On Feb 24, 8:14 pm, m II wrote:
Cato wrote:
Well, this "dumbass Canuck" is damn glad that Canada is next to the
United States. I can easily guess how different things would have been
had Canada existed on the border of Russia, or China.

You may not have noticed, but we ARE on the border of Russia. Can you
still easily guess just how things would have been? Exactly as they are now.

mike

Really??? We are on the border of Russia??? Nope, I never noticed.
Canada shares land borders with the United States to the northwest and
south, and maritime claims bordering Denmark through Greenland as well
as France through the French possessions of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon,
to the northeast and southeast respectively. Canada borders Alaska on
the north-west, and the rest of the continental United States on the
south. Canada faces the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean
on the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Seems to me that we
have the Arctic Ocean and icecap in the way. A pretty cold and
desolate area of the world. A bit of difficulty there, it seems. You
know exactly what I mean. If you can't figure it out, then go back to
school. I can easily drive my car to the U.S. Take a look at a map of
the world sometime. If we are on the border of Russia, then explain to
me whereabouts on border of Canada you can drive to Russia in a
matter of a few minutes. We have areas on the U.S./Canadian border
where the clubhouse of a golf course is in one country, and the pro
shop in the other, (New Brunswick/Maine) Places where the border runs
right through the middle of a hotel bar, Places where crossing the
border is on a coupple minutes drive across a river, (Niagara River,
Detroit River), or simply stopping at Customs on the road as you drive
along. etc. etc.
Geography and history are two of my big interests, so if there is
some information that I am missing regarding Canada sharing a border
with Russia the way it shares a border with the U.S., then please fill
me in. I'm all ears, so to speak, and willing to listen to what you
have to say.
Your turn Mike.....