How much do you know?

Eric

Eric

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I was just glancing through the Times on line .... pretty reputable rag, The Times ... can usually be trusted to get things right, at least the simple things ... things like the names of the leaders of the G8 nations. Not so, it turns out that the Times got a name wrong ... It seems that they think the Canadian PM is Joseph Harper ... hey, Times, close but no cigar, and "close" only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades ... the Canadian PM (a real right wing jerk by the way) is Stephen Harper ... Ok. so the Times got half of it right ... after all, Canada is only the second largest country in area in the World. But, being Canadian, one gets used to the rest of the world knowing very little about Canada or Canadians ... Off the top of your heads, what do you know about Canada and how much? I wonder how much your PM, Gordon Green knows about us:confused:
 
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i know one of the greatest rocknrollers (Jack Scott) was born in canada n thats good enough fer me.;):D
 
[email protected] said:
It depends on what each individual perceives as 'cold'
The statistics on this website show that temps are above my definition of cold (below 16C/60F)for 4months a year - so I sould have said 2/3rds
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/statistics/C02014/caon0349
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Shouldn't that be one third:confused:

And apart from that, one can't really generalize about a country which stretches across 5 and a half time zones .... and has god knows how many different climates, from the balmy shores of the Pacific, to the Prairies, which are a lot like the Russian Steppes, to the maritime climates of the Atlantic coast .... this place is big ...

Chatting to some German tourists the other day, they have been to Canada several times and the are surprized at the diversity .... they said that visiting various parts of Canada is like travelling thro' different countries ... If you came to Canada, landed in Montreal, and never left Quebec, you would have a completely different experience from someone who came for the Calgary Stampede, or from those who will take in the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver ... ;)
 
cashman said:
i know one of the greatest rocknrollers (Jack Scott) was born in canada n thats good enough fer me.;):D
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I guess this is not a good time to mention Celine Dionne:hidewall:

Bryan Adams and the Tragically Hip were all born in Kingston if that helps:alright:
 
I realize I am running off at the keybard, but I'm closing in on 2000 posts:), but I will give you an example of what it means to be Canadian. Several years ago, and American scientist working in the Antarctic became desperately ill. Weather was terrible and the only pilots with the skills to fly in and get him out safely were, you guessed it, Canadian ... from the Arctic. These brave lads flew in, rescued the guy, and he survived. When the story was reported on CNN, guess what part of the story they forgot to mention ... the hero of the whole deal became the scientist, and the true heroes, the Canadian pilots, in their specially designed Canadian plane, didn't rate a mention:mad:
 
This guy's Canadian too, son of a Mountie (Ooohh, Rose-Marie again - Nelson Eddy - be still, my heart :D) and he made a very funny film about airplanes.



The one and only Leslie Nielsen
 
Eric said:
Shouldn't that be one third:confused:

And apart from that, one can't really generalize about a country which stretches across 5 and a half time zones .... and has god knows how many different climates, from the balmy shores of the Pacific, to the Prairies, which are a lot like the Russian Steppes, to the maritime climates of the Atlantic coast .... this place is big ...

Chatting to some German tourists the other day, they have been to Canada several times and the are surprized at the diversity .... they said that visiting various parts of Canada is like travelling thro' different countries ... If you came to Canada, landed in Montreal, and never left Quebec, you would have a completely different experience from someone who came for the Calgary Stampede, or from those who will take in the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver ... ;)
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..cold for 2/3rds ... above 60F for 4 months
said that ---albeit in a way that could confuse.

I love trees and wish your climate was warmer...sadly not likely in my lifetime
 
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Eric said:
I realize I am running off at the keybard, but I'm closing in on 2000 posts:), but I will give you an example of what it means to be Canadian. Several years ago, and American scientist working in the Antarctic became desperately ill. Weather was terrible and the only pilots with the skills to fly in and get him out safely were, you guessed it, Canadian ... from the Arctic. These brave lads flew in, rescued the guy, and he survived. When the story was reported on CNN, guess what part of the story they forgot to mention ... the hero of the whole deal became the scientist, and the true heroes, the Canadian pilots, in their specially designed Canadian plane, didn't rate a mention:mad:
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how dya think we feel eric? John Wayne won the 2nd world war.:D:rolleyes:
 
cashman said:
how dya think we feel eric? John Wayne won the 2nd world war.:D:rolleyes:
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And invented Izal toilet paper ... "It's rough and it's tough and it don't take s**t from nobody.":D

We have the same problem ... chatting to a yank a couple of years ago, on or around the 60th anniversary of D-Day ... he hadn't realized that Canadians took part as a unit, or that they took part at all ... didn't realize that we had our own beach, Juno Beach:eek: ... and that by the end of the war Canada had the third largest navy in the world ... sure they were mainly Corvettes, but I bet there were a hell of a lot of men in the Merchant Navy who were glad to see those brave little ships flying the Maple Leaf.

And I seem to remember that last god-awful movie about Pearl Harbour ... where the hero took time out to win the Battle of Britain, before getting down to the real war.:mad:
 
pipinfort said:
I know that Pamela Anderson is Canadian............mmmmm;)
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Mmmmmm indeed:D And I know at least two members on AccyWeb who have the hots for Paul Gross from "Due South.";) Unfortunately, my Canadian sense of honor, prevents me from telling who:(
 
I`ve visited Toronto in the past and thought it was great, friendly people and amazing scenery, would love to go back and visit more places at some point.
 
West Ender said:
This guy's Canadian too, son of a Mountie (Ooohh, Rose-Marie again - Nelson Eddy - be still, my heart :D) and he made a very funny film about airplanes.



The one and only Leslie Nielsen
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And those Naked Gun movies ... what a blast ... and his brother was a Member of Parliament ... and I do believe he was the ship's captain in the first Posiedon Adventure movie .... altho' it wasn't much of a role after he drowned:) And if we are talking of movie stars and tv stars: John Candy, Lorne Greene, Michael J. Fox, Donald and Kiefer Sutherland, William Shatner, Dan Aykroyd (he's from Kingston, by the way, and spends most of the summer with his family on Loughborough Lake (unfortunately pronounced "lowborough" over here).
 
I know there's a place called Moosejaw because some distant relative emmigrated there before I was born. I know that Calgary, Alberta has a 'Stampede'. I know that Quebec is French. I know that Canada has the biggest Island within a lake which has its own lake within the island which also has an island in that lake. I know that moose are very big and have strangely flat antlers. I know that Canada has two land borders and both are with the USA.................. I may think of more. :D
 
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