Knox United Church Oct 30 Winnipeg, MB West End Cult. Centre Nov 02 Port Hope, ON The Capitol Theatre I was at the Kay Meek Centre... And yes, BC is the place to be! Onterrible, yes I used to live there once and it is nice once you go North to Parry Sound etc but I am glad to be back on the West Coast. I can cycle and scooter practically year round.
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Date Nov. 18 2008 10:44:26
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