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-=jd=- wrote:
For instance, I almost scalded a finger stirring the maple syrup at a sugar-bush near Alexandria-Bay once. {shudders} Dear God. Did you phone your lawyer? They obviously have to be taught a lesson. *almost* is TOO close and it certainly looks like a blatant attempt to maim YOU, an American. It's dangerous world.. mike -- Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett |
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:51, bierbarrel posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM WOW! I'm impressed Mike. You deduced this from a 2 week vacation? Actually I think that the most stupidest thing that any American did was give you internet access. I can't beleive that you have all American children figured as abnormal and Canadian ones as normal in only a few weeks. Do you have any kids? I have to say one thing you must be easily impressed. I've been to Canada and could not wait to leave. You have been to two cities in the US and in Canada for 2 weeks and make your decision based upon that? Why don't you get some land there and move? He'd be welcome. More per capita immigration to Canada than the USA (Stats Can, Dec 2004). Of course, he could also move to a less populated US state and likely find the lifestyle he seeks, with warmer weather. We've warmed up to -5 F , -22 C for the new year. |
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On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:54, tianli posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM "bierbarrel" C'mon polka dude, you have to be fair and balanced. You must also include the number of crimes that were avoided due to the use of a firearm by the potential victom. You won't here that figure on liberal tongues - Oh NO! Please post this figure. If it does not exist, please say that. And these crime stats have nothing whatever to do with liberal or conservative issues. They are just numbers. |
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:50, tianli posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM In 1970 I bought some land in Canada I thought you can only "lease" the Crown's land. You can't own it in perpetuity - please correct me. Perhaps that applies only to "Das Territories"? No, you can own land. There is Crown land, but that is mostly isolated and about mineral rights. The Crown (i.e., gov't) has to release the land for development and then it can be bought or sold. It is possible to go north, build a cabin and live in it. If you're isolated, no one will bother you. You might have an RCMP visit you for coffee and to see what you're doing (e.g., are you harming the environment), but that's about it. Been there, done that. It's the locals who might vandalize the cabin when you're gone that has become a problem in the age of snowmobiles, fast boats and beer. |
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:52, Brian Hill posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM "ken8038" wrote in message oups.com... Hey Mike: No flame here. Looks like we agree on something else beside what's a great radio. In 1970 I bought some land in Canada to avoid America's last great mistake (and one I wish we had learned at least a little from). I never did move there (long story), but I was bascially as impressed as you are by the civility of the Canadian people I met in several trips there that year. I grew up in NY City also (Bay Ridge Brooklyn, Where they cheered Peter Boyle as "Joe" on the Big Screen in '70)). You?? (PS: Still loving the Sony D!). You think all of America is like NY? It not. B.H. I've met some very pleasant New Yorkers in the past. Actually, never met one that was rude. Only been there twice, but never met any bad 'uns. Probably, I was only in "nice" areas, though I did go to New Jersey, which was okay re people too. I think big cities breed impatient people and then leads to rudeness and other bad behaviour. |
uncle arnie wrote:
North America was partitioned in 1776, with various 19th century updates as the settlement moved west. We share much. Both nice and nasty people. The accents are different, but the weirdest thing has to be that some Newfoundlanders sound like people from the US south. They are most likely Canadians from way back. The English did much ethnic cleansing and many French were forcibly moved out. many of them wound up in the Southern States. The term Cajun comes from the word Acadia, which was renamed by the Anglos. ================================================== ==== The area comprising today's New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, was once known as "ACADIA". The first Frenchmen arrived at Port Royal (present-day Annapolis Royal), in 1605. Settlement continued until the early 1700's when, in 1713, ACADIA was given to the British. http://www.acadian.org/definitions.html ================================================== ==== -- Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett |
uncle arnie wrote:
If you look at crimes per 100,000 of population, the Canadian crime rate is indeed lower than the US's. Them's the numbers for a fair comparison. Of course, all European countries and Japan all have per capita crime rates lower than Canada (source, Stats Can). A friend in England says "When you sleep with dogs, you get fleas". I now wonder if he meant that as a disparaging remark. mike -- Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett |
Moi, j'ai une famille est partiallement d'Acadie. They didn't leave.
Became Anglos. Others were UEL, others came to Canada from the US much later. Apparently we're all about 6th cousins - those whose relatives immigrated to the new world in colonial days. On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 15:46, m II posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM uncle arnie wrote: North America was partitioned in 1776, with various 19th century updates as the settlement moved west. We share much. Both nice and nasty people. The accents are different, but the weirdest thing has to be that some Newfoundlanders sound like people from the US south. They are most likely Canadians from way back. The English did much ethnic cleansing and many French were forcibly moved out. many of them wound up in the Southern States. The term Cajun comes from the word Acadia, which was renamed by the Anglos. ================================================== ==== The area comprising today's New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, was once known as "ACADIA". The first Frenchmen arrived at Port Royal (present-day Annapolis Royal), in 1605. Settlement continued until the early 1700's when, in 1713, ACADIA was given to the British. http://www.acadian.org/definitions.html ================================================== ==== |
"uncle arnie" wrote in message ... On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:52, Brian Hill posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM "ken8038" wrote in message oups.com... Hey Mike: No flame here. Looks like we agree on something else beside what's a great radio. In 1970 I bought some land in Canada to avoid America's last great mistake (and one I wish we had learned at least a little from). I never did move there (long story), but I was bascially as impressed as you are by the civility of the Canadian people I met in several trips there that year. I grew up in NY City also (Bay Ridge Brooklyn, Where they cheered Peter Boyle as "Joe" on the Big Screen in '70)). You?? (PS: Still loving the Sony D!). You think all of America is like NY? It not. B.H. I've met some very pleasant New Yorkers in the past. Actually, never met one that was rude. Only been there twice, but never met any bad 'uns. Probably, I was only in "nice" areas, though I did go to New Jersey, which was okay re people too. I think big cities breed impatient people and then leads to rudeness and other bad behaviour. I agree. B.H. |
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