American invasion of Canada rehearsal

[robert sailor]

I have always gotten a kick out of our friends down south when they call Canadians socialist which we are not of course, we are a democracy with social programs to help level the playing field just the same as Americans except they spend more on their social programs than we do but they don't believe it.
While we are different countries with different views we are the best of friends as individuals and we have more in common with Americans than we do with any other country. I've always found Americans to be the world's greatest hosts.

[Macblaze]

Originally Posted by robert sailor

While we are different countries with different views we are the best of friends as individuals and we have more in common with Americans than we do with any other country. I've always found Americans to be the world's greatest hosts.

Except for the Newfies. We visited there for an extended holiday and I swear they are the friendliest people on earth. Even if a bunch of them still regret joining Confederation

But i prefer the American microbrews so there ya go...

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by Macblaze

Except for the Newfies. We visited there for an extended holiday and I swear they are the friendliest people on earth. Even if a bunch of them still regret joining Confederation

But i prefer the American microbrews so there ya go...

I was referring to other countries not provinces. I've never visited Newfoundland but I have met many of its people and I couldn't agree more with you, they are lots of fun to be around and very down to earth.

[Mike OReilly]

It will be dangerously fascinating to watch Trump supporters go from jubilation back to anger and frustration when they realized they’ve been had. Jobs will not come back, and his tax and isolationist plans will only exacerbate the economic malaise. Trump has used fear and anger to win the day, but revolutions usually turn on their leadership once reality settles back in.

This will be interesting to watch .

Originally Posted by robert sailor

I have always gotten a kick out of our friends down south when they call Canadians socialist which we are not of course, we are a democracy with social programs to help level the playing field just the same as Americans except they spend more on their social programs than we do but they don't believe it.

BTW, don’t let the cold dissuade you from coming here. While most of Canada is a frozen wasteland, most Canadians live in fairly temperate climates. Southern Ontario touches the same latitude of northern California. Most of the populated areas (outside of cities like Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon and Edmonton) only experience brief bouts of real cold each winter. Most of the winter is quite moderate. And summer’s everywhere are warm and comfortable.

And of course, our craft beer is the best .

[Tetepare]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Most of the populated areas only experience brief bouts of real cold each winter. Most of the winter is quite moderate. .

See? There's the problem- screwy Canadian perspective. Winters in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, and Montreal are NOT moderate, experiencing "only brief bouts of real cold"!

[DotDun]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

BTW, don’t let the cold dissuade you from coming here. While most of Canada is a frozen wasteland, most Canadians live in fairly temperate climates. Southern Ontario touches the same latitude of northern California. Most of the populated areas (outside of cities like Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon and Edmonton) only experience brief bouts of real cold each winter. Most of the winter is quite moderate. And summer’s everywhere are warm and comfortable.

And of course, our craft beer is the best .

So why do I see so many Canadians license plates down here????

If it ain't shorts, tee shirts, and flip-flops 11+ months a year, it ain't happening!

Oh yeah, the sailing is good here this time of year!!!

[TrentePieds]

The reason Trump "loves the uneducated" is that they haven't sufficient intellectual ballast to realize that NO "democratic" government can "grow the economy", let alone "create jobs". Since the uneducated had already fallen for those particular canards long before Trump arrived on the political scene (indeed before he was even born) he found it easy to sell them the rest of his guff.

"Growing the economy" etc. can only be done by centrally controlled, despotic governments. We "Westerners" tried that several times in the previous century, and we didn't like it :-)! Indeed, the US has staked her existence for the last 100 years and more on treating centrally controlled economies to "shock and awe."

Elsewhere in the world central control is still de rigueur

I have a vague recollection that John Kenneth Galbraith (economist, philosopher, Canadian by birth, American by conviction) said in the late '30s: "After the war, nazism will still be with us. But we will be calling it Americanism"

There are "the uneducated" everywhere, even here in "Supernatural B.C." The appeal of the "Strong Man", "Mr. Fixit" is universal.

Let's hope JKG was wrong!

Satchmo was right: "What a wonderful world"

Now me - I'm going sailing :-)!

TrentePieds

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Tetepare

See? There's the problem- screwy Canadian perspective. Winters in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, and Montreal are NOT moderate, experiencing "only brief bouts of real cold"!

Well, I guess it depends on what we mean by real cold. I’ve lived in many parts of this country, including Alberta, BC, northern Ontario, as well as several cities of southern Ontario (including Ottawa). Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, and Montreal ARE quite moderate temperature wise.

Toronto average lows & highs (Celsius, of course):
December -7° 0°
January -11° -3°
February -11° -2°
March -5° 4°
April 1° 12°

Kingston:
December -9° 0°
January -13° -4°
February -12° -3°
March -6° 3°
April 1° 10°

Montreal:
December -11° -3°
January -15° -6°
February -14° -4°
March -7° 2°
April 0° 11°

Ottawa:
December -11° -4°
January -15° -6°
February -14° -5°
March -7° 2°
April 1° 11°

While they are pretty warm, personally I think this makes them more miserable to be in during winter. Snow mostly just turns to wet muck which freezes at night. It’s damp and cool, and you can’t even have fun in the snow. Give me a real winter over that any day.

[MidwestRefugee]

This thread is dildos.
How about we figure a way to keep the canadian refugees up north instead of them fleeing down here every six months?

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by MidwestRefugee

This thread is dildos.
How about we figure a way to keep the canadian refugees up north instead of them fleeing down here every six months?

Now without Canucks where would you get much of your enjoyment, hell we gave you one of your favorite games....basketball. If a friendly Canuck hadn't spent some time with your forefathers you wouldn't have been given such a great game to watch. Dildos you say, mmm not sure exactly what that means, maybe fake, fun, something like that?

[TrentePieds]

Nah - Dildo is just a place in New-fund-LAND :-)

TrentePieds

[fryewe]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

It will be dangerously fascinating to watch...when ...[snip]...

Heh...

So much certainty, so little basis.

Oops, forgot this is the internet...where everyone has perfect insight and foresight.

[MidwestRefugee]

Originally Posted by robert sailor

Now without Canucks where would you get much of your enjoyment, hell we gave you one of your favorite games....basketball. If a friendly Canuck hadn't spent some time with your forefathers you wouldn't have been given such a great game to watch. Dildos you say, mmm not sure exactly what that means, maybe fake, fun, something like that?

Sun and beaches, perhaps you have heard of them up there in the great white north.
Basketball? really? I had no idea that was from canada, If you want you can have it back. I think another continent has appropriated it.
I am willing to compromise. A great northern wall. I will suffer all our wannabe expatriots staying here as long as you canucks stay up there.

BTW, this is a replay of the 2000 elections. All sorts of people swore they were moving out but very few if any actually did.
I remember looking into canadian immigration laws back then. Not that I was going to move but I was curious. Seems there was a scale with a minimum acceptable score to be allowed to immigrate. Points for things like education level, income etc. The borders were not open to whoever could jump over.
BTW, where do all these 6 month/year canucks get their medical care whilst occupying Florida? Somehow I just don't see them driving back north to see their gerontologist.

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by MidwestRefugee

Sun and beaches, perhaps you have heard of them up there in the great white north.
Basketball? really? I had no idea that was from canada, If you want you can have it back. I think another continent has appropriated it.
I am willing to compromise. A great northern wall. I will suffer all our wannabe expatriots staying here as long as you canucks stay up there.

BTW, this is a replay of the 2000 elections. All sorts of people swore they were moving out but very few if any actually did.
I remember looking into canadian immigration laws back then. Not that I was going to move but I was curious. Seems there was a scale with a minimum acceptable score to be allowed to immigrate. Points for things like education level, income etc. The borders were not open to whoever could jump over.
BTW, where do all these 6 month/year canucks get their medical care whilst occupying Florida? Somehow I just don't see them driving back north to see their gerontologist.

Yes you are right, there is a scoring system to immigrate to Canada and it's not a drop dead easy approach unless your a refugee. One thing we have learned is that the higher a women's education in a country the lower the birthrate so Canada has to bring in lots of people to make up for our ultra low birthrate of 1.1, the USA has a birthrate of 2.6 and you need around 2.5 to maintain the population and pay enough taxes to support the Government's spending so we need immigration.
The Canadian medical plan allows you to get out of Dodge for up to 6 months a year so I think most Canadians carry some travel insurance when they are in the USA and will simply jump on a plane if they get really sick.
Canadians that travel and cruise in other countries find that in most cases the medical services are more than adequate and are cheap so not such a big deal.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by MidwestRefugee

...I am willing to compromise. A great northern wall. I will suffer all our wannabe expatriots staying here as long as you canucks stay up there.

Well, I know we’re all just having a bit of a laugh here, but both countries would suffer if the border did become harder to cross. We are each other’s largest trading partners, and we are each other’s largest source of tourists. Canadians made 23 million visits to the US, contributing over $26.3 billion to your economy in 2014. So I doubt that places like Florida would like Canucks to 'stay up here.'

Originally Posted by MidwestRefugee

...BTW, where do all these 6 month/year canucks get their medical care whilst occupying Florida? Somehow I just don't see them driving back north to see their gerontologist.

Most provinces allow their residence to be away for six or seven months per year (Ontario is seven). While travelling in the US I bought patch-me-up-and-ship-me-home insurance. It cost me about $800 CND for the five months I motorcycled through the country. I’m sure most Canadians buy some sort of travel insurance while in the USA.