How much do you know?

Eric · 10-07-2008, 16:13

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

Tin Monkey · 10-07-2008, 17:18

MargaretR · 10-07-2008, 17:47

The climate is too cold for me for 3/4 of the year, but some might not mind that.
A recent article in the Independant shows that you need some immigrants
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...da-859962.html

West Ender · 10-07-2008, 18:07

My knowledge of Canada is a bit limited but there's always this.............

(Catch the gorgeous Jimmy Stewart as Nelson Eddy's prisoner)

Eric · 10-07-2008, 18:26

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The climate is too cold for me for 3/4 of the year, but some might not mind that.
A recent article in the Independant shows that you need some immigrants
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...da-859962.html

See what I mean ...three quarters of the year!!!!!!!!!!!! ... in Baffin Island maybe, or Nunavut ... Most of us live south of the Arctic Circle ....

MargaretR · 10-07-2008, 18:39

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/sta...02014/caon0349

cashman · 10-07-2008, 18:49

i know one of the greatest rocknrollers (Jack Scott) was born in canada n thats good enough fer me.

Eric · 10-07-2008, 19:21

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

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/sta...02014/caon0349

Shouldn't that be one third

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 ...

Eric · 10-07-2008, 19:23

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Originally Posted by cashman

i know one of the greatest rocknrollers (Jack Scott) was born in canada n thats good enough fer me.

I guess this is not a good time to mention Celine Dionne

Bryan Adams and the Tragically Hip were all born in Kingston if that helps

Tin Monkey · 10-07-2008, 19:25

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Bryan Adams and the Tragically Hip were all born in Kingston if that helps

Jamaican me crazy!!!!

Eric · 10-07-2008, 19:29

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

West Ender · 10-07-2008, 19:33

This guy's Canadian too, son of a Mountie (Ooohh, Rose-Marie again - Nelson Eddy - be still, my heart

) and he made a very funny film about airplanes.

The one and only Leslie Nielsen

MargaretR · 10-07-2008, 19:34

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Originally Posted by Eric

Shouldn't that be one third

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 ...

..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

cashman · 10-07-2008, 19:50

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Originally Posted by Eric

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

how dya think we feel eric? John Wayne won the 2nd world war.

Eric · 10-07-2008, 20:11

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how dya think we feel eric? John Wayne won the 2nd world war.

And invented Izal toilet paper ... "It's rough and it's tough and it don't take s**t from nobody."

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

... 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.