Americans and Canadians

Nami

mickeyrat said:

yes canada gave us Uncle Neil, Rush, Triumph, even Alanis and Avril (I guess)


however , the unforgiveable is they also forced Nickelback and Justin Beiber on us. So, really, they should be wiped off the face of the earth......

Creed= Nickelback

Backstreet Boys, N Sync, New Kid> Beiber

tweedyfanjen

The only things I know about Canada I learned from watching Degrassi. Good show.

oftenreading

mickeyrat said:

oftenreading said:

mickeyrat said:

No Coder said:

mickeyrat said:

yes canada gave us Uncle Neil, Rush, Triumph, even Alanis and Avril (I guess)


however , the unforgiveable is they also forced Nickelback and Justin Beiber on us. So, really, they should be wiped off the face of the earth......

Shall I list some of the shit music the US has given the world??? 

feel free. still wont equate......

The Captain and Tennille. 

really? the were big in canada and forced on you?

Yes 

oftenreading

HesCalledDyer said:

I hated buying gas in Canada.  Two conversions at once. I have a degree in math and I can't do that shit in my head.

Why did you need to do the conversion? Just buy the gas. It’s not like you can get by without it. 

HesCalledDyer

oftenreading said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I hated buying gas in Canada.  Two conversions at once. I have a degree in math and I can't do that shit in my head.

Why did you need to do the conversion? Just buy the gas. It’s not like you can get by without it. 

I like knowing how much money I'm spending. Especially when I was 25 and on a budget.

mickeyrat

oftenreading said:

mickeyrat said:

oftenreading said:

mickeyrat said:

No Coder said:

mickeyrat said:

yes canada gave us Uncle Neil, Rush, Triumph, even Alanis and Avril (I guess)


however , the unforgiveable is they also forced Nickelback and Justin Beiber on us. So, really, they should be wiped off the face of the earth......

Shall I list some of the shit music the US has given the world??? 

feel free. still wont equate......

The Captain and Tennille. 

really? the were big in canada and forced on you?

Yes 

well, if its any consolation at all, love didnt keep them together.....

oftenreading

mickeyrat said:

oftenreading said:

mickeyrat said:

oftenreading said:

mickeyrat said:

No Coder said:

mickeyrat said:

yes canada gave us Uncle Neil, Rush, Triumph, even Alanis and Avril (I guess)


however , the unforgiveable is they also forced Nickelback and Justin Beiber on us. So, really, they should be wiped off the face of the earth......

Shall I list some of the shit music the US has given the world??? 

feel free. still wont equate......

The Captain and Tennille. 

really? the were big in canada and forced on you?

Yes 

well, if its any consolation at all, love didnt keep them together.....

As long as no muskrats were harmed, I’m okay with that. 
 

lastexitlondon

Do moose roam free like into the road in Canada. We get deer some places just wondering abooot. See what i did there....u.s.a vs Canada banter. Haha. Im learning

Fifthelement

lastexitlondon said:

Do moose roam free like into the road in Canada. We get deer some places just wondering abooot. See what i did there....u.s.a vs Canada banter. Haha. Im learning

Yes they do.  There are, on average, two human fatalities per year due to collisions with moose.  
These stats are from 2003.  I imagine the fatality rate has gone up since then.  Serious injuries are common with moose collisions, as most vehicles undercut the moose legs so the body tends to come crashing into the cab of the vehicle crushing the occupant(s).  The son of our landlord when we lived in New Brunswick was killed in a collision with a moose.
https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/motorvehiclesafety/tp-tp14798-1289.htm

northerndragon

Yes moose roam free and will wander onto roads sometimes. So do bears, deer, elk, mountain sheep, lynx, etc.

The "aboot" thing is not funny or cute, it's annoying. Maybe 1% of Canadians may say it that way. I just take it as a sign you might be an idiot if you say it to me. 

As for Bieber and Nickleback, they may have originated in Canada(we're sorry) but we didn't force them on the US. The US glamourized them and taught their masses to love them. You are just as responsible. And you gave the world the Kardashians, so glass houses people.

Fifthelement

I’ll add, they are incredibly awesome to see “up close” and very, very fast.

Baby moose facts:
https://www.all-about-moose.com/baby-moose.html
sadly, the majority of calves do not survive their first year :(

more moose facts:
http://www.cutemoose.net/moose_facts.htm

if you are able to access this episode of The Naturr of Thing, Moose:  A Year in the Life of a Twig Eater, I highly recommend it.  It’s beautiful, elucidating and devastating.

http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/m/episodes/moose-a-year-in-the-life-of-a-twig-eater

It may be found in your region on: CBC The Nature of Things, PBS Nature and the BBC’s Natural World.

lastexitlondon

I will check that out. Moose look majestic creatures. Plus they must weigh tonnes . The thought of it crashing on a car is horrible. I would love to experience the wildlife in Canada.

lastexitlondon

northerndragon said:

Yes moose roam free and will wander onto roads sometimes. So do bears, deer, elk, mountain sheep, lynx, etc.

The "aboot" thing is not funny or cute, it's annoying. Maybe 1% of Canadians may say it that way. I just take it as a sign you might be an idiot if you say it to me. 

As for Bieber and Nickleback, they may have originated in Canada(we're sorry) but we didn't force them on the US. The US glamourized them and taught their masses to love them. You are just as responsible. And you gave the world the Kardashians, so glass houses people.

No offence meant. 

HughFreakingDillon

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

Questions for my Canadian friends:
Molson or labatt?
What is the province that no Canadian wants to visit unless you have relatives living there?
What Canadian city is most like Las Vegas?
Have you ever stayed in an ice hotel?

Yuck, neither. But with a gun to my head, Labatt?
Saskatchewan (Manitoba works too)
Niagara Falls
No... I think there is one in Quebec City though.

what is wrong with saskatchewan and manitoba?  just flat and boring?

Wanna see something hilarious?

Look at Saskatchewan's borders. There's not a squarer defined geographical area on the planet.

I was born there and have lots of family there. Saskatoon is a great city. My vote is Manitoba (sorry Hugh).

Labatts or Molsons? Come on, Scruffy. We have better tastes than that (we drink craft beer as well ya dork). Having said that... Canadians for sure (Molsons).

Vancouver is the best city in our country. I don't live there anymore, but it's awesome (outside of the traffic). Halifax is pretty damn special as well. Ontario people are likely going to start pulling their hair out and demanding I mention Toronto... and Quebec people are going to insist on Montreal or Quebec City... but there not personal favourites of mine (and I say this with limited experience in any of those three).

my vote would also be Manitoba if I didn't live here. Winnipeg is a dump. Seriously. I take no offense to people dissing where I live as I had no hand in creating it. 

the thing is, the city is not what I'd recommend people visit. we don't have amazing architecture. some of our areas are a time warp back to the 1970's. and our reputation as a hub of murder and aboriginal poverty/violence doesn't serve us well. I'd recommend our vast options of outdoor attractions. the lakes, camping, beaches, even our northern attractions like Churchill, etc, not to mention more hidden gems of culture that we have, and that you'd really only know about if you lived here or visited here often, are what makes manitoba an awesome place. 

Saskatoon is very nice. Went there to see Velvet Revolver in 2005. Very new, clean city. 

labatt or molson? both are bottled urine. 

I love Vancouver, but also Montreal (except for one glaring issue: no back lanes = front street garbage collection-it's fucking disgusting). I haven't been further east than Montreal, but would love to visit the maritimes. 

and the music that has come out of Winnipeg. second only to Kingston in terms of per capita comparisons. amazing music scene. especially in the 90's. 

oftenreading

HughFreakingDillon said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

Questions for my Canadian friends:
Molson or labatt?
What is the province that no Canadian wants to visit unless you have relatives living there?
What Canadian city is most like Las Vegas?
Have you ever stayed in an ice hotel?

Yuck, neither. But with a gun to my head, Labatt?
Saskatchewan (Manitoba works too)
Niagara Falls
No... I think there is one in Quebec City though.

what is wrong with saskatchewan and manitoba?  just flat and boring?

Wanna see something hilarious?

Look at Saskatchewan's borders. There's not a squarer defined geographical area on the planet.

I was born there and have lots of family there. Saskatoon is a great city. My vote is Manitoba (sorry Hugh).

Labatts or Molsons? Come on, Scruffy. We have better tastes than that (we drink craft beer as well ya dork). Having said that... Canadians for sure (Molsons).

Vancouver is the best city in our country. I don't live there anymore, but it's awesome (outside of the traffic). Halifax is pretty damn special as well. Ontario people are likely going to start pulling their hair out and demanding I mention Toronto... and Quebec people are going to insist on Montreal or Quebec City... but there not personal favourites of mine (and I say this with limited experience in any of those three).

my vote would also be Manitoba if I didn't live here. Winnipeg is a dump. Seriously. I take no offense to people dissing where I live as I had no hand in creating it. 

the thing is, the city is not what I'd recommend people visit. we don't have amazing architecture. some of our areas are a time warp back to the 1970's. and our reputation as a hub of murder and aboriginal poverty/violence doesn't serve us well. I'd recommend our vast options of outdoor attractions. the lakes, camping, beaches, even our northern attractions like Churchill, etc, not to mention more hidden gems of culture that we have, and that you'd really only know about if you lived here or visited here often, are what makes manitoba an awesome place. 

Saskatoon is very nice. Went there to see Velvet Revolver in 2005. Very new, clean city. 

labatt or molson? both are bottled urine. 

I love Vancouver, but also Montreal (except for one glaring issue: no back lanes = front street garbage collection-it's fucking disgusting). I haven't been further east than Montreal, but would love to visit the maritimes. 

That's one of the two things I don't like about New York, too. Every evening, if you're out walking somewhere, you're dodging and dancing around overflowing piles of garbage bags on the sidewalks. That and the noise.

Re: the wildlife, cougars are still sometimes found in and around Victoria, where I live. Generally in the suburbs but a couple of years back there was a well publicized incident of a cougar in the underground parking garage of a downtown hotel. 

dankind

oftenreading said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

Questions for my Canadian friends:
Molson or labatt?
What is the province that no Canadian wants to visit unless you have relatives living there?
What Canadian city is most like Las Vegas?
Have you ever stayed in an ice hotel?

Yuck, neither. But with a gun to my head, Labatt?
Saskatchewan (Manitoba works too)
Niagara Falls
No... I think there is one in Quebec City though.

what is wrong with saskatchewan and manitoba?  just flat and boring?

Wanna see something hilarious?

Look at Saskatchewan's borders. There's not a squarer defined geographical area on the planet.

I was born there and have lots of family there. Saskatoon is a great city. My vote is Manitoba (sorry Hugh).

Labatts or Molsons? Come on, Scruffy. We have better tastes than that (we drink craft beer as well ya dork). Having said that... Canadians for sure (Molsons).

Vancouver is the best city in our country. I don't live there anymore, but it's awesome (outside of the traffic). Halifax is pretty damn special as well. Ontario people are likely going to start pulling their hair out and demanding I mention Toronto... and Quebec people are going to insist on Montreal or Quebec City... but there not personal favourites of mine (and I say this with limited experience in any of those three).

my vote would also be Manitoba if I didn't live here. Winnipeg is a dump. Seriously. I take no offense to people dissing where I live as I had no hand in creating it. 

the thing is, the city is not what I'd recommend people visit. we don't have amazing architecture. some of our areas are a time warp back to the 1970's. and our reputation as a hub of murder and aboriginal poverty/violence doesn't serve us well. I'd recommend our vast options of outdoor attractions. the lakes, camping, beaches, even our northern attractions like Churchill, etc, not to mention more hidden gems of culture that we have, and that you'd really only know about if you lived here or visited here often, are what makes manitoba an awesome place. 

Saskatoon is very nice. Went there to see Velvet Revolver in 2005. Very new, clean city. 

labatt or molson? both are bottled urine. 

I love Vancouver, but also Montreal (except for one glaring issue: no back lanes = front street garbage collection-it's fucking disgusting). I haven't been further east than Montreal, but would love to visit the maritimes. 

That's one of the two things I don't like about New York, too. Every evening, if you're out walking somewhere, you're dodging and dancing around overflowing piles of garbage bags on the sidewalks. That and the noise.

Re: the wildlife, cougars are still sometimes found in and around Victoria, where I live. Generally in the suburbs but a couple of years back there was a well publicized incident of a cougar in the underground parking garage of a downtown hotel. 

Cougars, eh? I think I know a fella I should send up that way.

darwinstheory

dankind said:

Cougars, eh? I think I know a fella I should send up that way.

Confession time: Cougars are my favorite!

Hobbes

Canada is full of eh-holes.

Nami

northerndragon said:

Yes moose roam free and will wander onto roads sometimes. So do bears, deer, elk, mountain sheep, lynx, etc.

The "aboot" thing is not funny or cute, it's annoying. Maybe 1% of Canadians may say it that way. I just take it as a sign you might be an idiot if you say it to me. 

As for Bieber and Nickleback, they may have originated in Canada(we're sorry) but we didn't force them on the US. The US glamourized them and taught their masses to love them. You are just as responsible. And you gave the world the Kardashians, so glass houses people.

In ol newfie we have fences on the highway, well certain portions, to keep the meese off the roads.  Man they are good eatin.  

(I know its moose)

hedonist

Hobbes said:

Canada is full of eh-holes.