Americans and Canadians

HesCalledDyer

northerndragon said:

HesCalledDyer said:

USA - Dunkin Donuts
CAN - Tim Hortons

USA - Little Caesars
CAN - Pizza Pizza

USA - AT&T
CAN - Rogers

USA - imperial system
CAN - metric system

USA - health care is a scam
CAN - health care is free

USA - confuses patriotism with hatred and exclusivity
CAN - just nice fucking people that love being Canadian with a bunch of other nice Canadians

USA - has Texans
CAN - has Alberta

USA - cheese fries - not even close to the same thing as poutine
CAN - poutine

USA - about
CAN - aboowt - not a real thing, sorry.

Fixed a few things for you there.

I was comparing Texas to Quebec because both wish they were their own countries.
Cheese fries is the closest thing we have to covering fries in any type of sauce.
Aboowt is totally a real thing.  I've heard it with my own ears.

rgambs

Honestly, most Americans don't think about Canada at all.  We are taught almost nothing about Canada in public school (we pretty much don't learn about any country we haven't been to war with) and we think and know little of Canada.
Most people only know the stereotypes of nice people who say 2 or 3 words differently than us, fishing and a vague sense of cold weather. 

It's pretty sad really.

jeffbr

Some of us live close enough to Canada that we often think of them. I get CBUT, the local CBC affiliate, as part of my basic cable subscription, so have spent decades watching Canadian news with Peter Mansbridge Ian Hanomansing, etc..., watching Hockey Night in Canada with Don Cherry & Ron MacLean, enjoyed local WHL rivalries in Major Junior hockey against Canadian teams, soccer rivalry with Vancouver Whitecaps. And as teenagers we'd cross the border to have our first "legal" drinks at 19. Before my kids turned 21 they continued that tradition. I love Canada! As a bonus, their anthem is way better than ours.

rgambs

jeffbr said:

Some of us live close enough to Canada that we often think of them. I get CBUT, the local CBC affiliate, as part of my basic cable subscription, so have spent decades watching Canadian news with Peter Mansbridge Ian Hanomansing, etc..., watching Hockey Night in Canada with Don Cherry & Ron MacLean, enjoyed local WHL rivalries in Major Junior hockey against Canadian teams, soccer rivalry with Vancouver Whitecaps. And as teenagers we'd cross the border to have our first "legal" drinks at 19. Before my kids turned 21 they continued that tradition. I love Canada! As a bonus, their anthem is way better than ours.

You classy folks out there on the coast are groovy.
In corn country Canada might as well be Macedonia.

stuckinline

brianlux said:

It's really difficult to generalize about countries as big as the US and Canada but some general comparisons:

From personal experience, I would say Canadian cities are far cleaner than US cities.  They seem safer to me as well.

Agree Canadian cities are far cleaner. Canadian cities are more eco friendly. 
lastexitlondon, I would highly recommend a visit to Canada.

eeriepadave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M

Fifthelement

I just want to clarify an important point: our healthcare is not free.  It is paid for through our taxes much like any country that has a nationalised health services. I cannot think of any sane person in this country who would begrudge our tax dollars going towards healthcare. 

lastexitlondon

stuckinline said:

brianlux said:

It's really difficult to generalize about countries as big as the US and Canada but some general comparisons:

From personal experience, I would say Canadian cities are far cleaner than US cities.  They seem safer to me as well.

Agree Canadian cities are far cleaner. Canadian cities are more eco friendly. 
lastexitlondon, I would highly recommend a visit to Canada.

I very nearly went to st.john in 05 i think pj played but couldn't raise the funds. Big regret

lastexitlondon

Fifthelement said:

I just want to clarify an important point: our healthcare is not free.  It is paid for through our taxes much like any country that has a nationalised health services. I cannot think of any sane person in this country who would begrudge our tax dollars going towards healthcare. 

Its very much like the uk .  

Meltdown99

Bagged Milk is something i’ve never seen stateside...

lastexitlondon

Bagged milk? Like instead of a bottle?

Fifthelement

Meltdown99 said:

Bagged Milk is something i’ve never seen stateside...

I’m from western Canada.  I’d never seen bagged milk until I moved out east.

Meltdown99

lastexitlondon said:

Bagged milk? Like instead of a bottle?

Meltdown99

Fifthelement said:

Meltdown99 said:

Bagged Milk is something i’ve never seen stateside...

I’m from western Canada.  I’d never seen bagged milk until I moved out east.

I looked it up, it appears to be mostly Ontario and couple other provinces .... I guess roughly 50% Canadians consume milk this way...

lastexitlondon

I think in costa they do this

northerndragon

They sold it in bags in British Columbia until sometime in the nineties. They don't anymore but I do remember it from when I was a kid.

Longueuil

They still sell it in bags in Quebec. 

dankind

The potato chip aisle at a Canadian supermarket is truly a wonder to behold.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

There's no better or worse. There are some differences. To me... this recent event sums up Canadians:

Meltdown99

dankind said:

The potato chip aisle at a Canadian supermarket is truly a wonder to behold.

That is true....