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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:12 AM Original message |
Are there ANY drawbacks to living in Canada? A few questions... |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Snow Snow Snow |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Forgot about the weather |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Cold != Snow |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Actually, Detroit gets almost no lake effect snow |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Still, quite a bit. |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Yeah, I can believe that |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here is a list of employers in Toronto |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. As a chick |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Being that I'm a guy |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I love it there. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Well put |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Thanks! So I guess... |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Let me know! |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Try curling |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. I love Curling! |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. A few drawbacks... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. OK, now the advantages. |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Advantages? |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Sensible, friendly, thinking people. The rest flow from there. |
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Mister K (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. You have to get used to ending sentices with the letter A |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I rarely heard that growing up in Canada |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. When I lived in Detroit I had to take business trips to Ontario |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Ontario is not all of Canada... |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. It isn't?????? |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You're right |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it as a dig. |
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nedlogg (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. If it wasn't so freakin' cold there . . |
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Frogtutor (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. My dad says Nova Scotia has a nicer climate because of the |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. The Maritime Provinces |
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Frogtutor (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Thanks for the info, Atlant! n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Celine Dion nuff said. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. LOL |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. figures. |
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CatBoreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Yeah but.... |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Savings... |
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signmike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. 9 months of winter and |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Wrong! |
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signmike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. OK, then... |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. Hmm, drawbacks. |
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RedSock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. i am moving to toronto |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. According to the UN the standard of living is higher in Canada |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. *shrugs* |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. 1960's America |
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joelogan (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. Consider moving instead to a European country or to Australia |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:59 AM Original message |
Do you know anything about New Zealand? |
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joelogan (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. NZ, immigration, liberal cliches |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I wouldn't really care |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. . |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Gravy on your fries instead of ketchup |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Isn't it actually mayonaise? |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Ontario and west: Gravy |
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CatBoreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. ....and cheese curds! |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. And vinegar |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Canada |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That's because we count all the folks that are unemployed |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Not true |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. You're "living standard" will be a bit lower, your house might be |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. Canada and the U.S. are inextricably linked |
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dreamcollector (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. Major Drawbacks |
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Willy Lee (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. Their sense of humor is a little more reserved than ours. nt |
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