17 days & it's BUH BYE TEXAS and HELLO CANADA! For good.

[LynnTheDem]

Going home...after 15 years.

And I am soooooo

HAPPY!

And as I cross the border, the bird-flip is for YOU, bush!

[LaurenG]

1. Well how big is your house?

I mean you are leaving at least 80,000 of us behind. If things get horrible can we stay at your place until we can find one of our own?:hi:

[LynnTheDem]

3. Well, as we're all liberals and friendly types...

I'm sure we can all squish in together.

:D

[LaurenG]

6. lol Thanks!

I can see it now. :rofl: I guess you'll want to rent some of those port a potties.

[LynnTheDem]

8. Ohh now that's a good idear.

Sharing body space at the same time is one thing...sharing toilets at the same time is summat else entirely.

:D

[mikeytherat]

2. My family came from Manitoba to Michigan long, long ago...

And I think me and Mr. Rat will be going back someday!

mikey_the_rat

[LynnTheDem]

4. I grew up in Winterpeg, Manitoba

Born tho in Beautiful BC.

And this BC Baby is going home!

Look out, Vancouver, it's about to get WILD & CRAZY! :woohoo:

PAHTY! PAHTY! PAHTY!

[KitchenWitch]

5. Winterpeg - ha ha ha!

From someone in the Twin Cities.

[LynnTheDem]

9. You know then.

You know all about that thang called "DAMN COLD!".

:D

[KitchenWitch]

10. And I am even familiar with

Damn Fucking Cold.

[LynnTheDem]

13. Oh I hate that one!

Been a very long time since I had experience with the Damn Fucking Cold thang. Lived for 10 years in Europe, where it was really damp in the winter, which made the cold seep right thru whatever ya wore, but it still wasn't that bone-deep Damn Fucking Cold so dry your nostrils stick together thang.

*brrrr*

It's so funny here in central Texas; everyone's feeling sorry for me, moving to the cold...Vancouver, average temps range winter to summer @ 40F to 80F. It gets colder here than it does in the Van. I don't correct em tho; don't want them moving there themselves. Heh. :D

[KitchenWitch]

16. LOL

People are shocked that it gets into the 80s and 90s here in the summer...They must think it is Damn Fucking Cold year round!

[LynnTheDem]

17. They do.

I have had such amusing comments from some USers;

What's it like to dog-sled to work & school every day?

So is this the first time you've seen green grass instead of snow?

How do you sleep with 24-hour daylight 6 mths a year?

Now you'll have to buy a new wardrobe...shorts and stuff.

And my all-time fave I was actually asked twice about;

Do you get electricity in those igloos?

Yeah, they were all serious.

Another of my faves, not on weather, was "I've been to Canada, visited all 23 of your states."

Well cool, dude! I myself have never been to a single Canadian state, let alone all 23. :D

And there isn't a Canadian alive who's been to the US who hasn't heard the above remarks themselves, lol! I've a friend in Michigan who has a similiar list of remarks to her from Americans. :D

[Darth_Kitten]

33. People seem to forget that on the prairies....

we get the hot summers, and they don't. So neener neener neener. ;)

[mikeytherat]

12. I was born on the shore of Lake Superior and moved to Rome, New York

I, too, know damn cold and "lake effect snow!"

mikey_the_rat

[LynnTheDem]

14. Oh yeah that "lake effect"

*shiver*

Next year for me will be the OCEAN EFFECT! Woooooohooooo! :) :) :)

[trogdor]

25. Rome, New York?

No shit? I live near Clinton, but today I'm here in Rome being a surly SOB because I have to work. Wazzup with you?

[Darth_Kitten]

34. We are having a mild winter.....

:)

[u4ic]

41. My windows have been open

most of the winter.

Tomorrow's forecast is 10C/50F here in Edmonton. (methinks it might already be that today, if not close)

[xchrom]

7. shake your groove thing!

congratulations!

it will be sweet to go home.

[LynnTheDem]

11. Thanks!

Very sweet!

:) :) :)

[yvr girl]

26. Vancouver has been perfect the last couple of days

Welcome home.

[Darth_Kitten]

32. At least Winnipeg gets summers......

not rain rain rain. ;)

[Redstone]

15. You gonna kiss the ground after you cross?

In your situation, I think I would.

Redstone

[LynnTheDem]

18. Oh yeah.

I have to stop at US customs coz I'm "exporting" my car, so will be on best behaviour for that. Then I cross and am gonna dance around and kiss the ground and maybe hug a Cdn customs officer or two. :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. Congratulations, Lynn!

But you have to promise you'll still be a part of DU, okay? :hi:

[Robeson]

20. I'm totally jealous.....

...lucky you!

[terrya]

21. Sometime soon I hope to be joining you in Canada

My goal is Toronto, where my boyfriend is.

Meanwhile, I don't blame you a damn bit. I love this country, but it has been seriously damaged during this regime. I know, "you're a coward, stay and fight these bastards", etc, etc. But if I want to build a life, a future with my man, that future is in Canada. Besides, sometimes I think I'm really Canadian anyway. An accident of birth or something.

Well, even though it's 7AM here, here's a :toast: to going back home.

Terry

[auntAgonist]

30. good luck to you too Terrya!

I hope your dreams come true. Toronto, ... my kinda town.


aA

[Telly Savalas]

36. If enough of us move to Toronto

We can form a 'Little Murka' neighbourhood and have a big party every time the U.S. wins in the World Cup in June.

[graywarrior]

22. I made amends with my sister because she lives in Nova Scotia

I'm hoping she'll invite me to live there.

[Vidar]

23. Congratulations

[Orsino]

24. Make it two flips. One for me and my wife...

...since it looks like we're a year or two from emigrating.

[tanyev]

27. How nice!

My husband is Canadian-originally Winnipeg, but now most of his family is in the Ottawa area. We have considered moving back, but are going to see how the 2006 and 2008 elections go. Hopefully it won't be too late by then. I do envy you going to Vancouver. Ottawa is lovely, but this Texas gal would have a very hard time adapting to the winters. Best wishes!

[GOPisEvil]

28. Yeah, yeah...rub it in. Some of us have to stay!

x(

Just kidding. Congratulations. :toast:

[auntAgonist]

29. Oh Lynn! How wonderful for you

I would love to go home (to Ontario Canada)and maybe some day I will. I wish you only the best!!

aA.

[Canadian Socialist]

31. Welcome home, Lynn

Just a question... I lived in Winnipeg for twenty years. Moved here (Calgary) in 1986. Went to school in the 'peg though... HS and University (of Winnipeg). What area did you grow up in?

[LynnTheDem]

37. Various areas, St Vital, St Boniface, St James...

Did my degrees at UM...can we say UMZOO! PAHTY! PAHTY! PAHTY! :evilgrin:

Went to St John's HS for the music. Bit of a long haul as I wasn't living in the North End, but I wanted St John's and that was that. Heh. Was great, had fab teachers, super friends and a really good time, especially in gr 12. :D

Couple years after I graduated tho St J's started going downhill. Ah well, I had a great time. :)

[Canadian Socialist]

39. I went to the U of M for my first year

but as I was taking English, and living in Crestview (within shouting distance of the racetrack) I decided to switch to the U of W. Went to John Taylor Collegiate for HS - graduated 1973. I still miss Winnipeg; have lots of good friends there. BTW, yvr girl is in Vancouver, as well as HeyHey. Should be a good start to making new friends!

[patdem]

35. Lynn..you NEED to post this in GD also..reason why...

..I come into DU only on occassion and if I had not on this occassion I would not know! And YOU one of the most prolific linkers of information in GD .. THEY will not be happy, of course you can still post from Canada, but you will be in CANADA..and maybe..just maybe you will be so FREE that you will not care anymore about us here in this fascist country. They will not be happy... .. .

[LynnTheDem]

38. LOL!

I have to still post on DU coz I do not know one single person in Vancouver -in all of BC- and after spending days looking for work/working I'll be so LONELY! *sniff*

So I'll come to DU coz DU pals are always there no matter where one is. :)

:hug:

[enigmatic]

40. I love it here

Been here in Edmonton for 5 years, and I'll never go back except for visits and showing my wife where I grew up. Best move I ever made.

[StaggerLee]

42. I hope there's a DU meetup in Vancouver in the near future

I wouldn't mind visiting again. It's been nearly twenty years for me!

Congratulations.

:woohoo: