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Taldrenites => Dynaverse II Experiences => Topic started by: KAT Chuut-Ritt on April 24, 2005, 12:26:58 pm
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Canadian refridgerator
(http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/images/Canadian_Beer_Fridge.jpg)
Canadian Missile defense system
(http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_mar2005/SaskMissileDefence.jpg)
Burgers arrive at MacDonald's in Canada
(http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_apr2004/MacMoose.jpg)
Canadian Tax Form
(http://joe-ks.com/archives_apr2004/2004TaxForm.jpg)
Canadian Police Car
(http://joe-ks.com/archives_sep2004/RCMPHortons.jpg)
And finally Brett Hull discussing No Hockey in Canada
http://joe-ks.com/MultiMedia/NoHockeyCanada.wmv ;D
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Poker on the deck
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I am glad I live on the west coast I hate shovelling snow and I hate it altogether.btw is that real US greenbacks I see.
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I am glad I live on the west coast I hate shovelling snow and I hate it altogether.btw is that real US greenbacks I see.
Well you don't expect Canadians to play with Candian money do you??? I mean were's the challange in that?
<runs for cover>
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I am glad I live on the west coast I hate shovelling snow and I hate it altogether.btw is that real US greenbacks I see.
Well you don't expect Canadians to play with Candian money do you??? I mean were's the challange in that?
<runs for cover>
Hey, J'inn, have you priced a Monopoly game lately? Better to play with Canadian money...OH! You mean value!
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I am glad I live on the west coast I hate shovelling snow and I hate it altogether.btw is that real US greenbacks I see.
Well you don't expect Canadians to play with Candian money do you??? I mean were's the challange in that?
<runs for cover>
high stakes games demand real money
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Hoi Folks,
Hinterland Who's Who.
Here we find Hexx the Mighty Lyran Hunter giving his prey a licking!
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Take care
drb
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ROFLMAO........... very funny pics.loved them all :)
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I can see this thread shortly spiraling out of control, haha...
http://gprime.net/video.php/foxoncanada
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LOL
I'm amused..
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[url]http://gprime.net/video.php/foxoncanada[/url]
<snicker> that was funny.
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That reminds me of a story I heard at a friend's Going Away party...
Brother of the storyteller heading from Ontario to Florida by car to meet up with some buddys. Gets pulled over by a local sherrif in a southern state for having fake plates on the car since there is no State Of Ontario. Brother details how Ontario isn't a state but one of the largest provinces of Canada.
"And what's a Canada?"
"... you know, the country north of the United States?"
"Son there ain't nothing north of the United States."
"*speechless*"
Arrive at the sherrif's office and there covering the wall behind the desk is a very large map, and sure as life Alaska is an island way up north with nothing in between.
With quick thinking, brother then asks if he has the right to the one phone call. He's told he does.
"Do you have the number for the local library?"
After a bit, the librarian arrives with an atlas at the sherrif's office, and after getting to the right page has the sherrif smack his own forehead with an expletive.
Finally got asked for his passport, which the brother showed along with the fresh stamp from the NY border station he crossed, and was free to continue on his merry way.
At least that CNN blonde KNEW Canada existed!
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THIS SITE IS MY BABY!
http://gprime.net/video.php/bringitback
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ahhhhhhhhhh my american friends.Nothing like a little Canadian nationalism :) in another thread, to bring out American insecurities. roflmao the more ya put up pictures that show Canada as a back woods country.The more ya think we need you,it just shows you wish you were in canadian shoes(even if they are snow shoes).Even if we express our own insecurities frequently,it does our hearts good,knowing that most of the rest of the world thinks we are foolish in this belief,to which most of the U.S.of A(a great country in it's own right)seems envious that another country would be as successful,without having to push around most of the world. Do we need the U.S.A. YES! Does the world need the U.S.A. absolutely does the world and U.S.A. need Canada, without a doubt.For we are the worlds conscience and a place for all to learn.
As for those fox personalities,well,i guess they are more insecure,than most americans.They just have a larger voice than the average american and must perform for an audience to keep thier jobs.It's just to bad they have to denigrate a country that has supported the U.S.A. in most things,just not eveerything
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Well, it's like having two neighbors. The one to the north constantly trying to improve, a good neighbor, even if we do have disputes, and the friendship remains strong, we even forgive the French heritage some of them have.
To the south we have the people that are constantly stealing our lawnmower, and we really are tired of them. We need to erect a fence, but one of the idiots in the house thinks we need to fence off both sides of the yard so we don't offend our southern neighbor.
I'll take the northern neighbors. At least they hibernate most of the year and leave our stuff alone, unless it is by mutual agreement.
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Hoi Angel Slayer,
We do not go down to bother you, because when your guys come up here to train you leave a huge pile of stuff behind. Raincoats, which are a big hit with the grunts and arty types up here, humvees (many of these) a tank or two. Lets just say we never run out of things to shot at. So we really have no need to leave when you folks drop stuff off for us anyways. Oh, thanks for all the cool stuff!
Take care
drb
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Well, it's like having two neighbors. The one to the north constantly trying to improve, a good neighbor, even if we do have disputes, and the friendship remains strong, we even forgive the French heritage some of them have.
To the south we have the people that are constantly stealing our lawnmower, and we really are tired of them. We need to erect a fence, but one of the idiots in the house thinks we need to fence off both sides of the yard so we don't offend our southern neighbor.
I'll take the northern neighbors. At least they hibernate most of the year and leave our stuff alone, unless it is by mutual agreement.
well slayer....thx for the vote of confidence :) but as for improving,makes it sound liek we r trying to catch upto something.Canada has been named ,i don't know how many times by the U.N., as the most desirable country to live in for the past 3 or 4 years,although i am not sure about this year to be honest.the hard part is staying on top. :)
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The U.N. actually made a decision :rofl:
Actually I think Canada is a great country likely third on my list after The U.S. and New Zealand (which looks like paradise to me). I think the only thing I really don't like much about Canada is all the cold weather.
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well slayer....thx for the vote of confidence :) but as for improving,makes it sound liek we r trying to catch upto something.Canada has been named ,i don't know how many times by the U.N., as the most desirable country to live in for the past 3 or 4 years,although i am not sure about this year to be honest.the hard part is staying on top. :)
I still can't figure why the U.N. would name Canada that often, if at all. Guess the liberals have been sending funds their way too. Granted I'll take living in Canada over a 3rd world country, but we need to do alot more than just say the politically correct thing, which is about all we've got going.
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The U.N. actually made a decision :rofl:
Actually I think Canada is a great country likely third on my list after The U.S. and New Zealand (which looks like paradise to me). I think the only thing I really don't like much about Canada is all the cold weather.
Having lived in both countries for many years, actually almost at my 10th year mark in the US, I would analytically say that both countries would be better off if US and Canada united, and Quebec either became another Louisiana, with appropriate state right's protections for language laws, or they went off on their own and suffered under the their crushing share of the Canadian debt coupled with the highest tax regime of any state/province in N. America (ie. Au revoir and Good Luck!! ;D).
I think the world woud be better off too cuz a more moderate electorate would prevail in combined US/Canadian politics. Not too far left (ie. generally the norm in Canada) and not too far right (ie. generally the norm in the US).
Plus, an united US/Canada would have the natural resources to compete with any other potential super-power (ie. a resurgent Russia, China, mb India one day). For example, no more oil problem if you got Canada in your pocket.
I also don't think this is a 420 post. If Quebec separates then it could come about relatively quickly. This Canadian corruption scandal is really making the separtists popular in Quebec again. Another Quebec separation vote this decade is not inconceivable. In 1995, some panicking Canadian conservates and ever-resentful Newfoundland were making feelers to the US when the separtists cames within 50,000 votes of winning the Quebec separation referendum. If it went through, France was really tempted to give diplomatic recognition to Quebec and the Canadian gov't. was thinking about sending in the army ala US Civil War style union-ism. Chaos was a-coming up north...btw, Canada does have an high-quality, if under-equipped, armed forces. They know how to exert military power, if necessary. Canada also logged more years in WWI and WW2 than the US, so it won't be hard to get that Nazi-busting groove back in a pinch, and with massive fiscal infusion that would be obviously provided by an alarmed federal gov't. All former British Empire colonies have a tradition of victory that reaches back to the Napoleonic Wars (ie. don't mess with the Brits!!).
Anyway, I am more pragmatic about ranking Canada and US. Both have big plusses depending at what life stage you are at. Definitely, growing up and getting a cost-effective high quality education is better in Canada. Then when you have university-level education, the US is the place to make good $$$ and live well. Then when you retire, you can just pick your favorite place in US or Canada and retire there. I called it the NAFTA thing which one day may become the united US/Canada (Quebec whatever :rolleyes:) country thing.
Now that's a realistic RL Federation to ponder, instead of a dreamy sci-fi one. :o
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Well, it's like having two neighbors. The one to the north constantly trying to improve, a good neighbor, even if we do have disputes, and the friendship remains strong, we even forgive the French heritage some of them have.
To the south we have the people that are constantly stealing our lawnmower, and we really are tired of them. We need to erect a fence, but one of the idiots in the house thinks we need to fence off both sides of the yard so we don't offend our southern neighbor.
I'll take the northern neighbors. At least they hibernate most of the year and leave our stuff alone, unless it is by mutual agreement.
well slayer....thx for the vote of confidence :) but as for improving,makes it sound liek we r trying to catch upto something.Canada has been named ,i don't know how many times by the U.N., as the most desirable country to live in for the past 3 or 4 years,although i am not sure about this year to be honest.the hard part is staying on top. :)
Didn't mean for you to take it that way. Canada, when away from the French area, is nice. What I meant was, predominately, you are, much like Americans, constantly trying to move ahead and make even more progress. It was meant as an honest compliment.
As for the UN, who cares? That could be either an insult or a compliment.
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(http://www.execulink.com/~bobnet/hoser/brew.jpg)
Take off you hosers! We'll take Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, and give you the left coast and Northeast in return! :drink:
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I like the way you think Padre, if those easterners vote in the crooks again you got yerself a deal!
But you have to extradite Celine Dion back to Quebec, us prarie folk won't have nuthin' to do with a country that has her in it!
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An interesting comment I heard at work over the sponsorship scandal. "The only difference here is that the liberals got caught"....
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An interesting comment I heard at work over the sponsorship scandal. "The only difference here is that the liberals got caught"....
Sounds to me like a statement made without any facts to back it up, and as an excuse for the corruption. Should we just sit back and let it continue... "Oh well, they are all corrupt, nothing to be done." or do we kick their ass out of power, and continue to do so every time this crap happens? Maybe one day end up with a government that third world dictatorships don't look up to in awe and jeleously for the audacity and brazeness of the corruption?
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You have to admit the TV spot was priceless
"I know I was finance Minister and I know I should have known wher the money went but I didn't"
"Honest"
"Please don't kick me out"
They better rewrite the laws so there's a longer time before the statute of limitaitons runs out
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They better rewrite the laws so there's a longer time before the statute of limitaitons runs out
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Yeah, this stealing-of-taxpayer-money-for-party-purposes travesty cannot stand. Whether this corruption happens in US or Canada. I wanna see some people do some serious time in lockup w/ no chance of parole, no club med, and not any of that other Martha Stewart garbage. :police:
Or, maybe since it's ROTS season, we can just send over Darth Vader to clean up the whole mess. ;D
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...Or, maybe since it's ROTS season, we can just send over Darth Vader to clean up the whole mess. ;D
"I find your lack of funds disturbing..." *Sith budget choke pinch*
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...Or, maybe since it's ROTS season, we can just send over Darth Vader to clean up the whole mess. ;D
"I find your lack of funds disturbing..." *Sith budget choke pinch*
A couple of years ago, they had a special on Sci-Fi of homemade Star Wars films. The absolute funniest was the Darth Vader Psychic Hotline. The first couple of callers are praising him for helping them in life and whatnot. The last caller is complaining that he's bogus and full of it. As the caller rants, Vader does the pinch and says "I find your lack of faith disturbing" as you can hear the guy choking on the phone. Absolutely hillarious.
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As the caller rants, Vader does the pinch and says "I find your lack of faith disturbing" as you can hear the guy choking on the phone. Absolutely hillarious.
I've always wanted that ability for use on telemarketers and persistant wrong number dialers.
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I like the way you think Padre, if those easterners vote in the crooks again you got yerself a deal!
But you have to extradite Celine Dion back to Quebec, us prarie folk won't have nuthin' to do with a country that has her in it!
And send Leonard Cohen there as well, I don't want any reconfiguration that has him in my country of residence, but we will definately take Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart :rwoot:
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And send Leonard Cohen there as well, I don't want any reconfiguration that has him in my country of residence, but we will definately take Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart :rwoot:
I thought Cohen was dead? He's a canuck?
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Leonard Norman Cohen was born in Montreal in 1934 (on September 21). His father, an engineer who owned a clothing concern, died when Leonard was nine. He went on to attend McGill University, where at 17, he formed a country-western trio called the Buckskin Boys.
He also began writing poetry and became part of the local boho- literary scene, a scene so "underground" that it was bereft of "subversive intentions because even that would be beneath it." "His first collection of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956, while he was still an undergraduate. The Spice Box of Earth (1961), his second collection, catapulted Leonard Cohen to international recognition.
After a brief stint at Columbia University in New York, Leonard Cohen obtained a grant and was able to escape the confines of North America. He travelled throughout Europe and eventually settled on the Greek island of Hydra, where he shared his life with Marianne Jensen, and her son Axel.
Cohen stayed in Greece on and off for seven years. He wrote another collection of poetry, the controversial Flowers For Hitler (1964); and two highly acclaimed novels, The Favorite Game (1963), his portrait of the artist as a young Jew in Montreal, and Beautiful Losers (1966), described on its dust jacket as "a disagreeable religious epic of incomparable beauty." Upon its publication, the Boston Globe declared, "James loyce is not dead. He is living in Montreal under the name of Cohen." To date, each book has sold more than 800,000 copies worldwide.
But Cohen's restless spirit couldn't be contained even by warmth of Hydra. "For the writing of books, you have to be in one place," he told Musician magazine in 1988. "You tend to gather around you when you write a novel. You need a woman in your life. It's nice to have some kids around, 'cause there's always food. It's nice to have a place that's clean and orderly. I had those things and then I decided to be a songwriter."
Leaving behind his domestic scene, Cohen returned to America, intent on settling near Nashville and pursuing a musical career. was championed by Judy Collins, who recorded both "Suzanne" "Dress Rehearsal Rag" on her 1966 album, In My Life. In 1967, Cohen appeared at the Newport Folk Festival where he came to attention of legendary Columbia A&R man John Hammond (who also recruited Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to the label). By Christmas, Columbia had released his first album, The Songs of Leonard Cohen.
It was a remarkable debut, as songs like i'Suzanne," "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye," "So Long, Marianne," and "Sisters of Mercy" propelled Cohen to the top of the pop-confessional pantheon. The songs had such power that Robert Altman's 1971 film, McCabe and Mrs. Miller became, in effect, the first long-form video for Cohen's soundtrack.
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Having lived in both countries for many years, actually almost at my 10th year mark in the US, I would analytically say that both countries would be better off if US and Canada united, and Quebec either became another Louisiana, with appropriate state right's protections for language laws, or they went off on their own and suffered under the their crushing share of the Canadian debt coupled with the highest tax regime of any state/province in N. America (ie. Au revoir and Good Luck!! ;D).
I think the world woud be better off too cuz a more moderate electorate would prevail in combined US/Canadian politics. Not too far left (ie. generally the norm in Canada) and not too far right (ie. generally the norm in the US).
Plus, an united US/Canada would have the natural resources to compete with any other potential super-power (ie. a resurgent Russia, China, mb India one day). For example, no more oil problem if you got Canada in your pocket.
I also don't think this is a 420 post. If Quebec separates then it could come about relatively quickly. This Canadian corruption scandal is really making the separtists popular in Quebec again. Another Quebec separation vote this decade is not inconceivable. In 1995, some panicking Canadian conservates and ever-resentful Newfoundland were making feelers to the US when the separtists cames within 50,000 votes of winning the Quebec separation referendum. If it went through, France was really tempted to give diplomatic recognition to Quebec and the Canadian gov't. was thinking about sending in the army ala US Civil War style union-ism. Chaos was a-coming up north...btw, Canada does have an high-quality, if under-equipped, armed forces. They know how to exert military power, if necessary. Canada also logged more years in WWI and WW2 than the US, so it won't be hard to get that Nazi-busting groove back in a pinch, and with massive fiscal infusion that would be obviously provided by an alarmed federal gov't. All former British Empire colonies have a tradition of victory that reaches back to the Napoleonic Wars (ie. don't mess with the Brits!!).
Anyway, I am more pragmatic about ranking Canada and US. Both have big plusses depending at what life stage you are at. Definitely, growing up and getting a cost-effective high quality education is better in Canada. Then when you have university-level education, the US is the place to make good $$$ and live well. Then when you retire, you can just pick your favorite place in US or Canada and retire there. I called it the NAFTA thing which one day may become the united US/Canada (Quebec whatever :rolleyes:) country thing.
Now that's a realistic RL Federation to ponder, instead of a dreamy sci-fi one. :o
There are so many things wrong in that post, but I guess I will let it go. Suffice it to say that some Canadians can be as biggot as anyone else apparently. The good news is that the poster left for the U.S. I guess 8)
As for the general discussion and the U.N rankings and such, it all depends on how you define quality of life. Beyond income, things like crime rate, access to higher education, access to health care, access to culture and so on are important factors for these determinations. Northern European countries, Canada and Australia rank well on these because these factors are present for a large part of the population. The U.S. tend to have the best available at many level, but a large part of Americans do not have access to it. It is not so in these other countries. Personnally, my dad was a truck driver and he sent his 3 kids to University, owns a nice house, went through significant medical problems, but still retired at 50 and spends his winters in Europe (Spain, Portugal...). On the other hand, when I sold my company a few years back, I sent a lot of $$ in taxes to the governemet, which I would have kept if I were in the U.S. However, in the U.S. I would not have been educated in the first place. It's all a question of perspective.
On a side note, one has to reflect that the liberal party scandal in Canada is actually for a behavior that is the standard accepted behavior in the U.S. political system. (that does not change the fact that it is illegal in Canada and need to be punished here, however it illustrate a key difference between the countries)
I'll go back to lurking ;)
P.S. J'inn, the invitation is still open to visit Montreal. And yes the thong/women ratio is the highest in the world ;D
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It was a remarkable debut, as songs like i'Suzanne," "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye," "So Long, Marianne," and "Sisters of Mercy" propelled Cohen to the top of the pop-confessional pantheon.
I can understand why it is called "pop- confessional" , as he likely deserves a long pennance for those songs ;)
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P.S. J'inn, the invitation is still open to visit Montreal. And yes the thong/women ratio is the highest in the world ;D
One day soon I hope.
Catch me on MSN when you get a chance.
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Hmmm
J'inn in Montreal..
might have to take short plane trip to see that one.. ;D
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...take short plane...
That's one of the things I do like about you Hexx ... you DO get the joke :D (good on ya :thumbsup:)
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here's a question......... what do you think of Frank Mckenna???personally,from what i have read in the news up here,i think he is doing a bang up job.mind you,that is purely a Canadian perspective.i like what he is doing because.......... he doesn't sound like the typical canadian appologist.he speaks his mind,but does it in the typically canadian way.
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Who the hell is Frank McKenna?
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Who the hell is Frank McKenna?
roflmao it was a question designed to prove frank mckenna's position ,that being," that Americans tend to ignore Canada"however,as you are Canadian and asked the question instead,totally makes the original question moot.
Frank Mckenna is the new Canadian ambassador to the U.S. for the last month or two.Way to make Canadians proud Likker * smirks smirks* now go clean up those beer cans from around your soddy :)
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Heh, what the hell do we need an ambassador to the U.S. for? It's not as if a Liberal MP can walk past a microphone without spouting off about what an idiot they think GW is...
I'd say our current government's position on the U.S. is pretty clear...