To Our Canadian Neighbors

by snowbird 134 Replies latest jw friends

  • Lady Lee
    Lady Lee

    No the "mountain" he showed me was in southern Manitoba. The lake was Lake Winnipeg. You wouldn' thave been able to drag me into that. When I think lake I think Lake Ontario that used to be blue or Lake Superior that is so deep it is black. Even Lake of Two Mountains was blue or black but brown??? It just slayed me.

    I did get him back though although I had no idea what his reaction would be.

    We drove to Montreal for my daughter's wedding. Instead of driving all the way into Montreal and then through it and back north again there is a ferry we could take that would let us bypass about 50 KM. So he agreed to take it. I had never been on it before but we were tired and I figured why not. So we get to the ferry and are waiitn gin line and he is looking for a ferry 0 like the one from Vancouver to to the Island - big ferry's that hold hundreds of cars. What we get is a barge that holds no more than 6 vehicles and there are already 2 trucks on it. He is sitting beside me and getting quieter and quieter. We get on the ferry and he hauls out his camera. He does this when he is nervious to distract himself. I didn't say a thing. Well this barge has to be towed across the river by tugboat. We are heading towards the miuddle and it is getting rocky. He gets super quiet and puts away the camera and sits there sweating bullets. Then he started freaking out that the thing was going to tip and we would all be in the river. And although I am a bit nervous I have never ever heard of this thing flipping over so I try to calm him down. Poor guy. I swear he went white as a ghost. He swore we would never do that again.

    I still think it was funny because he was a guy who would puff out his chest to prove he was superior to other people - mostly when he was making an ass out of himself.

  • GLTirebiter
    GLTirebiter

    On this Canada Day, we thank our Canadian neighbors for putting up with us!

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    Again, thanks for the responses.

    Lady Lee, your anecdotes made me LOL. Thanks for correcting the provinces thingy.

    Jgnat, thanks for the link about the cowboy.

    Canola?

    From whence comes the oil that is supposed to be good for you?

    I realize I'm overusing this expression, but, Wow!

    Syl

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    LOL @ GL.

    Syl

  • Deceived
    Deceived

    Happy Canada Day!!! It is a gorgeous sunny warm day here in Kawartha Lakes Ontario, Canada.

    I am a US citizen, born in Detroit. When I was 4 months old my Father a Canadian, moved with me and my Mom back to his Fathers house in British Columbia. We never moved back to the States.

    Unfortunately where we moved in British Columbia was infested by a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses across the street. They converted my parents 4 years after we moved there. That changed the course of our lives. We ended up moving to where the need was great to Eastern Canada in Ontario.

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    When I started this topic, I had no idea that today would be Canada Day.

    LOL.

    Syl

  • RubaDub
    RubaDub

    My family loves Canada too. We have visited your beautiful country at least 10 times, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia including two long driving trips.

    One year we flew to Boston, rented a car and did a drive from NS to Ontario, including PEI. Another year, we flew to Seattle and drove from BC to Manitoba (both trips returning through the US to see this side of the border too).

    I must say, Quebec City and Vancouver are two of our favorites. We could live in either one tomorrow.

    And Thunder Bay Ontario has an awesome view of Lake Superior from anywhere in the city.

    However! ... the price of beer, wine and spirits is CRAZY. Way too much tax. The $10 twelve pack of beer here in the US costs at least $25 in Canada. Come on now!

    I know if I lived in Canada, I would be doing the home-brew thing from day one.

    Rub a Dub

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    I remember that PEI is the setting for Anne of Green Gables, and Halifax is the capital of NS.

    Is my memory correct?

    Syl

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    Fireworks GIF

    Happy Canada Day, everyone.

    And yes, Canola is that oil that is good for you. There are many, many fields here in central Alberta.

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    Thanks.

    Have a good and safe celebration, everyone!

    God bless.

    Syl

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