I'm an ex JW and I cleared my neighbour's driveway while they were at work...I have a blower and they don't...must not be as bad as my JW brothers say I am.
Posts by NVR2L8
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by d inwe got a call from a jehovah witness and they were willing to help shovel our drive way.
i find it strange how these jw's take an interest in our welfare.where as others could care less.
so i realize not all jw's are bad.if only more of them take a geuine interest in others they would not be so bad.
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We are in for a blizzard!
by coffee_black inthe winter storm watch has just been upgraded to a blizzard watch.
from where i sit, just outside of boston, it looks like up to 2 feet of snow from friday to saturday with high winds that will make travel very difficult if not impossible.. .
coffee .
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NVR2L8
We are getting it here in the Toronto area...schools and some businesses are closed. They say it will be the biggest snow storm of the last 5 years. I hope I can get my snowblower going after not using it for so long...
I love those days where everything stops...When I lived in Montreal we had a huge storm in March 1971 and the snow completely covered the parked cars...all you could see were their antennas sticking out over the snow. Snowmobiles were used for emergencies...Life stopped for 3 days with no work, meetings or service...the city was silent and peaceful. My brothers and I got dressed warmly and made our way to the park, walking between snow drifts that were as tall as us...
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I didn't expect to be here at age 49. Here as in my employment
by wha happened? init's been a terrible economy these last few years.
i had a very successful loan brokerage and watched that crash and burn in 2011. i went back to my previous firm in the computer industry that was struggling after i left.
it seemed like a good match.
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NVR2L8
Hey Wha Happened...hang in there buddy! I went throught the same thing when I was 54...after 28 years with the same employer. What help me get by was an extensive network of contacts and people I dealt with. You sound like someone who knows his way around people and I am convinced that in a short time you will find your true vocation. Just one word of caution: I read that you are dealing with some family problems...please don't let this monopolize all of your attention...just focus on what you need to do next to find a position that will truly make you happy. Good luck man!
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
Satanus...not at all. I just asked the question because bad repercusions or acts of vandalisme for flying our Canadian flag in Quebec are pretty rare and I would expect the same in Ontario. I agree with you with the ligitimacy of having the Canadian flag in Quebec and it is visible in all Federal Government agencies. This is only my opinion: unlike the rest of Canada it seems that fewer people fly a flag in Quebec...with the exception of people who are engaged seperatists...Here in Ontario I see a lot more Canadian flags
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
Satanus, I wonder what would happen if I flew my blue Fleur de lys flag...or worse my Montreal Canadiens flag in the heart Maple Leaf Nation!
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
Mamochan13,
I believe French Quebecers don't really care whether the rest of Canada speaks French or not. All they care about is to live in a province (or country) that reflect their culture, language and where they feel they belong. I recall a time when the majority of immigrants arriving in Quebec would send their kids to English schools. Without language laws it would have just been a question of time for Francophones to become a small minority within Quebec and like other Francophone communities in the rest of Canada they would have to struggle to maintain their identity.
Today I have come to understand this better than ever. I have now lived in Ontario for well over a decade and I have built a great life here with no plan to return to Quebec when I retire. Still, I miss being in Quebec and I fear my French Canadian heritage will soon vanish within my own family...my grand-children are being raised in Ontario and they don't speak French...their mother tongue is English and sending them to French-emersion schools is no garantee they will embrace our French Canadian cuture.
2006 Stats Can states that 9.4% of Canadian Anglophones claim being able to hold a conversation in French. Nearly 90% of Francophones living outside Quebec speak English. Many of my English speaking friends in Ontario tell me they took a couple of year of French in school, but all they retained is "je suis Bruce" and "où sont les toilettes"...not having a need or the opportunity to use French explains why they forgot it or wouldn't put in the effort to learn. As for Francophones living outside of Quebec, they are exposed to the English language on a daily basis which explains that almost everyone is biligual.
In Quebec 68.9% of Anglophones can hold a conversation in French and 35.8% of the Francophones claim they can speak English. As you can see there is a much higher percentage of bilingual people in Quebec although the only official language in Quebec is French...Many francophones realize they need to learn English in order to communicate with the rest of North America. Like in Ontario, French students study English and the opportunity and need to use it is greater since they are surrounded by Anglophones. Some Francophones, like many other Canadians don't see the need or simply don't want to learn a second language...and this is their right.
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
Lady Lee,
I read that Quebec is a dictatorship, that the people are kept under control and that nothing is unique in their culture. I also read the Quebec French language and culture is a far cry from France. And worse of all I read that the French people should accept the very same conditions that "forced" you out of Quebec so English people can feel at home...
I chose to live in Ontario and I leave my culture at the door when I leave home because I have to speak English at work, speak with my English neighbors, shop in English, go to the English doctor...call the English police...I don't feel my human rights have been violated nor do I want to leave Ontario. So I learned to speak English...If I decided to live in Italy, I would learn Italian...So if one wants to live in Quebec, wouldn't make sense to learn to speak French?
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
Lady Lee...
What can I say...you are 100% right...
Your answer reminded me of a tactic used in a cult I was once part of. Instead of addressing the presented facts this cult would divert the debate into a different direction...then they would drown the issue in a wealth of non-pertinent information...and when this didn't work they would revert to personal attack...
Not only you didn't read my comments carefully...you put words in my mouth.
My dad used to say that if you want to keep your friends you should avoid talking politics and religion...I should have listened.
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
I usually stay away from this type of debate but when I read some of the comments made by Lady Lee, Talesin and Mamochan13 I completely understand why Quebec “the shit-stain of Canada” needs laws to protect their language and culture against assimilation. I was born and raised in Montreal and I have been living in Ontario for well over a decade where I am glad not to have to express where I stand on the sovereignty issue daily.
Here are a few comments that really bother me.
Quebec is a dictatorship. If you look at how they control people, lie to them, deprive certain people of basic human rights then they are no different than any totalitarian group. This one happens to be political and I am damned glad to be out of there.
Totally untrue. The very fact that Quebecers can debate and vote in a referendum on separation is the proof that democracy works. In several Eastern European countries the very same issues resulted in wars and ethnic cleansing. I have yet to find anyone being deported from Quebec for voicing diverging political views and I have not found concentration camps for the evil "anglophone". Lady Lee even admits she was free to leave, although some of her basic human rights may have been baffled...I know French-only signage is such an annoyance...almost as bad as Chinese-only signage in Richmond BC or English only signs in the rest of Canada...I am also glad that she has found refuge in a province that uses the same form of government as Quebec.
I would argue that Newfoundlanders have just as distinct a culture as Quebec - including a unique language.
Another well documented comment here… and I guess the language you are referring to is Newfieneese. Along with First Nations and Britain, France is a founding nation of Canada and Quebecers have every right to preserve their distinct identity and language. Without a legal framework the French minority would simply vanish. Acadians had to flee to New Brunswick and as far as New Orleans to avoid religious persecution and save their culture and they have to constantly battle to remain a people. It is no different for Quebec.
It's interesting that Lady Lee has pointed out how the average Quebecer has been kept under control. I thought that was only true of the Duplessis years, but on reflection - it is continuing.
The average Quebecers was kept under control by the Catholic Church which in turn was in bed with Duplessis. For good French-Canadian Catholics sex was for procreation only which explains the very large families and the end result was that, except for one child who may become a priest or doctor, every other child would receive very little instruction. English-Canadian who were in majority protestants had smaller families and children benefited from a better education. With time English-Canadians held most of the managing jobs while less educated French-Canadians were mostly labourers. That slowly started to change in the 1960’s during “La révolution tranquile” of Jean Lesage. The Catholic Church gradually lost its hold on the population and, with smaller families, more of the children were able to pursue their education. Big money was no longer accessible by English-Canadians only. Today government and Church are totally separated and even school boards are non-denominational . The very fact that Quebec wants to attain independence is the evidence of a people fully emancipated.
Thank you jgnat for the charts...Quebec is not such a moocher after all!
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Canada To Let Quebec Go?
by metatron inhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
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NVR2L8
Zed is dead: ouate = cotton ball, de = of, phoque = seal, no special meaning, but when pronounced in French it sounds exactly like What The F**k.